Successful people honestly sharing their struggles is the greatest gift they can give, 1000x more valuable than how they achieved their success.
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After years of dreaming about “off the grid” life, I feel like I’m seeing things clearly for the first time.
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When things don't go your way, there are three ways you can react. Only one of them helps you do better next time.
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I got my invite last night but was struggling to find a reason to use it. Why this is not a problem for the product.
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Our reaction to the coronavirus pandemic may not have been a good idea, but is there still a silver lining?
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The irony of a guy with a fear of connecting with people building an app to help connect with people.
Read MoreWhen the feeling of speed actually means you’re going slower.
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Things that sound good in theory but don’t work in practice.
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Society and the heart measure success in different ways, and only one leads to happiness.
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There's a lot of cynicism in tech today (that is no doubt warranted!), but there is also a lot of good. This is a reminder of that good and the types of products we got into this industry to help build.
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Nostalgia is a powerful thing, but what makes something nostalgic and what can make it lose that feeling?
Read MoreEverywhere you look people seem to exude confidence, especially on social media. But being confident all the time is more a sign of delusion than success.
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New or aspiring product managers will appreciate this book. It’s a great single source for many of the terms, technologies, and principles used in software development.
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John F Kennedy's goal to put a man on the moon rallied 400,000 people. What can we learn from it when setting our own goals?
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A downloadable guide for performing your own annual review and setting goals for the upcoming year.
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So much advice I’ve heard from successful people hasn’t been helpful to me. In particular, the “Just do it, what do you have to lose” type. The fears that stand between your life today and a better one require a million moments of courage, not just one. There’s a different type of advice I found works better, and it’s less motivational and more ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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The all-time great product companies consider the spreadsheet and the soul. The justifiable and the unexplainable. Everything needs to make financial sense but also connect with something deeper.
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Swings are pretty amazing when you think about it. You can go from just sitting there alone, to flying through the air by just moving your legs. No external forces, no help from anyone, just you. In career, motivation, mental health, and life in general, swings turn out to be a perfect metaphor.
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As a non-technical founder, I’ve always had to find people to help me build my ideas. Many freelancers over the years didn’t work out, costing me a lot of time and money. Looking back though, the problem always came back to me and my approach. This post shares the system I use today that's based on the lessons I’ve learned, and which has led to a string of great hires.
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