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Read time: 1 minute, 300 words. In 1981, Pope John Paul II was shot twice. -Kabir 💼 Portfolio Career Samuel Pisar. International lawyer, Holocaust survivor, author, and advisor who braided law, policy, and writing into a global portfolio career. Usemotion. Hire AI employees to handle your work (executive assistant, sales, researcher, hiring) 💰 Wealth The 4% Withdrawal Rule. Simple retirement rule of thumb: plan withdrawals so your nest egg lasts. Use it to work backward from the income you want. 🎵 Music Three Suites by Duke Ellington. Features his Nutcracker Suite. My favorites: "Peanut Brittle Brigade (March)" and "Sugar Rum Cherry (Dance of the Sugar-Plum Fairy)." I always thought Tchaikovsky's classic would be more palatable with spiced rum. Ellington poured it for us. 📚 Books Read Dividend Growth Machine by Nathan Winklepeck. Easy to read with practical tips. Learn how to identify good dividend stocks, and what to watch out for. Dividends can eventually replace your paycheck… 💭 AI Prompt 🥣 Gravy The life you want is closer than you think
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Seven Point Sunday💡by Kabir Sehgal
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Read time: 1 minute, 358 words. A composer friend of mine was offered a well-paid film scoring job he didn't love.He asked me whether he should take it.So we thought through the math together.He is 62.The average life expectancy for U.S. men is about 76, so he may have ~14 years left.We sleep about 1/3 of our lives, which means maybe he has ~ 9.7 awake years.The project would have taken 2 years.So, I asked him:Do you want to spend ~20% of what's left on this project? He declined the...
Read time: 1 minute, 307 words. When Quincy Jones heard the final mix of "Billie Jean," he had one concern. The intro was too long. Radio programmers were already complaining that listeners would change stations before the vocals came in. Quincy pushed Michael Jackson to shorten it. Michael refused. He told Quincy,"That's the part that makes people want to dance." Quincy let it go. The intro stayed. It became one of the most recognizable openings in music history. Sometimes the producer’s job...
Read time: 1 minute, 370 words. In 2017, I traveled to Selma with Congressman John Lewis. Over breakfast at the hotel, I asked if I could record him reading a speech. I had a vague idea then. Maybe an album about Selma. Nothing concrete. We found an empty ballroom. I stacked chairs around him to dampen the sound and block the noise from the kitchen. He read. The recording sat on my voice recorder for years. In 2020, I helped him write his final memoir. Yesterday was the late congressman's...