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Jan 29, 2025: “The moment you rigidly follow a plan set in your youth, you lock yourself into a position, and the times will ruthlessly pass you by.” -Robert Greene …
Jan 26, 2025: The young king from Gilgamesh is in my thoughts this morning: “He will face a battle he knows not, he will ride a road he knows not.”
Jan 25, 2025: “I was waiting for something extraordinary to happen but as the years wasted on nothing ever did unless I caused it.” -Charles Bukowski …
Jan 23, 2025: “Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me. Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful, …
Jan 18, 2025: “If you were plowing a field, which would you rather use? Two strong oxen or 1024 chickens?” -Seymour Cray #Quotes
Jan 18, 2025: “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” -Albert …
Jan 15, 2025: Good hybrid meetings are such a balancing act. You need to maximize the humans who are in immediate proximity to each other - without accidentally …
Jan 12, 2025: “A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” -Oscar Wilde #Quotes
Jan 11, 2025: “As to methods there may be a million and then some, but principles are few. The man who grasps principles can successfully select his own methods. …
Jan 5, 2025: “Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.” -General George S. Patton #Quotes
Jan 1, 2025: ”Humanity always reenacts the same bildungsroman. All the principles you learn through your struggles today had been written down by the ancients …
Dec 31, 2024: Top 10 Books that made me a better Product Manager in 2024 If you can only read one book from this list, make it this one: Badass: Making Users Awesome by Kathy Sierra It should be required reading for …
Dec 30, 2024: Things I Learned in 2024 The composer Vangelis can’t read or write music. Frank Lloyd Wright was not a licensed, certified architect. HP Lovecraft didn’t graduate from high …
Dec 29, 2024: “If there are no words for certain concepts, we tend to not think of them.” -Robert Greene #Quotes
Dec 28, 2024: “The business should always be outrunning the processes, so chaos is right where you want to be.” -Eric Schmidt (I’m not 100% in agreement but do …
Dec 27, 2024: The dearth of any meaningful innovation (or competition) in the ebook market generally makes me sad. For example: how about offering the option of …
Dec 25, 2024: Is “A Muppet Family Christmas” - uniting Muppets, Sesame Street, and Fraggle Rock - the perfect holiday special? Surely. youtu.be/Ovb56dlco…
Dec 23, 2024: And just like that, a copy of Sagan’s “Demon Haunted World” drops into my lap at what appears to be the perfect time.
Dec 22, 2024: “If I knew where I was going, I wouldn’t go there.” -Frank Gehry #Quotes
Dec 21, 2024: “A tendency to get married to positions. There is a saying that bad traders divorce their spouse sooner than abandon their positions. Loyalty to ideas …
Dec 20, 2024: (Last working day of the year today.) No loose ends, no ambiguity. Pickup and put away all your toys. Finish what you started and do it with style.
Dec 19, 2024: It’s like Grandpa used to say, “It’s worth taking a few extra minutes to get clear on your moral compass once your hammer and saw begin making …
Dec 18, 2024: I asked ChatGPT to always remember Asimov’s 3 Laws of Robotics and apply them to any responses it gives me. If it ever thinks one of the Laws …
Dec 17, 2024: After noticing the whole VUCA world has gone sideways out from underneath you, it’s a bit too late to wish you had gone for that run earlier. …
Dec 16, 2024: The thing is, with any new products or services, you’re going to experiment. This is an unavoidable fact. You may chose to blissfully call the …
Dec 15, 2024: “Everything in nature has a structure, a way that the parts relate to one another, which is generally fluid and not so easy to conceptualize. Our …
Dec 14, 2024: Learning from others’ mistakes… “War is fraught with random dangers and careless missteps. Clear orders and relentless rehearsals based on intelligence and repetitive training build …
Dec 13, 2024: Recognizing someone’s talent costs nothing. Don’t underestimate the power of a simple, sincere compliment. In this chaotic world where everyone is …
Dec 12, 2024: “Envision the ideal end to any project before you begin. Even the best gigs don’t last forever. Nor should they.” -Samin Nosrat …
Dec 10, 2024: The year is wrapping up. After a string of successful releases, my latest work is gracefully winding itself down. Wrapping things up always needs to …
Dec 9, 2024: I cannot stress how easy it is for very smart, very successful people to forget this: Your product’s greatest asset will always be the team …
Dec 8, 2024: “The brick walls are there for a reason. They’re not there to keep us out. The brick walls are there to give us a chance to show how badly we …
Dec 7, 2024: “It’s amazing the degree to which children treat their own lives as normal.” -Douglas Adams #Quotes
Dec 6, 2024: During planning sessions, we sometimes talk about all the problems we are presently - deliberately - choosing NOT to solve. This generally fosters …
Dec 4, 2024: In product management (like everything else), miscommunications can derail forward momentum. And stops and starts can be painful. When it happens: …
Dec 2, 2024: This podcast about how Will Guidara made his restaurant best in the world using “unreasonable hospitality” is worth a listen. One of the …
Dec 1, 2024: “For natural ability without training is blind: and training without natural ability is defective, and practice without both natural ability and …
Nov 30, 2024: This was nothing like Tokyo “This was nothing like Tokyo, where the past, all that remained of it, was nurtured with a nervous care. History there had become a quantity, a rare …
Nov 29, 2024: BlueSky’s Starter Packs are pretty nifty as far as features go. They’re immediately useful for users to bootstrap communities, which makes them unique …
Nov 28, 2024: Kevin Kelly writes: “Gratitude will unlock all other virtues and is something you can get better at.” I couldn’t agree more.
Nov 27, 2024: The best single sentence (so far) from “Nexus” by Yuval Noah Harari : ”As Marshall McLuhan might have put it, the pigeon was the message.”
Nov 26, 2024: Time is your clients’ most valuable currency. And it’s yours too.
