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Valerie Plame spent years working undercover in places like Athens and Brussels.

Even many friends and acquaintances did not suspect.

Her husband later explained how she did it:

Most people are interested in talking about themselves.

That detail stayed with me.

The more you talk about yourself, the less you learn.

The more interested you are in other people, the more they open up.

Curiosity is a kind of skeleton key.

Try that the next time you go to an event.

Talk less.

Ask more.

See what opens.

-Kabir​​

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Seven Point Sunday – March 22
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💼 Portfolio Career

​Stewart Brand – Writer, editor, and systems thinker whose career spans environmentalism, publishing, technology culture, and long-term forecasting.
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⚡️ Productivity

​Raindrop.io. Bookmarking and knowledge-saving tool that’s useful when your inputs are scattered across the web. Better for curating what you want to return to than trying to remember where you saw it.​
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💰 Wealth

Net-Worth Friction Check – Open a notes app and list every account where you hold money. Next to each one, write how many steps it would take to access cash in an emergency. If any meaningful amount of money requires 2+ steps, simplify or consolidate. Liquidity is a feature, not a failure.
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📚 Books

​Essentialism by Greg McKeown. Practical argument for doing less but better, with an emphasis on setting boundaries, removing non-essential commitments, and protecting time for what actually matters.
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🎵 Music

​The Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest. Built around upright bass lines and minimal sampling, the album deliberately rejected the louder, harder production trends of early ’90s hip-hop. Its jazz-forward approach reshaped how space, rhythm, and restraint could function in rap.
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💭 AI Prompt
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​Describe a version of my life that is perfectly optimized for comfort. Explain what I gain from it, what it costs me, and why it quietly limits my growth.
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