Opening
Fareed Mosavat (00:00:00): You can't do homework. You can't do exercises. You can't do fake stuff. You have to work on real products at real companies with real customers, with real data to get better at product management. So any kind of training, mentorship, reading, et cetera that you do is just a layer on top of that. The real acceleration happens from doing it and getting more reps. There are ways that I think great PMs use to go faster on this loop, but you still have to do the work....
The opener starts with biography before advice. That order makes the guest legible as a person before the listener extracts tactics.
Low-ego framing
John Cutler (00:03:16): Well, we've always thought of Amplitude as being about supporting the full product loop. Think collect data, inform,...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Accept praise cleanly
0:13:47): So, thanks. Thanks for not making me look bad. Lenny (00:13:51): Thank you. So what's cool about your background working at Reforge and all the companies you worked at is that you've seen a...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.
Low-ego framing
take this class, now you're qualified to be a PM." It's not really like that. I don't know if that's possible. I hope it will be someday, but it is very difficult. I think it's more, "Hey, we want to help you...
Uses we/us, uncertainty, or learner framing instead of performing authority.
Name strength directly
that sponsorship. I think for each individual, you have to figure out what your superpower is and where you can be actually top 10%, and then lean into opportunities and also problems that help you show that...
Says the strength directly to the guest, not only about them.
Accept praise cleanly
Lenny (01:04:44): Same. Thanks, man. Fareed Mosavat (01:04:45): Cheers. Lenny (01:04:47): Thank you so...
Accepts praise without shrinking from it or turning it into a performance.