Why do smart product people & teams often build products with mediocre or no impact? A cautionary thread of biases and fallacies we encounter when building products👇🏾 1/10

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“Academic accommodations for anxiety convey two harmful messages. First, they imply that the feared situation is truly dangerous. Public speaking, testing, or lunch with classmates are too risky for a student. Second, they suggest that the student can’t withstand the distress.

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I think the majority of societal problems right now are all downstream of housing affordability.

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What is the shortest duration of time it takes to change the culture of a big tech company (say >20000 employees) such that you’ll see visible changes in what they ship (quality, speed, correctness, appeal, etc.)?

Important video, not just for designers, but for anyone who wants to make successful products 👏

When people tell you that you’re “too serious” or “too intense” - take it as a compliment. Most people are too casual with the most important things in life.

You’ve listened to / watched / read 100+ stories of product failure followed by wild success, told by incredible founders. You’ve bookmarked 50+ playbooks of successful products. You know every hot company’s GTM playbook. If your product isn’t yet highly successful, why?

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What type of content is likely to give you more alpha? Content A: You can think for yourself, here are some pointers on how Content B: Here’s what I think, why it’s correct, why you should think the same Content C: Here’s what I did, how I succeeded, how you can do the same

What type of content do you consume more of? (be honest) Content A: You can think for yourself, here are some pointers on how Content B: Here’s what I think, why it’s correct, why you should think the same Content C: Here’s what I did, how I succeeded, how you can do the same

Person A: You can think for yourself, here are some pointers on how Person B: Here’s what I think, why it’s correct, why you should think the same Person C: Here’s what I did, how I succeeded, how you can do the same Which ONE will get the most hate from the general public?

Person A: You can think for yourself, here are some pointers on how Person B: Here’s what I think, why it’s correct, and why you should think the same Person C: Here’s what I did, how I succeeded, and how you can do the same Which ONE of these are you *more likely* to follow?

A surprising number of management mistakes by otherwise-competent leaders are rooted in the operating assumption that (a) everyone is like me, and (b) everyone can be like me if they only knew these things and if they only tried harder.

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It’s hard for any early stage founder to foresee that at some scale every company hires PMs (regardless of the exact title) because the vast majority of your *newly hired* engineers & designers cannot handle the intense collaboration stress that’s normal for any company at scale.