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 &mdash; it feels so right. The second was: what am I supposed to do? I asked a colleague and she said something like:</p> <blockquote> <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&rsquo;t forget to measure if you are succeeding.</p> </blockquote> <p>It sounded so easy when she said it.</p> <p>Now &mdash; 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> <p><a href="https://medium.com/getting-started-in-product/zen-and-the-art-of-product-management-c96190c7f8be">Visit Now</a></p>
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