Steve Jobs said:
“The most powerful person in the world is the storyteller.”
Legendary brands like Apple and Nike are built on storytelling.
Here's the simple 7 step framework to help you master storytelling:
It's very important for you to realize that other people's thoughts, words, actions, behaviour, and feelings are NOT your responsibility.
What you think about yourself is more important than what people think about you.
<this might hurt>
“The problem isn’t me, the problem is the company” is always a plausible reason. But a plausible reason is still not a solution. The solution must always start with you. You must figure out if you are going to edit the company, edit yourself, or go elsewhere.
No one cares about you
Beyond family and your closest friend, no one actually cares about you.
And this is incredibly freeing.
It means no one is thinking about you.
So don't make life decisions based on what others will think.
"Email newsletters are the next BIG thing" - @ryandeiss@MorningBrew is definitely playing the game right, yet they could still increase their retention with a few experiments...
Check out the step by step breakdown of MB's newsletter 👉
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A big "aha" moment for me was realizing that there are 3 distinct phases of a career in product. An APM's job is only a small slice of what a senior PM does. And that's again a small slice of what a director does. Success means different things at each phase.
A thread:
Today is my last day as a PM at Facebook/Meta! 🙌🏽
While bittersweet, I’m grateful that I learned a ton from from some of the best PMs in the world.
Here are the most consequential ideas I learned about leading product teams:
THREAD: 8 cognitive biases to be aware of when buying something.
Our brains constantly use shortcuts to help us decide–but often at the expense of clear logic: