Thread by @lennysan

Five ways to level up as a PM outside of the office:

1. Read, with a goal
2. Read, without a goal
3. Write
4. Meditate
5. Learn new skills that you are pulled towards

Thread 👇

1/ Read, with a goal: Determine 2-3 skills you most want to develop (strategy? execution? leadership?), pick a set of books and articles that speak to these skills, and work through them. Here’s a curated set of reads I've previously put together.
lennyrachitsky.com/p/how-to-get-i…

2/ Read, without a goal: Not all things need to be goal-oriented. Make time to read stuff you’re super excited about even if it’s only tangentially related. Here’s a story about how @bchesky's reading of Walt Disney’s biography changed Airbnb's strategy.
fastcompany.com/3002813/how-sn…

3/ Write: One of the main reasons I’ve started writing is because it helps me learn. Consider doing some writing, reflecting both on what you’ve learned over the past few months/years, and on any reading that you’re doing.

slab.com/blog/jeff-bezo…

4/ Meditate: Imagine having more control over your reactions, your moods, and your focus. Imagine gaining increasing insights into how your (and everyones) mind works. That's what meditation offers (and delivers). See my previous post on this.
lennyrachitsky.com/p/what-buddhis…

5/ Learn new skills that pull u: What have you been yearning to do or learn but have been unable to because you’ve been too busy or lacked energy? Maybe it’s learning to design, or learning to code, or getting better with data. Do that. Do the thing that you are pulled towards.

6/ Read more in this week's newsletter: lennyrachitsky.com/p/this-week-cu…