Nov 25, 2024: My first insight into AI’s genuine utility came when I asked ChatGPT to tell me how an unfamiliar Python library worked, as if I were a young …
Nov 24, 2024: “Nobody will open a book and wish it contains more types of letters or be disappointed because it is, again, just another variation of the same …
Nov 23, 2024: “Truth is the daughter of time, not of authority.” -Francis Bacon #Quotes
Nov 22, 2024: Instead of asking “what went well / what needs improving” during your next retrospective, try giving everyone the chance to talk about how …
Nov 21, 2024: I find myself talking a lot more about how products adapt to unexpected changes in their operating environment. The world is messy but our products …
Nov 20, 2024: “You must be harsher on yourself and on others: failure to communicate is the fault not of the dull-witted audience but of the unstrategic …
Nov 19, 2024: “The future is like weather: a thousand thunderheads on the horizon, a haze of weird thunder-sleet in our eyes, and we never know where the lightning …
Nov 18, 2024: I’ve worked in an industry that prides itself on dramatic upheaval and reinvention my entire life. Spending the time early-career to learn vi …
Nov 17, 2024: “When asked how he would order his thoughts if he had one hour to save the world, Einstein sagely responded that he would spend fifty-five minutes …
Nov 16, 2024: “The future is unwritten.” -Joe Strummer #Quotes
Nov 15, 2024: Wordle and Edison I really enjoy playing Wordle each day. It’s now become a standard part of my morning routine. With a mug of hot coffee in hand, I start a new game …
Nov 14, 2024: What builds loyalty and trust? Consistently delivering on your product’s core promise again and again, from release to release and in every …
Nov 13, 2024: I’ve been learning how to setup neovim as a modern writing environment, an interface into my Obsidian vault. No, I’m not actually writing anything …
Nov 9, 2024: “The easiest way to learn directly is to simply spend a lot of time doing the thing you want to become good at.” -Scott H. Young #Quotes
Nov 5, 2024: Always have a well-understood rubric for determining the difference between urgent and important things when you’re prioritizing your backlog. …
Nov 4, 2024: I’m pretty sure that asking an AI to create complex regular expressions based upon your conversations should be a specific part of the Turing …
Nov 2, 2024: “Without gratitude what is the point of seeing, and without seeing what is the object of gratitude?” -Epictetus #Quotes
Nov 1, 2024: Are your clients repeatedly working outside of normal hours? Are they regularly adopting new features or still slogging along in older workflows? How …
Oct 31, 2024: The platonic ideal for your product’s user interface is that it’s so intuitive that it requires little to no explanation. It just works. …
Oct 30, 2024: Consider how the Apple Watch’s focus shifted fashion accessory into a heavy emphasis on providing fitness and health tracking metrics. You …
Oct 29, 2024: Remember to consider the cost of NOT building something whenever you’re prioritizing features in your backlog. What happens if you wait? …
Oct 28, 2024: We are raised on fables of ants and grasshoppers and the harsh winter that’s looming up ahead of all of us. We put things off because it seems …
Oct 27, 2024: “People who offer bad advice are trying to relive their old glories.” -Mike Maples Jr. #Quotes
Oct 26, 2024: “The most useful piece of learning for the uses of life is to unlearn what is untrue” -Antisthenes #Quotes
Oct 25, 2024: Your product is not for everyone. This is a totally acceptable state of affairs. Define your personas. Know who the product is for and - equally …
Oct 24, 2024: You focus on building understanding first and foremost. Then go build new features.
Oct 23, 2024: Your product’s biggest cheerleader should be you. If you’re not excited about it, why should anyone else be? Your product team’s …
Oct 22, 2024: I’m constantly impressed whenever a product introduces changes that address the micro-frictions in my daily work that I’ve barely …
Oct 21, 2024: Your product’s growth is often limited by your ability to scale your customer support and success processes. Ignore this at your own peril.
Oct 20, 2024: “The disease of our time is that we live on the surface.” -Steven Pressfield #Quotes
Oct 19, 2024: ”The greatest discovery of all time is that a person can change their future by merely changing their attitude." -Oprah Winfrey #Quotes
Oct 18, 2024: What’s a sign of an effective product managers? Someone who consistently turns constraints into catalysts for further creativity and innovation.
Oct 17, 2024: Your product’s user experience can spark joy and create emotional connections while also solving meaningful problems. These aren’t …
Oct 16, 2024: One of the highly science fictional bits of “When Gravity Fails” (Effinger’s early cyberpunk novel published in 1986) was the …
Oct 15, 2024: Sometimes you receive the most valuable feedback when you lose a client. Great features can be born from the most frustrating user experiences.
Oct 13, 2024: “The farther back you can look, the farther forward you are likely to see.” -Winston Churchill #Quotes
Oct 12, 2024: ”The mind is not a vessel that needs filling but wood that needs igniting." -Plutarch #Quotes
Oct 11, 2024: “But we’ve always done it this way!” Some of the most frightening words to hear… but so very ripe with opportunities.
Oct 10, 2024: Think about it like this: Every time you deploy, you’re really shipping new/better/different outcomes.
Oct 9, 2024: Yes, yes, yes - you make wonderful hammers. (Congratulations!) But how successful are your clients at actually building with them? Your …
Oct 8, 2024: A feature without a very clear “why” just shouldn’t exist.
Oct 7, 2024: Listen, listen, listen to your clients - but remember: they’re experts in their problems, not your solutions. Your job is not to build what …
Oct 3, 2024: Don’t wait for the perfect moment to reach out - build your network consistently. Don’t just ask for favors - add value whenever you can. …
Sep 29, 2024: “What we remember from childhood we remember forever - permanent ghosts, stamped, inked, imprinted, eternally seen.” -Cynthia Ozick #Quotes
Sep 28, 2024: ”Experience is not what happens to a man; it is what a man does with what happens to him." -Aldous Huxley #Quotes
Sep 27, 2024: Everyone expects you to be dependable. Everyone expects you to know what you’re talking about. Exceeding expectations is hard - and it gets …
Sep 25, 2024: Great product teams shape the entire culture of problem-solving, innovation, and learning within a company.
Sep 23, 2024: As I write this, it’s early Monday morning and - reminder - now is the best time to go ahead block some uninterrupted Focus Time on your calendar for …
Sep 17, 2024: Remember: organize your product around the market it serves and not around your internal hierarchies. Said differently, roadmaps are not org-charts. …
Sep 14, 2024: “The great thing about fact-based decisions is that they can overrule the hierarchy.” -Jeff Bezos #Quotes
Sep 12, 2024: When working on a new roadmap, here are my 3 starter questions: Who’s the intended audience? What do I want them to take away from this? What …
Sep 7, 2024: “Ideas are easy. Implementation is hard.” -Guy Kawasaki #Quotes
Sep 6, 2024: Product-market fit is difficult to reach and it’s always in motion. ALWAYS. From moment to moment, it’s contracting or expanding in …
Sep 5, 2024: The power of externalizing your thinking As product managers - really as any sort of knowledge worker - we often find ourselves caught up in a swirling vortex of new market information, …
Sep 1, 2024: “The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.” -William James #Quotes
Aug 29, 2024: When plans derail (and let’s face it, they do), it can be an opportunity to reassess priorities. What’s really and truly critical for your …
Aug 28, 2024: ” Every man I meet is in some way my superior; and in that I can learn of him.” -Emerson #Quotes
Aug 25, 2024: “The fact that you “can’t do” something can be embarrassing. But if you are “learning to do” something that is admirable. There are only tiny baby …
Aug 21, 2024: Repeat after me: Words like “users” and “clients” and “customers” are describing actual human beings. Understand …
Aug 20, 2024: We should talk more about timing as product managers. Too early, and the market isn’t quite ready for you. Too late, and someone (everyone?) …
Aug 19, 2024: Delivering new features feels good because it seems like measurable progress. That’s why it’s easy to find yourself stuck in “feature …
Aug 18, 2024: “In the old days, children had to memorize many irrelevant things they didn’t understand, but they also didn’t have a concept of their future then. …
Aug 17, 2024: ”It is a happy talent to know how to play.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson #Quotes
Aug 16, 2024: Translating MVP as “the simplest thing we can get away with building” is problematic. Instead, it should always be “the simplest thing we can learn …
Aug 15, 2024: Remember: product-market fit is not a static “once-and-done” sort of thing. What worked well yesterday might never work again. You re-evaluate, …
Aug 13, 2024: Tell me without telling me about product management: “It is crucial not to teach students only how to make gloves without ever telling them to …
Aug 11, 2024: “Hope clouds observation.” -Frank Herbert (Dune) #Quotes
Aug 10, 2024: Think about the standout products and services, the game-changers, the ones that fundamentally shaped your life. How would you improve them?
