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795 memorable quotes from Lenny's Podcast guests

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Mindset
Perspective on life
“It's never too late to do or what do you want to do and what do you want to be.”
Vikrama DhimanA framework for PM skill development | Vikrama Dhiman (Gojek)
Career growth
“Most decisions people stress out about just aren't that important.”
Will LarsonThe engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)
Decision-making
“I think we often treat engineers a little bit like children instead of giving them the responsibilities and ability to actually thrive as adults.”
Will LarsonThe engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)
Engineering culture
“There's no way around, just through.”
Will LarsonThe engineering mindset | Will Larson (Carta, Stripe, Uber, Calm, Digg)
Perseverance
“Don't be afraid to fail, right? In your journey, you're going to fail multiple times, and when you fail and get up, you get up stronger.”
Uri LevineA founder’s guide to crisis management | Uri Levine (Waze co-founder, serial entrepreneur)
Failure and resilience
“The biggest advice that I can give you is teach your children to fail. Because when they get up, they get up stronger.”
Uri LevineA founder’s guide to crisis management | Uri Levine (Waze co-founder, serial entrepreneur)
Parenting and failure
“When you fall in love with the problem, then what happened is that the problem is going to serve as the North Star of your journey.”
Uri LevineA founder’s guide to crisis management | Uri Levine (Waze co-founder, serial entrepreneur)
Problem-solving
“The best work happens when we bring different diverse perspectives to the problem and then co-create the outcome that the customer is looking for.”
Varun ParmarAn inside look at how Miro builds product | Varun Parmar (CPO of Miro)
teamwork
“Every single day, every single time somebody is pushing your code to production and you're releasing a feature or an enhancement, you are making the product better or you're making the product worse.”
Varun ParmarAn inside look at how Miro builds product | Varun Parmar (CPO of Miro)
product development
“It's a lot of hard work to bring both of these organizations together and you have to be very deliberate around the points of intersection.”
Varun ParmarAn inside look at how Miro builds product | Varun Parmar (CPO of Miro)
collaboration
“Real power to me comes from equanimity, and that comes from managing your emotional reactions.”
Upasna GautamAn inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Emotional Management
“There's no substitute for having those direct conversations with your customers and your users.”
Upasna GautamAn inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
User Feedback
“Equanimity is the most important skill I've developed across my entire life.”
Upasna GautamAn inside look at how CNN builds product | Upasna Gautam
Mindfulness and Product Management
“If you don't enjoy speaking, you're doing it wrong.”
Tristan de MontebelloWhy most public speaking advice is wrong—and how to finally overcome anxiety | Tristan de Montebello
Enjoyment in speaking
“You have it in, you already have what it takes.”
Tristan de MontebelloWhy most public speaking advice is wrong—and how to finally overcome anxiety | Tristan de Montebello
Innate speaking ability
“The biggest misconception with tackling your speaking is that people grossly underestimate just how transformative it could be to your life.”
Tristan de MontebelloWhy most public speaking advice is wrong—and how to finally overcome anxiety | Tristan de Montebello
Transformative power of speaking
“The data warehouse becomes the center of gravity for all data in your company.”
VijayAn inside look at Mixpanel’s product journey | Vijay Iyengar
Data warehousing
“One of the things after you've been in engineering for a while is that develop this tendency to immediately respond with no to new ideas.”
VijayAn inside look at Mixpanel’s product journey | Vijay Iyengar
Engineering mindset
“Adopting that product mindset and getting closer to customers... means better products and services at lower and lower prices, which is just innovation.”
VijayAn inside look at Mixpanel’s product journey | Vijay Iyengar
Product mindset
“Get your hands dirty with all of these products. There will be a tremendous amount of alpha for anyone that is able to take maximum advantage of these tools.”
Varun MohanBuilding a magical AI code editor used by over 1m developers in 4 months: Inside Windsurf
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