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Skills I want to grow

Very important to me and my long-term goals.

Start here, and (as needed) expand out to a dedicated page

To grow

  • Maximizing my leverage points (outsourcing low leverage / value activities of myself)

  • Making decisions (better, faster, reflect how it went after)

    • todo make my own framework
    • include the flowchart for rare vs wife time etc...
      • Forego “anytime” things like books or movies for “windowed” opportunities that may not come back.
      • Scarcity. urgency. limited windows
      • (Essentialism: If this opportunity wasn't on your plate right now, what would you give to have this opportunity? Helps you assess value) Every decision you make has a cost.

    Office: Set up eisenhower matrix on board with post-its? https://www.aakashg.com/2022/02/01/lno-framework-for-product-managers/

    • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjZH7nmsHpk Tim Ferris on it !!!

      Is the price you are paying worth what you are gaining?

    • Read essentialism. Cal newport

    • decision frameworks https://www.reforge.com/blog/how-to-make-career-decisions

    LNO framework https://www.aakashg.com/2022/02/01/lno-framework-for-product-managers/ https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1492345140492472321

    • https://twitter.com/nick_dewilde/status/1361363205268795393
    • https://www.intercom.com/blog/support-team-decision-making-matrix/
    • https://drt.fm/des-traynor
    • RICE: Simple scoring for product managers (Des Traynor of intercom!!!!) https://www.intercom.com/blog/rice-simple-prioritization-for-product-managers/ https://www.indiehackers.com/podcast/064-des-traynor-of-intercom
    • framework for choosing A vs B. Where to invest etc... https://twitter.com/rjs/status/1493166285840125955
    • frameworks vs no frameowrks: https://twitter.com/nick_dewilde/status/1239880814839529472 TODO: Look at telegram framework I heard of.. https://www.reforge.com/blog/how-to-make-career-decisions https://twitter.com/nick_dewilde/status/1361363205268795393?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1361363205268795393%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Froamresearch.com%2F%2Fapp%2FMordor%2Fpage%2FJouEixhOC

    Books:

    • "Alchemy" by @rorysutherland.
    • https://t.co/Z9YYJJZVFF (art of the good life.)
    • Art of thinking clearly Speaking of ego, if you want to learn more about shedding your ego and being an even-keeled PM, there’s no better book than “The Practicing Stoic” by Ward Farnsworth. https://twitter.com/shreyas/status/1223855287657848833

Visually Communicate effectively

Lower priority

Drawing and writing by hand (and "thinking visually")

How to improve your handwriting #Sketchnotes #book-video-notes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s3EtZ9A-D-s (V2V)

  • Use lined or gridded paper (I LOVE the grid paper)
  • Repetition. Keep working at it!
  • Warm up by practicing writing the whole alphabet
  • SLOW DOWN
  • When Sketchnoting, DON'T Transcribe. Use as few words as possible, with images to capture the most important ideas.
  • Tweak troubled letters (for greater speed and consistency)