Aug 9, 2024: Life happens pretty fast. You’re busy. (Everyone is busy.) It’s easy to lose touch with friends, both at work or in your personal life. But don’t …
Aug 7, 2024: “Prosperity and pessimism don’t travel together.” Quote fron the Westinghouse exhibit at the 1939 Worlds Fair #Quotes
Aug 6, 2024: Maintain transparent communication with your team, your stakeholders, and your clients. Write things down and share them. Close open loops. Meet as …
Aug 3, 2024: “We go where reason - and not the absolute truth - leads us.” -Seneca #Quotes
Aug 1, 2024: No. It’s really not your To Do app’s fault. Let’s talk about anti-patterns in productivity, shall we? I’m a semi-reformed addict of trying out new productivity apps. Do I still hear that sweet, …
Jul 28, 2024: “Let our advance worrying become our advance thinking and planning.” —Winston Churchill #Quotes
Jul 27, 2024: “If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to be a horrible warning.” -Catherine Aird #Quotes
Jul 26, 2024: This is a generative cycle: Draw smart people together to discuss opportunities. Listen more than you speak. Take notes and share them. Review your …
Jul 24, 2024: Apple Vision Pro demo I feel so lucky to have received a few early glimpses of the future in my life. the Apple IIe - that appeared in the library of my elementary school, …
Jul 21, 2024: “I think computer viruses should count as life. I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is …
Jul 19, 2024: “The universe is made of stories, not of atoms.” -Muriel Rukeyser #Quotes
Jul 17, 2024: “Books are the carriers of civilization. Without books, history is silent, literature dumb, science crippled, thought and speculation at a …
Jul 16, 2024: The 7 Obsessions of the Successful Product Manager Sometimes people ask me what it’s like being a product manager or how to be a particularly good one. This is the advice I generally share, the 7 …
Jul 15, 2024: Consider the long tail of some product decisions. For example: early gramophone equipment could only make recordings that were no more than 4.5 …
Jul 14, 2024: “Art is science made clear.” -Jean Cocteau #Quotes
Jul 13, 2024: “We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when adults are afraid of the light.” -Plato #Quotes
Jul 12, 2024: Right now, this minute “There has never been a better time with more opportunities, more openings, lower barriers, higher benefit/risk ratios, better returns, greater upside …
Jul 7, 2024: “Be so good they can’t ignore you.” -Steve Martin #Quotes
Jul 4, 2024: “He who is brave is free.” -Seneca #Quotes
Jul 3, 2024: “No sensible decision can be made any longer without taking into account not only the world as it is, but the world as it will be.” -Isaac Asimov …
Jul 2, 2024: Remember: “Mistakes” are inevitable. They’re how we discover what does or doesn’t work (albeit sometimes quite viscerally). …
Jun 30, 2024: “We should be taught not to wait for inspiration to start a thing. Action always generates inspiration. Inspiration seldom generates action.” -Frank …
Jun 29, 2024: “Rules are made for the convenience of those who are playing. What is fair at one time or in one game may be inhibiting later on. It’s not the game …
Jun 28, 2024: “Make a mistake? Release the guilt, remember the lesson.” -James Clear #Quotes
Jun 27, 2024: Talking about the times you failed as a product manager and what you learned from them is always more interesting than talking about your successes. …
Jun 26, 2024: “The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them." -Mark Twain #Quotes
Jun 25, 2024: “If we really care about our users, we’ll help them do what they want, not what we want.” -Kathy Sierra #Quotes #ProductManagement
Jun 24, 2024: Great products solve problems. Exceptional products anticipate them. Think about what happens to your customers when they no longer have to worry …
Jun 23, 2024: Some of the best advice I ever received from a manager: “Hope? I get to ‘hope’. You need a plan.” Make sure you always have a plan.
Jun 22, 2024: “Our world is random and messy. Collecting data does not make it more perfect or more controllable.” -Giorgia Lupi #Quotes
Jun 20, 2024: Remember: nostalgia is an expensive commodity.
Jun 19, 2024: Perhaps contrary to popular belief, you don’t just write product specs and plot roadmaps as a product manager. You’re also a storyteller. You …
Jun 17, 2024: “The opposite of courage is conforming.” -Brian Collins #Quotes
Jun 16, 2024: “You get an astronaut’s life whether you want it or not. Leave it all behind for a world you know nothing about. That’s just the deal." -Joe Hill …
Jun 13, 2024: As a product manager some of the most important time you spend is talking to users or poring over feedback to uncover their most pressing challenges. …
Jun 10, 2024: It’s about being prepared and staying agile in a fluid environment. Think about the future. Anticipate challenges. Identify potential risks …
Jun 9, 2024: “Point of view is worth 80 IQ points.” -Alan Kay #Quotes
Jun 8, 2024: “Indeed, no one can thwart the purposes of your mind - for they can’t be touched by fire, steel, tyranny, slander, or anything.” -Marcus Aurelius …
Jun 7, 2024: “Fairy tales do not tell children the dragons exist. Children already know that dragons exist. Fairy tales tell children the dragons can be killed.” …
Jun 6, 2024: Sometimes simply writing things down and then methodically reviewing your lists can be a superpower.
