There will be special moments in your career as a product manager.
You will meet and collaborate with remarkable people.
Working together, you will somehow manage to make the world just a little bit better than the way you found it.
Cherish these times.
“Praise each other: Find something nice to say, even if it’s a stretch. The worst ideas can have silver linings if you look hard enough.”
-Randy Pausch
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Your career journey as a product manager is yours to shape.
(One might argue it’s really your most important product!)
Knowing when it might be time to pursue new avenues is crucial for your continued growth and learning.
Stagnation benefits no one.
Maya Angelou said it best:
“People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Remember to share your knowledge, mentorship, and support whenever you can.
Authentic, meaningful relationships are the goal.
“Professionals don’t have to justify spending time training or practicing their work. It’s what they do, and practice is how they get good at it… the one constant is the working of those materials, the gradual improvements and proficiency.”
-Ryan Holiday & Stephen Hanselman
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“There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.”
-Seneca
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Children learn to walk by falling over and over again.
Experiments fail more often than not.
This is how we expand the scope of our understanding and knowledge.
Remind yourself to be bold.
“Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so."
-Douglas Adams
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“I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated.”
-Poul Anderson
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Change is the necessary ingredient for all progress.
I cannot stress this enough.
“Storms make us stronger.”
-Bear Grylls
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Make sure you’re working on the right things before you start working even harder at them.
Want a big change in your results?
Consider that you may need a big change in your approach first.
“There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity.”
-Tom Peters
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Explore different angles, challenge assumptions, and surface insights from the safety of your virtual workbench.
These dedicated thinking spaces are crucial for the experimentation, iteration, and clarity needed to push your product forward.
Specialization is for insects
“A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, conn a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects!”
-Lazarus Long (Robert Heinlein)
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“Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.”
-Louis L’Amour
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Change can be uncomfortable but it’s also inevitable.
As a product manager you need to embrace the uncertainty.
Hypothesize. Take calculated risks. Stay nimble.
“If you are to have a great kingdom, rule over yourself.”
-Publilius Syrus
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“What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.”
-Lucille Clifton
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No one gets a gold star if you ship a product feature “on time” and it makes things worse.
Don’t make things worse for your clients.