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Mistakes will happen. For product managers learning in public, understanding how to fail better is a crucial skill.
Being a product manager is a bizarre profession — there’s no formal degree you can acquire first which means most of your learning is done on the job, in a hands-on way, and very much in the scariest format learning can be acquired in…
In public.
Being an exceptional product manager isn’t about avoiding failure — it’s about harnessing it to grow.
The legendary Tony Fadell says this in his book, “Build: An Unorthodox Guide to Making Things Worth Making”:
“To do great things, to really learn, you can’t shout suggestions from the rooftop then move on while someone else does the work. You have to get your hands dirty. You have to care about every step, lovingly craft every detail. You have to be there when it falls apart so you can put it back together.”
So, how can you keep yourself together when you’re in the weeds, sleeves rolled up, all-in on what you’re building…and you fall apart?
I did a deep dive into multiple domains to gather the best insights I could find and share with you, in addition to drawing on my own experiences as a product manager, athlete, business owner, and someone who has dealt with a whole lot of…