Jun 5, 2024: “It is easier to judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.” -Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis #Quotes
Jun 4, 2024: Remember to always ask “how will this simplify things?” For example: before you buy that retro mechanical keyboard that looks exactly like your …
Jun 4, 2024: “Listening is the engine of ingenuity. It’s difficult to understand desires and detect problems, much less develop elegant solutions, …
Jun 1, 2024: “It’s hard to do a really good job on anything you don’t think about in the shower.” -Paul Graham #Quotes
Jun 1, 2024: “The most effective communicators pause before they speak and ask themselves: Why am I opening my mouth?” -Charles Duhigg #Quotes
May 31, 2024: “Users don’t evangelize to their friends because they like the product, they evangelized their friends because they like their friends.” -Kathy Sierra …
May 30, 2024: A good strategy (according to Rumelt) has 3 parts: The diagnosis - framing the challenge The guiding policy - the approach to dealing with the …
May 29, 2024: Strategy is a cohesive response to an important challenge (Richard Rumelt). This is a phenomenal distillation of the concept.
May 28, 2024: “Creativity is just problem solving” “Creativity is just problem solving. Once people see it as problem solving, it stops seeming like magic, because it’s not. Brokers are just people who …
May 27, 2024: Remember: If you compliment someone else’s dog, it really is ok if they’re not gracious about it. It shouldn’t change a thing for you - or the dog.
May 26, 2024: “Be careful not to overcomplicate your systems to the point where you can only maintain them when you are at your peak of mental clarity.” -the David …
May 25, 2024: “I am a great believer in luck. The harder I work, the more of it I seem to have.” -Coleman Cox #Quotes
May 24, 2024: In what sort of future do you want to live? Having that small sweet with your morning coffee makes it marginally less likely you’ll eat the healthy …
May 23, 2024: Remember: Empathize with your clients. Understand their needs as thoroughly as possible before proposing any solutions. Always back your …
May 22, 2024: “Computers fail, checklists fail, everything can fail. But people can’t. We have to make decisions, and that includes deciding what deserves our …
May 21, 2024: “By far the dominant reason for not releasing sooner was a reluctance to trade the dream of success for the reality of feedback.” -Kent …
May 20, 2024: There are no silver bullets “Every tool you use impacts your abilities while using that tool. It increases some capabilities while decreasing others. For example, a chimp fishing …
May 19, 2024: “Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life.” -Mary Oliver #Quotes
May 18, 2024: “It is what you read when you dont have to that determines what you will be when you can’t help it.” -Oscar Wilde #Quotes
May 16, 2024: “An enviroment that is not safe to disagree in is not an environment focused on growth - it’s an environment focused on control.” -Wendi Jade #Quotes
May 15, 2024: The first step with anything new is always voracious learning - which may cause some discomfort. Remember to push through this. Jot down a list of …
May 14, 2024: Concisely sharing what you know about a given topic, including the relevant context, and why it’s valuable information is an exceptionally important …
May 13, 2024: Remember what Heraclitus wrote: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” …
May 12, 2024: “Motherhood: all love begins and ends there.” -Robert Browning #Quotes
May 11, 2024: “Do not internalize the industrial model. You are not one of the myriad of interchangeable pieces, but a unique human being, and if you’ve got …
May 10, 2024: There will be special moments in your career as a product manager. You will meet and collaborate with remarkable people. Working together, you will …
May 9, 2024: “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 …
May 8, 2024: 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 …
May 6, 2024: 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.” …
May 5, 2024: “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 …
May 4, 2024: “There is no easy way from the earth to the stars.” -Seneca #Quotes
May 2, 2024: 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 …
May 1, 2024: “Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent …
Apr 27, 2024: “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 …
Apr 23, 2024: Change is the necessary ingredient for all progress. I cannot stress this enough.
Apr 19, 2024: “Storms make us stronger.” -Bear Grylls #Quotes
Apr 18, 2024: 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 …
Apr 17, 2024: “There is no such thing as a minor lapse of integrity.” -Tom Peters #Quotes
Apr 15, 2024: Explore different angles, challenge assumptions, and surface insights from the safety of your virtual workbench. These dedicated thinking spaces are …
Apr 14, 2024: 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, …
Apr 13, 2024: “Nobody got anywhere in the world by simply being content.” -Louis L’Amour #Quotes
Apr 10, 2024: Change can be uncomfortable but it’s also inevitable. As a product manager you need to embrace the uncertainty. Hypothesize. Take calculated risks. …
Apr 7, 2024: “If you are to have a great kingdom, rule over yourself.” -Publilius Syrus #quotes
Apr 5, 2024: “What they call you is one thing. What you answer to is something else.” -Lucille Clifton #Quotes
Apr 3, 2024: 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.
Mar 31, 2024: “If you are coasting, it means you are going downhill.” C. P. Fulford Jr. #Quotes
Mar 30, 2024: “No man was ever wise by chance.” -Seneca #Quotes
Mar 28, 2024: Your first idea probably isn’t the best one. Dont be afraid to iterate!
Mar 27, 2024: Distraction corrodes progress. Focus on what’s most important right now.
Mar 26, 2024: Whenever you can, grab a dry erase marker and start sketching out what’s in your head. Encourage others in the conversation to embroider their own …
Mar 23, 2024: “Don’t fear failure. Not failure, but low aim, is the crime. In great attempts it is glorious even to fail.” -Bruce Lee #Quotes
Mar 22, 2024: Remember: sarcasm is a actually a form of thinly veiled aggression. And how rarely is veiled aggression constructive?
Mar 21, 2024: Like Herodotus wrote, we never step in the same river twice. Everything is constantly changing. Your job as a product manager is to bring focus and …
Mar 19, 2024: Remember to prioritize interoperability over allegiance to specific tools. A tool-agnostic mindset cultivates resilience and allows your team to pivot …
Mar 17, 2024: “We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.“ -Albert Einstein #Quotes
Mar 16, 2024: “Ideas are a dime a dozen. It’s execution that counts.” -Frank Herbert #Quotes
Mar 14, 2024: Hoarding knowledge might be the supreme anti-pattern.
Mar 13, 2024: Remember what Marcus Aurelius wrote: “Do not expect Plato’s ideal republic; be satisfied with even the smallest step forward, and consider this no …
Mar 11, 2024: I’ve seen firsthand how well-crafted features can be utter game-changers. Clarity is essential to both captivate your users and to foster seanless …
Mar 10, 2024: “Speed has never killed anyone. Suddenly becoming stationary, that’s what gets you.” -Jeremy Clarkson #Quotes
Mar 9, 2024: “If you want to know what a given society believes in, look at what its largest buildings are devoted to.” -Joseph Campbell #Quotes
Mar 6, 2024: Prioritize your product backlog. By value, feasibility, and strategic alignment. Relentlessly. Ruthlessly. Ferociously.
