The Great are not the happy ones

On Hacker's news I came across a blog article written by Jess Lee.  It was titled Why Startup Founders are Always Unhappy.  Her theory was that even though the startup may be growing because of constant bumps along the way founders often feel stressed.  I could see how that may be the case.  It is easy to miss how far you came when you are looking ahead and thinking about that one thing that you need to do to help your startup do better.

Actually I don't think it's just startup founders who feel stress at their work.  Any good knowledge worker will feel stress at the work.  Why?  Because good ones are always looking for an opportunity to get ahead and have committed themselves to get better at their craft.

Product Management: If you see something wrong, don't let it go

Earlier I talked about how Product Manager should be the owner of the product.  One of the ways to become the owner is not letting things that you know about slip by.

When you own a product, it means that the product has your name on it.  You professionally and personally stand by the product and do whatever it takes to make it successful.  When the product succeed, you succeed.  When the product fails, you fail.

If you become a true owner, you don't let things slip by.  When things are not working and does not feel right, you call it out and fix it.  You never lie to yourself or settle with yourself and rationalize it by coming up with whatever excuse you can think of.