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🥗 Beet Salad: Recommendations That Will Help You Thrive
Mood Boards, Friction Logging, Father/Daughter Trips, and the Science of Happiness
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Adam Harmetz
First Year as a Product Manager
In interview with a career transitioner from customer support to product management
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Helen H.
Work Travel and Mom Guilt
Ten tips to help navigate parenting and traveling for work
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Helen H.
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💎 Advancing from Product Manager to Product Leader
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🎂 Celebrating 17 years at Microsoft
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Burnout & Boredom: A Manager’s Pandemic Retrospective on Mental Health
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🔦 How You Can Find Learning Opportunities Everywhere
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Vessi Footwear: A Seattle Dad Review
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👓 Product Management: Interpreting Blurry Situations
My path from a blind football referee to a quality decision maker
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❓​​ Partner/VP/Exec: What's the job really like?
A peak behind the curtain at key experiences that define my job
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🌶️ Keeping work exciting
My professional journey since graduating from college
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Helen H.
📚 Books with Plucky, Swashbuckling & Wry Protagonists
Seven books with wild adventures and a dose of humor
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Adam Harmetz
Brave parenting
"Are you the adult you want your child to become?" Brene Brown
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Helen H.
♻️ Decarbonizing an 18-Year-Old Home
Heat pumps, solar, water heaters, induction stoves, LED bulbs - OH MY!
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Adam Harmetz
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How I Lead When The World Is Uncertain
Supporting teams through turbulent times
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Helen H.
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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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