On the other hand, the most impactful products, don’t just react to their environment, they change it. Igniting real change, it seems, requires a leader’s unwavering commitment to a vision of how the world should be.

As our team grows, it’s helpful to look back at what’s helping us stay product-oriented so we can double down on what’s working for us.

Visionary product managers build brilliant products because they are adept at cutting through the noise to fight for what they know is right. And how do they know what’s right? Strategy guides them.

We lack content on “how to get better” and I think it’s because everyone does it differently.

You take pride in using data to drive your decisions rather than shooting from the hip like one of those old-school 1950s bosses.

One focused hour a day can produce amazing results.

People don’t do what they say they do. People don’t do what we think they do. People don’t do what they think they do.

None of this means you won’t also have to ask questions about shipping, but shipping simply becomes another way to learn… alongside research, prototyping, and many other methods.