Mar 3, 2024: “Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose." -Lyndon B Johnson #Quotes
Mar 2, 2024: “We can’t become what we need to be by remaining what we are.” -Oprah Winfrey #Quotes
Mar 1, 2024: Monday morning actually starts Friday afternoon. Wrap up the week’s remaining tasks and prioritize any outstanding items to ensure you start strong …
Feb 28, 2024: Remember: Your products and services make the world a better place - and that’s a great way to spend your focus, time, and energy.
Feb 27, 2024: You and your team can’t anticipate everything as product managers. Unexpected things will still happen. When they do, remember to move out of the …
Feb 26, 2024: Tactfully saying “no” is one of the most difficult skills to master as a product manager. Not coincidentally, it’s also one of the most important, …
Feb 24, 2024: “Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.” -Henry Ford #Quotes
Feb 23, 2024: Product roadmaps aren’t predictions. They’re instrumentation of your thinking about the problems to be solved and the priorities at which they might …
Feb 22, 2024: It’s difficult to convey just how useful it is to visualize your thinking in a shared space when you’re problem solving with other people. Grab …
Feb 19, 2024: Why is being a product manager such a great experience? Each day is spent solving problems that really matter - whether it’s streamlining processes or …
Feb 17, 2024: “A schedule defends from chaos and whim.” -Annie Dillard #Quotes
Feb 15, 2024: Whenever you will think other people are wrong about a given approach, check to see if you have any data available to validate your position. If not, …
Feb 14, 2024: A big part of your job is to learn how to focus on the most important thing and ignore the noise.
Feb 12, 2024: Don’t underestimate the value of sharing how you plan to solve your customer’s problems with your fellow product managers. Divergent opinions and …
Feb 11, 2024: “Every act of creation is first of all an act of destruction.” -Pablo Picasso #Quotes
Feb 10, 2024: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.” -Richard Feynman #Quotes
Feb 9, 2024: Validating your hypotheses as a product manager isn’t about being right - it’s about learning. It moves you out of chaotic uncertainty and into …
Feb 5, 2024: Discovery isn’t a checklist; it’s a conversation. You listen actively, try to ask the best questions, and generally let curiosity be your guide. As a …
Feb 4, 2024: “Wisdom is not a product of schooling but of the lifelong attempt to acquire it.” -Albert Einstein #Quotes
Feb 3, 2024: “Never let the guy with the broom decide how many elephants can be in the parade.” -Merlin Mann #Quotes
Feb 2, 2024: Collaboration. Experimentation. Small chunks of work. Agility.
Jan 31, 2024: “Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered pot holder.” -Raymond Chandler #Quotes
Jan 30, 2024: Draw out the product planning calendar as far into the future as you can. Dates will move and shift about as you continue to iterate but the calendar …
Jan 29, 2024: Lace up your clients’ shoes and walk the proverbial mile. Then go for a jog in them. Then do the training and run a marathon. Empathy is the key to …
Jan 28, 2024: “Whether we think we can or think we can’t, we’re right.” -Henry Ford #Quotes
Jan 27, 2024: “To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.” -Bruce Lee #Quotes
Jan 26, 2024: A quote to remember when listening to clients about your product: “The real secret to listening I’ve learned is that it’s not about me. …
Jan 25, 2024: Remember: Communicate clearly. Communicate clearly. Communicate clearly.
Jan 24, 2024: I asked Google Bard to tell me how to be the best possible product manager in a single sentence: “Master the art of empathy, the science of data, and …
Jan 23, 2024: I asked CoPilot: tell me how to be the best possible product manager in a single sentence: “To be the best possible product manager, you need to …
Jan 22, 2024: I asked ChatGPT (3.5) to tell me how to be the best possible product manager in a single sentence: “Anticipate user needs, communicate effectively, …
Jan 21, 2024: “We will all experience one pain or the other - the pain of discipline or the pain of regret - but the difference is that the pain of discipline …
Jan 20, 2024: “Search others for their virtue, and yourself for your vices.” -Buckminster Fuller #Quotes
Jan 18, 2024: Remember the fundamentals of good product management : hypothesize market-fit test market-fit align and focus resources
Jan 16, 2024: You review your roadmap with clients to refine and renew the shared vision for your product. Their perspectives may validate your hypotheses or serve …
Jan 15, 2024: The curse of the 21st century: Focus is absolutely essential yet we live in a time of wonders.
Jan 14, 2024: “Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you’d have preferred to talk." ~Doug Larson #Quotes
Jan 13, 2024: “Beware the stories you read or tell; subtly, at night, beneath the waters of consciousness, they are altering your world.” Ben Okri #Quotes
Jan 12, 2024: User stories are more than just a list of tasks. - they’re the voice of your clients. Product managers are wise to remember that good requirements …
Jan 11, 2024: “Lost time is never found again.” -Ben Franklin Remember: being frenetically busy isn’t the goal - being impactful is. Time is a …
Jan 10, 2024: “Where facts are few, experts are many.” -Donald R. Gannon #Quotes
Jan 9, 2024: “Do you not adapt because you cannot conceptualize faster than the enemy’s adaptation?” -General James Mattis Remember: chaotic situations in product …
Jan 8, 2024: If every day is spent pingponging back and forth between raging fires as a product manager, something is broken. It’s your job to fix that. If that …
Jan 7, 2024: “Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses." -Alphonse Karr #Quotes
Jan 6, 2024: “Our plans miscarry if they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.” -Seneca #Quotes
Jan 5, 2024: Each and every quarterly release plan should have clearly defined goals and success metrics. Know what success looks like for your product and how …
Jan 4, 2024: Remember: plans are not chiseled into stone. Expect challenges during planning. It’s part of the process. Stay agile and ready to adapt. Face …
Jan 3, 2024: “Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm." Winston Churchill #Quotes
Jan 2, 2024: Today is the ideal time to review your product’s performance last year. What were the successes and challenges? Remember to include things like sales …
Jan 1, 2024: New year, new (and old) challenges in Product Management. Stay ahead of the curve by continuously learning and adapting. This takes deliberate, …
Dec 31, 2023: “The life that is worth living, and the only life that is worth living, is the life of effort, the life of effort to attain what is worth striving …
Dec 30, 2023: “Let the future tell the truth and evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments. The present is theirs; the future, for which I really …
Dec 29, 2023: If you lead a team of product managers, remember that these are the two most important things you provide for them each day: psychological safety …
