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This is Sunday 1-1-2-3 with George.
Welcome to the 98th edition.
🆕 Today we’re trying something different.
⚡️ Since the start, I wanted this newsletter to be the most actionable newsletter for product leaders.
📝 So why make you read anything if I can share a list of actions you should take based on the content below?
Let me know if this format is better or worse at the bottom of this newsletter (or comment):
🛠️ 4 Actionable Tasks [Less Than 30 Minutes Each]
Pick 5 products and write down all of the goals you can think of for these products.1
Identify potential criticisms, questions and issues that might be raised against your product or feature set, and plan immediate counter-arguments or solutions.2
Audit existing tooltips in the UI. Make sure they are concise and offer immediate, practical value. Update where necessary.3
Create a calendar reminder to update your brag document every two weeks. Use this time to review recent projects, and add them to the document. BONUS: Add a question to your 1:1s to tease out possible wins you can add.4
🎓 3 Learning Opportunities
Article: "DAU/MAU is an important metric to measure engagement, but here’s where it fails"
Time: 7 minutes
Video: "How to Speak Successfully When You're Put on the Spot"
Time: 20 minutes
Book: "Validating Product Ideas: Through Lean User Research" by Tomer Sharon
Time: 15 hours
❓ 2 Thought-Provoking Questions
If I weren’t already invested in this work, how much would I invest in it now?
What would it look like if it were easy?
🌟 1 Inspirational Quote
🤖 AI Corner
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I think people in product lack good product-specific, deep AI prompts, like the one below:
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Who's George?
I’m an underdog product manager.
Product management in New Zealand (where I live) is still a relatively immature discipline. I also came into it late via data science and UX. I may be older than others, but I often feel like a rookie.
To become better at my craft, I learn and explore new ideas relentlessly.
Then I share high-quality, tried-and-true ideas that can be used right away.
How I can help you:
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See you next week.
— George.