Comments on: What if… http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/ Building Product Management from the Ground Up by Paul Young Wed, 21 Dec 2011 18:50:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Cuneyt http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-1723 Cuneyt Sun, 03 May 2009 06:17:27 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/#comment-1723 Here, here. These are the voices I hear in my head when the sauce doesn't taste the same, there's too many cooks in the kitchen ... or when you just want to get up and start a small cafe on the beach. Here, here. These are the voices I hear in my head when the sauce doesn’t taste the same, there’s too many cooks in the kitchen … or when you just want to get up and start a small cafe on the beach.

]]> By: Paul Young http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-1702 Paul Young Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:27:38 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/#comment-1702 I replied to Saeed directly in email, but for the record: this came from a combination of frustration and hope. Frustration with all of the distractions that come with the job, and hope that we can overcome them to achieve a sizable business opportunity. I replied to Saeed directly in email, but for the record: this came from a combination of frustration and hope. Frustration with all of the distractions that come with the job, and hope that we can overcome them to achieve a sizable business opportunity.

]]> By: josh duncan http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-1701 josh duncan Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:00:06 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/#comment-1701 paul, i have been there. keep keep fighting the good fight and things will turn out (one way or another). josh paul,

i have been there. keep keep fighting the good fight and things will turn out (one way or another).

josh

]]> By: Saeed Khan http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-1699 Saeed Khan Sun, 29 Mar 2009 04:03:24 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/#comment-1699 Paul, I'm curious as to what inspired this post? It's an interesting one and I have to admit I've thought of a few of these questions myself on occasion but never too a bigger picture view of numerous what ifs as you did. So, did some external event trigger this thought stream? Saeed Paul,

I’m curious as to what inspired this post?

It’s an interesting one and I have to admit I’ve thought of a few of these questions myself on occasion but never too a bigger picture view of numerous what ifs as you did.

So, did some external event trigger this thought stream?

Saeed

]]> By: Andre http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/comment-page-1/#comment-1698 Andre Tue, 24 Mar 2009 22:08:31 +0000 http://www.productbeautiful.com/2009/03/23/what-if/#comment-1698 "What if?" Short answer: we wouldn't be here. We'd be doing something else. The catch is that the word "if" sweeps our feet from the present ground and allows us a illusionary shortcut to the future. We lose context and focus on the moment in exchange for a hint of the future, as cleverly explored/exposed above. The result, we Product/Project/Risk Mgmt professionals might recognize, is often headaches and heartburns over little/nothing. Lesson Learned: favor factual, pragmatic data or even true insight over someone else's concerns / criticism or even venting impulsive thoughts. “What if?”
Short answer: we wouldn’t be here. We’d be doing something else.

The catch is that the word “if” sweeps our feet from the present ground and allows us a illusionary shortcut to the future. We lose context and focus on the moment in exchange for a hint of the future, as cleverly explored/exposed above.

The result, we Product/Project/Risk Mgmt professionals might recognize, is often headaches and heartburns over little/nothing.

Lesson Learned: favor factual, pragmatic data or even true insight over someone else’s concerns / criticism or even venting impulsive thoughts.

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