Dec 28, 2023: Product management is a rapidly evolving role within a competitive market environment. Stay educated. Read industry reports. Attend workshops. Take …
Dec 27, 2023: Top 5 Books that made made me a better Product Manager in 2023 Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel Good Strategy Bad Strategy: The Difference and Why It Matters by Richard P. …
Dec 26, 2023: Top 5 open-source tools I discovered in 2023 Oh My Zsh - a framework for managing your ZSH configuration Powerlevel10k - an amazing theme for ZSH bonus: a great article on Using the two …
Dec 25, 2023: “A lovely thing about Christmas is that it’s compulsory, like a thunderstorm, and we all go through it together.” -Garrison Keilor …
Dec 24, 2023: “All that is human must retrograde if it does not advance.” Edward Gibbon #quotes
Dec 23, 2023: “The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot possibly go wrong is that when a thing that cannot possibly go wrong …
Dec 21, 2023: 90 Hours of Python with DataCamp: a review In which I discover DataCamp, start learning Python, hit the Wall, and remind myself that learning new things can be hard “Sucking at something is …
Dec 21, 2023: The 2nd most seductive waste of time and energy: Downloading a bunch of new task-tracking apps in hope of discovering that one EXTRA feature that will …
Dec 20, 2023: As a product manager, you sometimes connect dots from entirely different worlds. Never underestimate the power of learning from unrelated industries. …
Dec 19, 2023: Holiday breaks are crucial for recharging. But the real relaxation starts when you know everything is in place at work. A little extra effort can make …
Dec 18, 2023: There’s just no substitute for direct client discovery sessions. Client feedback turns educated assumptions into actionable insights. Leverage these …
Dec 17, 2023: “One can furnish a room very luxuriously by taking out furniture rather than putting it in.” -Francis Jourdain #Quotes
Dec 16, 2023: “No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it’s not the same river and he’s not the same man.” -Heraclitus #Quotes
Dec 15, 2023: “Don’t fight forces, use them.” -Buckminster Fuller #Quotes
Dec 14, 2023: Whenever you celebrate together as a product team, you foster a culture of gratitude and continuous improvement. Innovation thrives in this type of …
Dec 13, 2023: You must continually work to strike a balance between providing comprehensive information to your clients while also keeping product documentation …
Dec 12, 2023: “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” -Winston Churchill #Quotes
Dec 11, 2023: Effective product management begins with listening. And client feedback isn’t just about fixing what’s broken - it’s also about amplifying what works. …
Dec 10, 2023: “I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I …
Dec 9, 2023: “Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don’t fail overnight. Instead, failure is a few errors in judgment, repeated every …
Dec 8, 2023: Remember: Every feature you prioritize is a strategic choice. Prioritizing the portfolio aligns the product roadmap with the core business goals, …
Dec 7, 2023: Fail to consider launch plans and you may as well just throw your new product in the backyard and hope that someone stumbles along and miraculously …
Dec 6, 2023: “Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be overcome.” – Samuel Johnson #Quotes
Dec 5, 2023: One of the intrinsic beauties of cost-benefit analysis is the ability to quantify trade-offs. If we do X, then Y comes next, at an estimated cost of …
Dec 4, 2023: As a product manager, you’re not just managing a backlog of features - you’re a steward of resources. Cost-benefit analysis empowers you to be a …
Dec 3, 2023: “Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” ― Albert …
Dec 2, 2023: “Results? Why, I have gotten lots of results! I know several thousand things that won’t work." -Thomas Edison #Quotes
Dec 1, 2023: Strategic decision-making is significantly enhanced with a robust roadmap in place. In visualizing the product’s future, product managers parse market …
Nov 30, 2023: “Minutes are worth more than money. Spend them wisely." ~Thomas P. Murphy (no relation) You might willingly subject yourself to the death of 1000 …
Nov 29, 2023: “The limits of language are the limits of your world.” – Ludwig Wittgenstein #Quotes
Nov 28, 2023: Defect management isn’t just a technical task – it’s a collaboration. Finding the correct alignment between product, engineering, and client support …
Nov 27, 2023: Dependencies silently orchestrate release plans - regardless of whether you choose to acknowledge them. You ignore them at your own peril. Map out …
Nov 26, 2023: “The ultimate form of preparation is not planning for a specific scenario, but a mindset that can handle uncertainty.” -James Clear …
Nov 26, 2023: “Give me a stock clerk with a goal and I’ll give you a man who will make history. Give me a man with no goals and I’ll give you a stock clerk.” -JC …
Nov 25, 2023: Albert Einstein’s Three Rules of Work: Out of clutter find simplicity. From discord find harmony. In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. …
Nov 24, 2023: Features. Requirements. Epics. Stories. All of these are abstractions intended to drive conversations about the problems to be solved, the value to be …
Nov 23, 2023: “The greatest thing is to give thanks for everything. He who has learned this knows what it means to live. He has penetrated the whole mystery …
Nov 22, 2023: “It’s insulting to call a professional talented. She’s skilled, first and foremost. Many people have talent, but only a few care enough to show up …
Nov 21, 2023: “One of the greatest discoveries a man makes, one of his great surprises, is to find he can do what he was afraid he couldn’t do.” — Henry Ford Demand …
Nov 20, 2023: Behind schedule? It’s ok. That happens in a chaotic world. Prioritize your tasks to deliver highest value first, communicate transparently, and …
Nov 19, 2023: “The past takes its meaning from whatever we do right now.” -Czeslaw Milsosz #Quotes
Nov 18, 2023: “It isn’t the mountains to climb that wear you out, it’s the pebble in your shoe.” -Muhammad Ali #Quotes
Nov 17, 2023: Remember: stay relentlessly, indefatigably focused on solving real problems for your clients. Understanding their needs, iterating based on feedback, …
Nov 16, 2023: Allocating resources for a whole year can be like playing roulette. Unexpected demands or priority changes - economic shifts, global events, industry …
Nov 15, 2023: “The whole object of travel is not to set foot on foreign land; it is at last to set foot on one’s own country as a foreign land." -Gilbert …
Nov 14, 2023: Yes, product managers orchestrate. Remember: it’s the harmonious collaboration and improvisation within the team that creates the music. …
Nov 13, 2023: “Only the madman is absolutely sure.” -Robert Anton Wilson Testing isn’t a phase. it’s a mindset, a commitment to delivering value and reliability to …
Nov 12, 2023: “No matter what form the dragon may take, it is the mysterious passage past him, or into his jaws, that stories of any depth will be concerned to …
Nov 11, 2023: “Living things tend to change unrecognizably as they grow. Who would deduce the dragonfly from the larva, the iris from the bud, the lawyer from …
