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Quiet
“Well, first, I love the book, Quiet by Susan Cain. She talks about the power of introverts.”
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Deb Liu
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01 / belief
I think that that experience was a very humbling experience because to be told no and then to say that this will never happen was really hard.
“I think that that experience was a very humbling experience because to be told no and then to say that this will never happen was really hard.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
02 / belief
" I'm like, "Why not." And you end up dropping into different parts of your life and I think sometimes by saying, "Here's where I want to go and here's how I want to get there," you can have such a better career.
“" I'm like, "Why not." And you end up dropping into different parts of your life and I think sometimes by saying, "Here's where I want to go and here's how I want to get there," you can have such a better career.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
03 / belief
" Still working on him. But I actually think he has so much to give and I think he has learned so much about the craft, and I wish that more product managers feel comfortable that they have something to give to the world.
“" Still working on him. But I actually think he has so much to give and I think he has learned so much about the craft, and I wish that more product managers feel comfortable that they have something to give to the world.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
04 / belief
I think when you have passion around a product or passion around a company or around a business model or around something, it shows.
“I think when you have passion around a product or passion around a company or around a business model or around something, it shows.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
05 / belief
Also, I think the thing about job opportunities in particular is they tend to come serially.
“Also, I think the thing about job opportunities in particular is they tend to come serially.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
06 / belief
I came with a curiosity and I think that's what made me a great product manager was that I didn't have a set way of doing things.
“I came with a curiosity and I think that's what made me a great product manager was that I didn't have a set way of doing things.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
07 / belief
I think we do a disservice when we say we're not good at speaking up because it's a skill like any other.
“I think we do a disservice when we say we're not good at speaking up because it's a skill like any other.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
08 / belief
I think PayPal is such a small scrappy company trying to do so many amazing things with a few hundred employees and it was just the adventure of a lifetime, but it was really different being bought by a company that was run in such a corporate way.
“I think PayPal is such a small scrappy company trying to do so many amazing things with a few hundred employees and it was just the adventure of a lifetime, but it was really different being bought by a company that was run in such a corporate way.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
09 / belief
" I think we overthink the downside risk and we actually underweight the upside risk.
“" I think we overthink the downside risk and we actually underweight the upside risk.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
10 / belief
I noticed this as I got further and further in my career, I didn't realize how important this was. And then I realized that anyone who can go into a room and speak about almost anything intelligently without any preparation has a huge advantage in our industry.
“I noticed this as I got further and further in my career, I didn't realize how important this was. And then I realized that anyone who can go into a room and speak about almost anything intelligently without any preparation has a huge advantage in our industry.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
11 / belief
I think that's what's really great about a career in tech is if you're in a high growth company, they give you so much responsibility that you have no business deserving the right to do, and yet you have this opportunity to shape a product that's touched by millions and millions of people, and you can grow your career so quickly because you can have such impact in such a short time.
“I think that's what's really great about a career in tech is if you're in a high growth company, they give you so much responsibility that you have no business deserving the right to do, and yet you have this opportunity to shape a product that's touched by millions and millions of people, and you can grow your career so quickly because you can have such impact in such a short time.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
12 / belief
I think that's one of the things that I see, which is if you are going to do anything, make sure that it's worth your time.
“I think that's one of the things that I see, which is if you are going to do anything, make sure that it's worth your time.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast
13 / belief
Instead, we worked on a new plan, but I think a lot of PMs are like her, not because, and she's an incredible PM, but she put so much more care into her product than she really thought about her career.
“Instead, we worked on a new plan, but I think a lot of PMs are like her, not because, and she's an incredible PM, but she put so much more care into her product than she really thought about her career.”
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- Deb Liu
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- Lenny's Podcast