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The best PMs have T-shaped skills - deep in one, broad in many
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Do things that give you energy - that's where impact lives
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Master AI tools now or become obsolete
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Career success starts with self-knowledge
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Own your career like a product - nobody else will
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Your career is longer than you think - play accordingly
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Optimize for learning velocity, not job titles
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Choose meaningful suffering over comfortable mediocrity
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Excellence in execution earns you strategic opportunities
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Product management is broken - most shouldn't be PMs
Perspectives
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Impact solves all PM career problems
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Skills beat knowledge - practice until it's in your bones
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Your discomfort is your compass to growth
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Join rockets, not parking lots - momentum matters
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Trust your gut about culture fit - it's never wrong
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Different growth stages require different strengths
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Ship fast, learn faster - failure is data
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Your hardest struggles become your greatest teachings
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Don't self-reject - let others say no
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Embrace being a professional idiot - ask the dumb questions
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Power is a skill, not a personality trait
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Career stagnation is the death of ambition
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Creating content accelerates your career - but only if you love it
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High agency is the ultimate differentiator
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Surround yourself with A-players - they compound your growth
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Success requires both doing and storytelling
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Pick problems worth solving, not comfortable positions
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Product management requires loving the grind, not just the glory
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Help first, ask later - that's how mentorship begins
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Mock interviews matter more than studying questions
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Great work doesn't speak for itself - tell the story
Perspectives
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Wisdom becomes accessible when you're ready for it
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Focus on what you control, not what you wish would happen
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Jobs can't fulfill all needs - that's not failure
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CEO growth must outpace company growth
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Strategic thinking separates senior PMs from the pack
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The J-curve career beats the staircase every time
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Build in public - authenticity beats expertise
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Consistent daily practice beats sporadic brilliance
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React enthusiastically to feedback even when it hurts
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Frame career moves as helping, not taking
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Learn from success, not just failure
Perspectives
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Great careers are built through relationships plus serendipity
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Meta-skills matter more than specific knowledge
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Interview coaches, don't just hire the first one
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Economic downturns create career acceleration opportunities
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AI companies reward chaos-to-clarity converters
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Your partner choice affects your career more than your job choice
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Getting fired for your principles accelerates your career
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