Nikhyl Singhal: belief

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…It's such a powerful thought that your job can be much more joyful as a product manager, as any function, but we're focusing on PMs. Just like if you look at your pie chart today of how happy you are during the day, you can actually be much happier in this future. And I think that's hard for people to really think, just realize, "Oh, wow, okay. I can actually love this job so much more? I did not imagine that." Yeah. And I think that it's because you're staring at change. And I think change is such an alarm bell. It's hard to hear the voice that says the thing that you are changing or the things you don't love because change is so hard for us that it's so scary. And I respect that. So I think that if your listeners are able to sort of understand that, hey, there is a world which is better, but I have to go through the tunnel and the tunnel sucks. And the tunnel may mean that I'm going to have to change jobs. My prediction is the vast majority of people that are listening to this will be in a different job in the next five years because they will either choose to move to something because that company will struggle to stay modern just like we're describing. People need to stay modern, companies need to stay modern, or their companies are going to be shedding and returning off staff. And so because change is apparent, I think it's just so deafening that people are very much gun shy to be excited about something that's forced on them. And let's be honest, it's been forced on everyone and it's not something that they chose. So that's why I have a lot of empathy. But when I talk to people, I try to dig through, forget what's happened and why. How do we make the best out of it? And the best is pretty good. So say we've convinced a listener, "Okay, I need to make a change. I need to lean into this. I need to take this seriously. I can't just sit back and hope it all works out okay." And then they maybe found a moment of joy. They built something that's super cool and just like, "Hey, check this out." What other advice do you have for folks listening to help them be to survive... I don't know, let's not say survive, but just thrive in this future that is emerging for product people.…

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