Main takeaways: - Learn to give and receive feedback the right way - Think of failures as keys that unlock a better future - Recognize your strengths and manage your weaknesses

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8. Disclaimer: For this deck, I own copyright for
the sketches (fancy for I drew the sketches)
and they represent only my own biased
opinions :)
I’ve incorporated a good dose of exaggeration
for your amusement.

9. What I assumed was
most important to
become a successful
PM…
before I became a PM

10. #1 Find your tribe

11. #2 Know when to zoom in and zoom out

12. #3 Feedback “can be” a gift

13. #3 Feedback “can be” a gift
Recommend not
doing this during
an interview

14. #4 See the forest for the trees

15. #4 See the forest, not the trees
Align on the
North Star first.

16. #5 Communicate, communicate and then do it one more time

17. #5 Communicate, communicate and then do it one more time

19. #6 Identify key
stakeholders early on
and drive alignment

20. 7. Prioritize: you can’t really have the cake and eat it too
I don’t have a cute sketch for this one but I’ll make
it up with a story :)

22. #8 Bring people
along the journey

23. #9 Let it marinate

24. #9 Let it marinate

25. #10 Strong opinions, loosely held

26. #11 Thank your failures
Not that failures cliche again!

27. #11 Thank your failures

29. #12 Recognize your strengths and manage your weaknesses

30. To Recap (a dozen common sense points you already knew)
1. Find your tribe
2. Know when to zoom in and zoom out
3. Feedback can be a gift
4. See the forest for the trees
5. Communicate, communicate and then do it some more
6. Identify key stakeholders early on and drive alignment
7. Prioritize
8. Bring people along the journey
9. Let it marinate
10. Strong opinions, loosely held
11. Thank your failures
12. Recognize your strengths and manage your weaknesses

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