Yaro Celis

Nothing worth working for will ever seem urgent. That’s the nature of important goals. They don’t demand attention right now. They require a sense of purpose, a clear direction, and consistency over the long haul.

What type of person do you want to become? What type of values do you want to stand for? Which actions do you want to become your habits?

Her morning routine starts when she wakes up at 5:30AM every morning, gets dressed, hails a cab, and heads to the gym. The most important part of this morning routine is not the gym workout, it's the cab ride. That's when she is on her way to start her day the right way.

This memo highlights the story of a person who wanted to buy a tractor but was not knowledgeable enough about the different features, prices, power, specifications nor exactly what he was going to use the tractor for. Therefore, he resorted to manuals in order to learn more about them and to make a more educated decision prior to purchasing.

Always negotiate! The system expects you to. You’ll never be dinged for it as long as you do it right. Also - negotiating when you get hired is 10x easier than negotiating after you start as an employee.

The highlights of his memo to employees to help them become the best product managers are as follows"

If we stop and think about our life decisions, we can see that we are standing on a burning platform. And, we have more than one explosion - we have multiple points of scorching heat that are fueling a blazing fire around us.

His goal is to have a happy/healthy/productive team that is delighting its customers.