Zen and The Art of Product Management
<p>When I first became a product manager, I had two thoughts. The first was: wow, this is amazing — it feels so right. The second was: what am I supposed to do? I asked a colleague and she said something like:</p>
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<p>The job of a product manager is to identify the most impactful problems to solve in your domain, solve them by building features or products (or taking them away), and don’t forget to measure if you are succeeding.</p>
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<p>It sounded so easy when she said it.</p>
<p>Now — several years later, what I have discovered is that product management is a very difficult job. Even product management extraordinaire Marty Cagan says so. Of course, there is plenty of help out there: books, blogs, podcasts, talks, conferences, experienced colleagues, and so on. All providing guidance on prioritization, roadmaps, user research, working with data scientists and designers, A/B testing etc. etc..</p>
<p>But what I have found also is that deeper skills are also needed. And as it turns out many of the skills and perspectives that I gained from my exposure to Buddhism in my 20s (together with a bunch of insights gleaned from subsequent years as a meditator and somebody generally interested in wellbeing and mental health) have been instrumental in helping me to survive and thrive as a product manager.</p>
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