Seven Point Sunday #2 – March 28, 2021

by | Mar 28, 2021

 
 
Hello, there! I’m back 😊
 
I’ve been thinking about this newsletter and how to make it more useful for you. I want to create value for you.
 
I believe in having a portfolio career, so this newsletter will share insights and ideas for you to create your own portfolio career. It’s OK to have a range of interests and do many things.
 
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So, here’s the plan:
  • Frequency – I’ll send you my top 7 points every (or more likely, every other) Sunday at 7 am ET.
  • Topics – These 7 points will be what I find noteworthy across many fields such as productivity, money, books, music, film, etc. I hope these nuggets will provide insight or even inspire you to take action in your life.
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Sunday Seven

📰 Top News

Today begins the Indian springtime festival of Holi. People gather in the streets and put colors on each other. My mother and I wrote Festival of Colors that is now available as a board book for younger children. We also made a stop time video of the story. Zesty Kitchen created a special edition Holi box with sesame brittle, colorful powder, and our book.

⚡ Productivity

One year into the pandemic, are you still working for The Firm? That’s fine, but now is a good time to start a side hustle. Here is my take on how to dominate working from home, so you can finally find time to do what you want.
 
 

💰 Money
J.P. Morgan recently upgraded Mexico to overweight or “Buy.” With upwards revisions to US GDP estimates and the enactment of the recent relief bill, more people may send remittances to Mexico. This will likely buoy its market. A list of Mexican companies that have ADRs that trade on US stock exchanges.

📚 Books

Hashtags were done. Until they made a comeback on Twitter. A new book looks at the history of punctuation marks: Hyphens and Hashtags: The Stories Behind the Symbols on Our Keyboards. Two French lawyers once fought a duel over the use of the semi-colon.
 

🎵 Music
March is Women’s History Month. Check out Shoulder to Shoulder: Centennial Tribute to Women’s Suffrage by Karrin Allyson Sextet. I was proud to produce. We recast suffrage era songs as modern jazz. The album features Harry Belafonte, Rosanne Cash, Regina Carter, Madeleine Peyroux, Denise Donatelli, Veronica Swift, Rapsody, Kurt Elling, even Roberta Flack! Read the liners.

 

📽️ Film
The recent gun violence is tragic and sad. I interviewed Kim Snyder, director of US Kids, a documentary that interviews the students at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School who speak out about the gun violence epidemic.

 

📷 Photo

 
 
 
 
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