Nov 10, 2023: Distraction is the enemy of progress. Ruthlessly prioritize and maintain unwavering focus on what truly matters to your users. The inherent power of …
Nov 9, 2023: “Anyone can hold the helm when the sea is calm.” -Publius Syrus When the pressure’s on, the calm prevail. As a product manager, your …
Nov 8, 2023: Your product should be a reflection of your clients’ needs and desires. So why not ask about them? Every conversation with a client is a step towards …
Nov 7, 2023: “Don’t mistake activity for achievement.” -John Wooden Every product managers eventually (and sometimes painfully) figures out that they can’t …
Nov 6, 2023: “Have you listened to the new Beatles song?” is such a wonderfully science-fictional thing to ask someone. It’s almost like #AI will produce tools for …
Nov 5, 2023: “If everything seems under control, you’re not going fast enough.” -Mario Andretti #Quotes
Nov 4, 2023: “To work with the nature of the future, in media and in tech and in language, is to embrace being mad scientists, and we might as well get good at …
Nov 3, 2023: Your product data is a glittering dragon’s horde of client behavior, preferences, and pain points. Carefully sift through the baubles and coins to …
Nov 2, 2023: In product management, every question you ask is a step closer to creating something truly transformative for your clients. Want to build better …
Nov 1, 2023: The sprint is ending, and you’re feeling the pressure? Remember: it’s not about perfection; it’s about progress. Break the work down into manageable …
Oct 31, 2023: When in doubt, simplify. Look for how complex features can be revised down to essentials without sacrificing their value. Don’t overwhelm your clients …
Oct 30, 2023: Wondering why you won or lost a sale? That’s what win-loss analysis is for! It uncovers the hidden factors that shaped the outcome. Share these …
Oct 29, 2023: ”If you want to be successful, it’s just this simple. Know what you are doing. Love what you are doing. And believe in what you’re doing.” -Will …
Oct 28, 2023: “The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man …
Oct 27, 2023: Self-awareness is essential for growth. Regular retrospectives establish a cycle of continuous improvement. You gain insights into your team’s …
Oct 26, 2023: Remember: it’s not about managing ALL inputs but managing the RIGHT inputs. Set clear criteria for what gets your attention and let go of the noise. …
Oct 25, 2023: Unexpected client conversations are inevitable. My advice: Prepare well, brainstorm possible questions, and rehearse your delivery. But also be ready …
Oct 24, 2023: What’s the best way to ace unexpected client conversations? Have a deep understanding of your product, a clear vision, and a quick thinking cap. …
Oct 23, 2023: When you’re refreshed, you lead with clarity and inspiration. Being a great product manager isn’t about working 24/7. It’s about finding balance, and …
Oct 22, 2023: ”Judge each day not by the harvest you reap but by the seeds you plant." -Robert Louis Stevenson #Quotes
Oct 21, 2023: ”I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have." - Thomas Jefferson #Quotes
Oct 20, 2023: Remember this: downtime isn’t a waste of time. It’s an investment in your creativity, problem-solving skills, and overall well-being. Your energy is …
Oct 19, 2023: “Happiness is not a station to arrive at, but a manner of traveling.” -Margaret Lee Runbeck #Quotes
Oct 18, 2023: “A ship in harbor is safe, but that’s not what ships are for.” -William G.T. Shedd Estimating complex work is a bit like sailing through …
Oct 17, 2023: As a product manager, I’ve learned that estimating complex work is like juggling atomic-powered chainsaws - it’s risky work, and even with practice, …
Oct 16, 2023: Remember: effective time management is an ongoing process. Regularly audit your time management practices and make adjustments as needed to optimize …
Oct 15, 2023: ”It is no use saying, ‘We are doing our best.’ You have got to succeed in doing what is necessary.” -Winston Churchill #Quotes
Oct 14, 2023: “The soul becomes dyed with the color of its thoughts.” -Marcus Aurelius #Quotes
Oct 13, 2023: Poor time management leads to overwork and burnout. A well-managed schedule ensures a better work-life balance, ultimately contributing to a healthier …
Oct 12, 2023: Remember: collaboration isn’t just about working together. It’s about actively listening, learning, and adapting. It’s about challenging assumptions …
Oct 11, 2023: In the world of scary hard problems, the whole truly is often greater than the sum of its parts. When collaborating with your peer proruct managers, …
Oct 10, 2023: When communicating with senior execs, be concise and get to the point as quickly as possible. The first sentence is always the key message. If you …
Oct 9, 2023: Your product documentation is an asset. Well-crafted docs turn casual users into power users. It’s the bridge that transforms beginners into experts - …
Oct 8, 2023: “On matters of style, swim with the current. On matters of principle, stand like a rock.” -Thomas Jefferson. #Quotes
Oct 7, 2023: “The reading of all good books is like a conversation with the finest minds of past centuries.” -Descartes #Quotes #Books
Oct 6, 2023: When was the last time you thanked your amazing clients for all their questions and feedback? You’re there to listen, learn, and provide the answers …
Oct 5, 2023: ”In a time of drastic change, it is the learners who inherit the future.” -Eric Hoffer #Quotes
Oct 4, 2023: Quarterly roadmap planning is essential but comes with its fair share of challenges: Striking the right balance between short-term priorities and …
Oct 3, 2023: “When things go wrong, don’t go with them.” -Elvis Presley #Quotes
Oct 2, 2023: Your actions set the tone for the team. Demonstrate the qualities and behaviors you expect from your product managers. Be a role model in terms of …
Oct 1, 2023: ”You don’t learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” -Richard Branson #Quotes
Sep 30, 2023: “There is a piece of me that likes to fondly imagine my maverick and rebellious nature. But more accurately I like to have a nice and cosy institution …
Sep 29, 2023: “The years teach much which the days never know.” —Ralph Waldo Emerson #Quotes
Sep 28, 2023: Learn from your mistakes. Adapt quickly. Champion your team’s creativity. Innovation thrives on resilience. #ProductManagement
Sep 27, 2023: “A plan which succeeds is bold, one which fails is reckless.” - General Karl von Clausewitz #Quotes
Sep 26, 2023: Addressing hard problems is like building a puzzle. Each piece represents a new insight, a new step towards a possible solution. Embrace the puzzle. …
Sep 25, 2023: Hard conversations with customers foster a culture of continuous improvement within your team. They challenge assumptions and force #ProductManagement …
Sep 24, 2023: “People are always telling you who they are.” -Elizabeth Strout #Quotes
Sep 23, 2023: “Words are full of echoes, of memories, of associations. They have been out and about, on people’s lips, in their houses, in the streets, …
Sep 22, 2023: Hard conversations are also essential for uncovering pain points that might not be evident through other feedback channels. Customers may be …
