“Imposter syndrome is real, and while it is tempting to say that it is entirely unhelpful to your career, you can turn the experience into an opportunity of self-reflection and learning.” — @quando productcoalition.com/how-to-… #readme
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Anxiety and tension in your chest? Better make a fourth coffee so we’ve got the energy to figure this one out
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These reports about a rise in anxiety: I wonder if some other fellow long-term sufferers also feel weirdly calm. My theory is that we rehearse catastrophic what-if situations in our heads so often when a real crisis happens we're quite good at it.
From #fika and flex schedules to #hygge and paid parental leave, uncover the 6 Scandinavian secrets to work (and life) satisfaction. blog.trello.com/scandinavian…
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A million, a billion, and a trillion are different sizes, but we don’t appreciate the huge increases between them. A million seconds from now is just shy of 11 days and 14 hours. Not so bad. I could wait that long. It’s within 2 weeks. A billion seconds is over thirty‑one years.
There's "restricted view" seats and then there are "RESTRICTED VIEW" seats @TicketmasterUK 🤦♀️
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The app is called “You’re Cancelled.” When you’ve made plans that you wish you could cancel, you go into the app and press a little button. If the other person presses theirs too, congratulations! Confetti exploded and your plans are cancelled.
Ego-depletion is an idea that makes us less likely to accomplish our goals by providing a rationale to quit when we could otherwise persist. nirandfar.com/?p=7121 via @nireyal
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Flight attendant: Is there a doctor onboard?
Dad: *nudging me* that should've been you
Me: Not now Dad
Dad: Not asking for a Product Manager to help, are they?
Me: Dad, there's a medical emergency happening right now
Dad: Go and see if “let’s have a follow-up meeting" helps
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Anyone have tips/advice for overcoming personal challenges (English as a second language, cultural barriers, disabilities, bias, working parent...) as a Product Manager and up for chatting with me for the book about it?
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Anyone else get the mild panic when you're writing a multi-line slack message in a big channel, and you can't remember whether it's shift, ctrl or cmd + enter to go to a new line?
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Someone needs to build a new version of @goodreads. It’s comically bad. Bookworms around the globe deserve a better product and community. – at Manhattan, NY
Did I @BWBootsUK? Or did I actually arrive for my appointment to discover that the store I booked my appointment at closes at 6? 👏👏👏
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Kudos to #Fleabag winning all the Emmys.
Sadly there's no Emmy for Best Actor in a Role That Makes Me Rethink My Stances on Both Religion and Heterosexuality #hotpriest