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Focus - Concentrate on one thing at a time.

Your Voice of Encouragement

Unfortunately, multi-tasking has often been perceived as a characteristic of energetic, hard-working, and goal-driven workers; a necessity to get things done in a competitive, time-to-market world. We're beginning to see, however, that multi-tasking is not necessarily the ideal work style that it's been thought to be.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business Review

Performing market assessments. Managing tight deadlines, revenue targets, market demands, prioritization conflicts, and resource constraints all at once is not for the faint of heart. So, what should you consider if you’re thinking of pursuing a PM role? Running design sprints. Feature prioritization and roadmap planning.

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Are You a Rebel or a Leader?

Harvard Business Review

I wanted to accept the consensus as a sign that the company had rounded the corner on its 3-year slog to be more relevant in their market. And then this small voice, untraceable for a moment because it was so small, started to explain how this plan would put the company in 2nd place in almost every aspect of innovation or time to market.

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How Corporate Values Get Hijacked and Misused

Harvard Business Review

“Urgency” suddenly becomes a value when time to market cycles are industry lagging and pressure from the Board is mounting. People fill workshops where executives tell heartwarming stories about how the values have shaped their careers and will distinguish their organization in the future.