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Where am I?

As I mentioned in my product philosophy document, I believe that product management is a craft that can be honed. And since it's a craft, there's a set of actual tools that product craftswomen and craftsmen can use in their daily practice.

This document is my personal, ever-growing collection of the ones I believe in and use in my practice.

Many of them are things that seem pretty obvious when you read about them, but trust me that the gap between talking the talk and walking the walk is huge and it's not so easy to actually use them and remember about them regularly. They're simple, but they're not easy.

Communication

Sales before logistics

Key point: Always make sure that people understand the "why" before talking about the logistics ("how").

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Where am I?

These days I think a lot what are personal values and how are they developed. I don't have a solid answer yet (which, I hope, will evolve as I will continue to work on this document!), but I'd like to ground my life in something that truly matters for me. I'd like to do it so that I can grow into becoming a better person and live the only earthly life I know and have to the fullest.

Devotion to craft

Doing things well, with care and precision, especially when they matter to me personally - to my career, to my close ones, to me. Going the extra mile, the extra inch, the extra milimeter to make sure the things I do that matter are works of art.

Fed by	Starved by
Focused time on meaningful work, refining details, learning from masters.	Rushing, doing performative work, pretending belief.

Mental clarity

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Where am I?

This gist is a living, practical document describing what product management is to me and how I do it. All opinions are mine and are not meant to convey THE truth of doing product, but rather serve as a document I can review on a regular basis to remind myself of things that are important for me. Enjoy it in its current form!

Inspired by the amazing Kathy Korevec who, through her writing, showed me the importance of having a grounding personal philosophy.

Growth stages of thoughts

I am a big fan of the philosophy of digital gardens which treats texts published on the internet as editable works-in-progress, encourages publishing early, and growing your understanding of things with time. Thoughts start as imperfect ideas and are refined, reality-tested, discarded, and changed over time - why not make our publishing re