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7PS: You Can’t Always Change the Room🚪
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Read time: 1 minute, 294 words. In 1941, Olivier Messiaen was a prisoner in a German POW camp. In a freezing barracks, using the instruments available, he composed and premiered his Quartet for the End of Time. The audience included prisoners and German guards. The barracks did not become warmer. The war did not stop. His circumstances remained grim. But they did not dictate his entire experience. Sometimes you cannot remove what makes life difficult. You can still decide whether difficulty is the only thing you notice. -Kabir Seven Point Sunday - July 19 Meet Ronald Read. Janitor, gas station attendant. He quietly amassed $8 million fortune via frugal living & stocks. ⚡️ Productivity Podbooster - Automates the creation of all the marketing content you need by listening to your episode. 💰 Passive Neighbor - Rent out extra storage space. 📚 Books The Pathless Path by Paul Millerd. Ideal companion for people considering leaving their jobs, embarking on a new path, dealing with the uncertainty of an unconventional path, or searching for better models for thinking about work in a fast-changing world. 🎵 Music Colors of Time by Sergio Pereira. Moves through contemporary Brazilian jazz, samba, bossa nova, guitar, cavaquinho ... all while feeling bright, lyrical, and uplifting. Pereira's music is well-arranged but never overdetermined, with groove and melody moving like conversation. Favorites: “Keep Shining" and "So They Sleep." 💭 AI Prompt 🥣 Gravy
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Seven Point Sunday💡by Kabir Sehgal
I help you build your portfolio career. Get 7 actionable ideas on Sundays. From a Multi-Grammy & Multi-Emmy Winner, New York Times bestselling author (21 books), ex-J.P. Morgan banker, Navy Vet. Join 10k readers.
Read time: 1 minute, 362 words. A few years ago, a country artist asked about my producer fees. I explained that I don't charge fees. I also told him I probably wasn’t the right fit for his music. But he kept pushing. "But you must want something!" We both moved on, but I thought about his pitch. Every week, at the bottom of this email, I tell everyone exactly what I want. Now imagine he had started with, "I signed up 29 subscribers to your newsletter." I still wouldn't have produced his...
Read time: 1 minute, 377 words. A few months ago, I released an album, stars and static 2026. And then I forgot to share it with you. It's the second volume in my geofi series. The idea is simple: music rooted in place. Real field recordings. Captured on location. Then shaped into lofi pieces that try to express how a place feels. For this album, I sampled sounds from Naples’ central train station, Selma, the Carolina lowlands, Little Rock, Beale Street, the Willard Hotel, Lincoln Center,...
Read time: 1 minute, 271 words. How do you stay close to people who don't share your craft? I struggle to maintain relationships with people outside my creative world. Most of my friendships form through making things together. Projects, deep work, shared obsession. So when I'm buried in an immersive creative project, people think I'm ghosting them. But I'm not disappearing. I'm just deep in the work. 👉🏾 Check the infographic below for 10 ways to create and maintain friendships with...