Lenny's Podcast / episode intelligence
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19 published records
01 / belief
“As I was exploring the startup ideas, as you remember, I was just tinkering and prototyping and building stuff. And then on the side I was writing things that I learned and things I wanted to share.”
02 / recommendation
“I love John Klassen books. They're so beautiful and just sweet, so those have been really great.”
03 / recommendation
“It's like he decides what his favorite are. I love John Klassen books. They're so beautiful and just sweet, so those have been really great.”
04 / belief
“People don't do that. I think people have been generally very conscious. There could be a moment of just like, "We're getting somewhere and I can't talk for too long and I don't want to be rude.”
05 / belief
“Although that can be why I'm late often is I'm like, "I've almost got it." I'm a time optimist, as you know, that I'm like, "Oh, I think I have it.”
06 / belief
“Anything else? This is really interesting, I think, just the idea of what creates creativity.”
07 / belief
“See, I think you had a thing for designers, and I wonder if you regret that preference.”
08 / belief
“I think communication maybe is just how to succinctly communicate points so that people grasp them.”
09 / belief
“" I think there's a bit of I'm probably more stressed than it looks like and that I even feel, but I think I'm probably less stressed than the average person.”
10 / recommendation
“AI handles the recruiting toil and gives you a real source of truth. That means hours saved for hire and a team focused on what matters most: winning the right candidates.”
11 / evaluation
“" Usually it's something that makes me laugh or cackle, even though I made it. It's like, "Oh, I've already seen this in my own brain and it's still funny to me," or makes me tear up then I feel like, "Okay, I think people are going to like this.”
12 / recommendation
“I think the way I describe it is your job as a product manager is to deliver business impact by prioritizing and solving the most impactful business problems.”
13 / observation
“I think David Sedaris had this story where he just has to say yes to everything he's invited to just because he needs to have experiences because he just has to keep pumping out stories.”
14 / preference
“It's like trying really hard to get somewhere. And then the other thing is just a lot of it is writing something down as I'm out in the world, writing and then trying to put it on paper in a way that visualizes it because I'm not strong at drawing.”
15 / evaluation
“I love your point about like the way you know a chart is done is intrinsically you feeling like this is hilarious, this makes you laugh, makes you feel something.”
16 / preference
“Sometimes what I like to make is things that are really simple and quick and show you something you haven't thought of before and I think that if it's really easy to digest.”
17 / preference
“I'm trying to keep things really simple because it's so easy to build this thing into this whole thing that's complicated that I'm like, "What have I done?”
18 / commitment
“I could stay in my little hole. But just to follow through on these things you pointed out that I did earlier, because I don't think I've ever talked about these things, I had all these different side projects before, like through college, I guess.”
19 / uncertainty
“Because someday, whether it's at a seven years old or 100 years old or 60 years old, I don't know, maybe I won't be able to do this every single week.”