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The work of becoming
A publication for product leaders who know that shipping the right thing starts with becoming the right kind of thinker. Systems, leadership, and the prerequisite work most people skip.
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Becoming a Leader
A cheap yes that leads to an expensive no
Fail fast was a rational strategy when research was expensive. That stopped being true, and shipping to find out is now the costly way to learn.
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Becoming a Leader
Your team is a cost line. Change that.
Leadership is already doing math about your team, without your half of the numbers. Here is how to build a rough feature-level P&L before someone else does.
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Becoming a Leader
I worked 80-hour weeks. Now I keep the Sabbath.
I worked myself to burnout at 80 hours a week. The fix wasn't a productivity system – it was one full day of rest, and it made the work better.
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