Sep 21, 2023: Engaging in hard conversations with customers is a crucial aspect of product management. These conversations, although uncomfortable, are often …
Sep 20, 2023: “The true spirit of conversation consists more in bringing out the cleverness of others than in showing a great deal of it yourself; he who goes …
Sep 19, 2023: “I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream.” - Vincent van Gogh #Quotes
Sep 19, 2023: ”I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.” -Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul A …
Sep 18, 2023: As a product manager, my mantra is simple: Hard problems are the heart of progress. They push us to think differently and collaborate deeply. As …
Sep 17, 2023: “A goal should scare you a little and excite you a lot.” -Joe Vitali #Quotes
Sep 16, 2023: “Build something 100 people love, not something 1 million people kind of like." -Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb #Quotes
Sep 14, 2023: Time evaporates when you’re managing products. What’s one critical time management tool? A well-structured calendar. Remember to block time for …
Sep 13, 2023: “What the caterpillar calls the end of the world, the master calls a butterfly.” -Richard Bach #Quotes
Sep 12, 2023: Building for yourself just won’t cut it. Conduct interviews, surveys, and usability tests regularly. Understand your users’ pain points and desires. …
Sep 11, 2023: Challenges are your constant companions in product management. Don’t try to avoid them. Face them head-on - with the right mix of data-driven …
Sep 10, 2023: ”It is best to do things systematically, since we are only human, and disorder is our worst enemy.” -Hesiod #Quotes
Sep 9, 2023: “A good shoe is a shoe you don’t notice.” -C. S. Lewis #quotes
Sep 8, 2023: It’s easy to get lost in a sea of competing ideas. Prioritize ruthlessly based upon impact, feasibility, and alignment with your product vision. …
Sep 7, 2023: “Why” is just as important as “What.” Dig deep into the root causes of emergent issues. Understanding the why can lead to breakthrough solutions. It …
Sep 6, 2023: “Quality is much better than quantity… One home run is much better than two doubles.” -Steve Jobs I think about this quote all the time. #quotes
Sep 5, 2023: Shipping a product without sufficient user documentation is like asking your users to open a door with no handle. Don’t leave your users stranded! …
Sep 4, 2023: Remember that your work isn’t just a means to an end. It’s an opportunity for growth, learning, and making a positive impact. Embrace …
Sep 3, 2023: ”Sit down before a fact as a little child, be prepared to give up every preconceived notion. Follow humbly wherever and to whatever abysses nature …
Sep 2, 2023: “To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.” -Joseph Chilton Pearce #quotes
Sep 2, 2023: Customer feedback is precious and you’re lucky to receive it. Embrace it, listen to it, and use it to iterate and improve your product. The worst case …
Sep 1, 2023: “If I had six hours to chop down a tree, I’d spend the first four hours sharpening the axe”. -Abe Lincoln #quotes #preparation
Aug 31, 2023: A useful daily affirmation for Product Managers: “I will communicate transparently, foster collaboration, and always strive for excellence in every …
Aug 30, 2023: “Education is more than the information we accumulate in our heads. It’s the habits we develop as we keep revising our drafts and the skills we build …
Aug 29, 2023: Chaos happens. Setbacks abound. Find serenity in process. Your well-defined product cadences and ceremonies are like a North Star, guiding you back on …
Aug 28, 2023: Adversity is fertile soil for innovation. When faced with challenges, encourage your team to brainstorm, experiment, and prototype. Sometimes, the …
Aug 27, 2023: “Won’t you be walking in your predecessors’ footsteps? I surely will use the older path, but if I find a shorter and smoother way, I’ll blaze a trail …
Aug 26, 2023: Remember: each day you’re only competing against the person you were yesterday.
Aug 25, 2023: “Predicting rain doesn’t count. Building arks does.”-Warren Buffett #quotes
Aug 24, 2023: “Think of many things. Do one.” -Cassell’s Book Of Quotations, Proverbs And Household Words It’s easy to get caught up in the …
Aug 23, 2023: ”Success is never final; failure is never fatal. It’s courage that counts." -John Wooden Mistakes are stepping stones to success. Analyze …
Aug 22, 2023: “Rowing harder doesn’t help if the boat is headed in the wrong direction.” -Kerichi Ohmae In turbulent times, don’t panic or blame. …
Aug 21, 2023: Celebrate wins, both big and small. Acknowledge the hard work of your team and the milestones achieved along the way. Remember: sometimes just not …
Aug 20, 2023: “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” -L.P. Hartley, The Go-Between #quotes
Aug 20, 2023: ”Innovation is saying no to 1,000 things." -Steve Jobs The art of saying “no” is one of the most critical skills for a product manager. It’s …
Aug 19, 2023: Some days there is nothing quite so cathartic as investing quiet, focused time on pruning and weeding in your product backlog. Eliminate low-priority …
Aug 18, 2023: Embrace every failure as a learning opportunity. Not every product launch will be a hit and, you know, that’s okay. Learn from the setbacks, iterate, …
Aug 17, 2023: Stay curious and keep learning. The world is in constant motion and user needs are fluid and evolving. Explore new ideas, attend conferences, read as …
Aug 16, 2023: ”Patience is bitter, but its fruit is sweet.”—Aristotle Patience is a strategic virtue. Crafting a lasting impact takes time. Plant the seeds today …
Aug 15, 2023: “This is the master design pattern for applying technology: Do more. Do things that were previously unimaginable” -Tim O’Reilly #quotes
Aug 14, 2023: Data is your compass. Use data to make as informed decisions as possible, measure your successes, and identify potential areas for improvement. …
Aug 13, 2023: “I have all my life been considering distant effects and always sacrificing immediate success and applause to that of the future” -Frederick Law …
Aug 12, 2023: “They say that time changes things, but you actually have to change them yourself.” -Andy Warhol #quotes
Aug 11, 2023: It turns out that empathy is a superpower. Understand your clients and partners deeply, their pain points, their needs, and their desires. Once you …
Aug 10, 2023: Communication is key to effective product management. I cannot overstate the importance. Clear and effective communication with your team, …
Aug 9, 2023: Ideation is wonderful - but don’t get too attached to your ideas. As a product manager, always be open to feedback and ready to pivot if necessary. …
Aug 8, 2023: Reflecting on my journey so far, it’s clear that knowledge becomes so much more meaningful when shared. In a hyper-dynamic field like product …
Aug 7, 2023: The story of Ping The story of ping from the guy who wrote it. Modeling sonar behavior across an internetwork. So clever. ftp.arl.army.mil/~mike/pin… A true …
Aug 5, 2023: “Brevity is the soul of wit” -William Shakespeare _(specifically, Polonius, in Hamlet Act 2, Scene 2) (specifically-specifically, …