by Kabir Sehgal | Oct 20, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 331 words. I’ve written this newsletter for 177 consecutive weeks. Let’s do some math.177 editions x 7 ideas a week = 1,239 total ideas that I’ve shared over ~3.5 years. I’ve talked about my music or books ~62 times or...
by Kabir Sehgal | Oct 13, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 259 words. My dad arrived early for his 9 AM doctor’s appointment. But the doctor made him wait until 9:45 AM.Dad didn’t like that he had to wait so long.👉🏽 So, this is what he did. Now when dad arrives, the doctor waits outside to...
by Kabir Sehgal | Oct 6, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 311 words. When I worked in banking, everyone was a quick call away. If my New York-based client had a problem with a deal in Indonesia, I’d call my colleague in Jakarta. My colleague would pick up. We’d solve the problem...
by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 29, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 259 words. The Chief Marketing Officer of a Fortune 500 company called me: “Whom would you suggest to write music for our commercial?” I had 3 ideas. 1. An established composer. 2. An emerging composer. 3. A student composer. ...
by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 22, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 375 words. President Jimmy Carter is like an uncle to me. In the 1960s, my immigrant dad arrived at Auburn University & rang the bell. Lillian Carter (Jimmy’s mother) opened the door. She was the dorm’s housemother. She...
by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 15, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 299 words. I don’t watch TV. I don’t scroll social media. I don’t join boards. I don’t go to parties or events. I don’t have dinners with friends. (well, I’ve had 2 this year) I sit in my cave studio...
by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 8, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 302 words. When it comes to social media, I’m an early adopter but late bloomer. I joined Facebook in 2004 – weeks after launch. I infrequently used it. In fact, I only “got serious” about social media about 12 weeks...
by Kabir Sehgal | Sep 1, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 326 words. If you’re like many artists I know, you launch headfirst into your project. You complete the work. And struggle endeavor to get it out. How do I get people to pay attention to my artistry? Prussian General Carl Von...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 25, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 376 words. 20 summers ago, I attended a political convention. I was working on a presidential campaign as a speechwriter & assistant. I heard a then-state senator talk about uniting red & blue states. We had actually met a few weeks...
by Kabir Sehgal | Aug 18, 2024 | All, Seven Point Sunday
Read time: 1 minute, 339 words. Imagine that I put a big, beautiful brick in your mailbox. The next day, you receive 20 more beautiful bricks… And now there’s no room left in your mailbox. I’m talking metaphorically about email attachments. Every...
