Staying Motivated as a Product Manager

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Staying Motivated as a Product Manager

As a product manager, you can feel overwhelmed by the endless deluge of information, products, and technology that drives the business world. You could flip through so many different websites, articles, podcasts and other resources that it feels like you're drowning in an ocean of data rather than swimming through a sea of knowledge.

In this episode, Alex and Parv team up for a special episode about motivation. They talk about how it is so hard to stay motivated when you're a PM, and then how you can stay motivated with some really helpful tips and techniques.

Tune in to listen to this and more!

Key Highlights

[00:53] why it is hard to stay motivated as a product manager according to Alex.

[02:24] Interesting ways to stay motivated on less interesting projects.

[04:12] Focusing on small wins to stay motivated as a PM.

[08:12] why PMS have multiple projects.

[08:39] moving around in the space of the unknown.

[09:56] how you could work around the space of unknown and stay motivated.

[12:04] What Parv does to stay motivated.

[14:24] Does feedback play a part in keeping us motivated?

[17:35] Acknowledgement encourages motivation

Notable Quotes

• “Almost every really boring project has some ultimate goal that sounds a little better than what you're actually working on day to day.” [01:53]
• “Sometimes understanding the vision, the goal, and where you have to get to. And I think that helps you push along on some of these smaller tasks, even though they might seem inconsequential at the time.” [02:34]
• “It is hard to find those regular and frequent wins as a PM. Gratification is very, very delayed.”
• “So I think one tact is to have that passion project that you're able to get through.” [10:10]
• “If you find too much meaning in your product, you get too motivated. And that can very easily lead to burnout, which we really want to be mindful of.” [13:49]
• “When you think about product management as a role, I mean, I sometimes think of it is as one of those thankless roles where you're doing stuff day in and day out, and not always receiving the appreciation or the feedback on that.” [15:44]
• “Acknowledgement, turns into a discussion turns into time connecting with your team turns into like a relationship. It all just snowballs into positive motivation.” [18:03]

Resources

Connect with Parv:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ParvSondhi

Connect with Alex:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexcox245

Email: [e-mail]

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Call to Action

We all agree it is the hard one when you're working as a product manager due to the nature of the role to stay motivated. Please let us know what are some of your ideas on how to stay motivated as a PM on Twitter?

We would love to hear from you!