I walked past Can’t Hurt Me in stores for years. David Goggins on the cover, staring at me. I never picked it up. I was done with self-help. Done with theories about how to live. Done with monks on mountaintops and founders who wake up at 5am and need you to know about it. Then a few months ago I bought it. I still don’t know why. Something about it got me that time. ...
A Small Number, a Real Moment CV Match has been out in the world for a few months now. I almost didn’t notice when it crossed 100 installations. That number, by itself, is not impressive. It is small. Almost trivial. What made me stop was not the number, but the realization that this thing actually existed in the hands of people I did not know. Real users, not personas. Real decisions, not demos. ...
The Full Stack PM I have always believed in the idea of the full stack product manager. Not because one person should do everyone’s job, but because product work does not respect org charts. Products fail and succeed in the gaps between roles, and when those gaps exist, someone has to step in and own them. Many organizations like clear distinctions: technical PMs, product owners, delivery PMs, growth PMs. On paper, it looks clean. In practice, it often creates waste. Handoffs. Waiting. Endless alignment meetings. Everyone does their part, but nobody owns the outcome. ...