Fear, Anxiety, and Product Management - Stephen Grillos, SiteRx

<p>Fear and anxiety can derail excellent products. This episode is all about how not to fall into the anxiety trap or become a prisoner of your fear as a product manager. Our guest, Stephen Grillos, shares how he stays strong even in contentious moments with CEOs.</p><p><br><strong>SHOW NOTES:</strong><br>0:00 | Who is Stephen Grillos?<br>01:57 | How martial arts and product management are connected<br>03:40 | Fail fast, NOT ship fast<br>04:39 | How fear can make you build the wrong thing<br>07:21 | Your job as a project manager is entirely based on influence<br>08:58 | How most projects fall apart<br>10:49 | How often should you talk about vision?<br>13:38 | 3 principles for shipping great products every time<br>20:17 | Not letting your ego dictate how you ship your product<br>23:36 | How to get out of a moment of anxiety (when presenting the product to your CEO)<br>26:49 | The #1 reason why frameworks don’t work<br>29:15 | Focusing on why we build more than on how we build<br>31:00 | The easiest way to ask better product questions <br>31:13 | Stop adding new features<br>31:30 | More snappy fireside questions (personal and professional)<br>32:35 | Book recommendations </p><p><br><strong>QUOTES:</strong><br>“People just say fail fast and really mean ship fast and they don’t actually learn from the thing that they’re shipping.”[04:09]<br>“I don’t care if it’s the first line of the spec, if people didn’t know it was in there that’s your fault. You know it is our job to drive clarity. It is our job to drive focus.”  [09:40]<br>“I want to ship products that empower my users to do their job while also delivering value to the company, right? My ego has nothing to do with that, my ego can only mess that up.” [23:12] <br>“Look, we’re all humans here. I want to be seen, heard, and understood. And as a product manager, your job is to see your customer, to understand your customer, and show them that you understand them. Not just tell them oh yeah, I’ll get to your thing in the future and blah blah blah.” [25:33] <