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💎 Hidden Gems for PM's Inside Taylor Swift Lyrics
 • Adam Harmetz and Helen H.
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💎 Advancing from Product Manager to Product Leader
 • Adam Harmetz
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🎂 Celebrating 17 years at Microsoft
 • Adam Harmetz
Burnout & Boredom: A Manager’s Pandemic Retrospective on Mental Health
 • Adam Harmetz
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Work Travel and Mom Guilt
 • Helen H.
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🔦 How You Can Find Learning Opportunities Everywhere
 • Adam Harmetz
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Getting to 👃 me
A few of my favorite smells
 • 
Adam Harmetz
My Journey into Executive Coaching
👋🏻 Helen here with our weekly installment of Mind the Beet.
 • 
Helen H.
🍌 Savannah Bananas & Building Products That Last
My journey of building a product culture that embraces failure and builds durable products
 • 
Adam Harmetz
📲 Mindful Parenting for Tech-Savvy Families
This week, I want to talk about our family’s approach to technology (aka screens) in our household.
 • 
Helen H.
🌎​ How We Think About Charitable Donations (2024 Edition)
Clarifying what we value in the world through our charitable giving
 • 
Helen H.
 and 
Adam Harmetz
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How We Write Mind the Beet
Reflections on almost 4 years of writing
 • 
Helen H.
 and 
Adam Harmetz
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📚 4 Books for Me This Fall
Follow along with what I plan to read
 • 
Adam Harmetz
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Mind the Beet
Mind the Beet
Two working parents (both product leaders in tech) discuss our journey with career, parenting, and life. We publish every Sunday. Subscribing is free.
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