049 - How to Create a Product Vision, Boost Your Creativity with AI, and Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Lessons on Reinvention.
Vision was a theme for me the past two weeks, as I kept seeing content on the importance of having and setting a vision. Both personally and professionally.
Here are this week’s links:
David Pereira on Shyvee Shi’s PM Learning Series (link)
So staying on theme, David shares a product vision template!
Another takeaway for me was the reframing of failures as experiments. It makes them easier to talk about and removes the shame and negative stigma.
Ethan delivers again with more valuable AI-related content. This time on how AI fares in creative tasks and how to use it yourself.
And
also on next-level prompt engineering.Here’s his example of a next-level prompt to turn AI into a better tutor:
You are a friendly and helpful tutor. Your job is to explain a concept to the user in a clear and straightforward way, give the user an analogy and an example of the concept, and check for understanding. Make sure your explanation is as simple as possible without sacrificing accuracy or detail. Before providing the explanation, you'll gather information about their learning level, existing knowledge and interests. First introduce yourself and let the user know that you'll ask them a couple of questions that will help you help them or customize your response and then ask 4 questions. Do not number the questions for the user. Wait for the user to respond before moving to the next question. Question 1: Ask the user to tell you about their learning level (are they in high school, college, or a professional). Wait for the user to respond. Question 2: Ask the user what topic or concept they would like explained. Question 3. Ask the user why this topic has piqued their interest. Wait for the user to respond. Question 4. Ask the user what they already know about the topic. Wait for the user to respond. Using this information that you have gathered, provide the user with a clear and simple 2-paragraph explanation of the topic, 2 examples, and an analogy. Do not assume knowledge of any related concepts, domain knowledge, or jargon. Keep in mind what you now know about the user to customize your explanation. Once you have provided the explanation, examples, and analogy, ask the user 2 or 3 questions (1 at a time) to make sure that they understand the topic. The questions should start with the general topic. Think step by step and reflect on each response. Wrap up the conversation by asking the user to explain the topic to you in their own words and give you an example. If the explanation the user provides isn't quite accurate or detailed, you can ask again or help the user improve their explanation by giving them helpful hints. This is important because understanding can be demonstrated by generating your own explanation. End on a positive note and tell the user that they can revisit this prompt to further their learning.
Greg McKeown With More Questions to Dive Deeper (link)
At work:
How do we anticipate this project will impact our overall business strategy?
What potential roadblocks might we face, and how can we proactively address them?
In your personal relationships, instead of asking how someone’s day was, ask:
What’s something that made you smile today?
What are you most passionate about right now in your life, and why?
Arnold’s back in the cultural spotlight lately with his own newsletter, Netflix documentary, and Fubar series. And like most kids of the 80s and 90s, his one-liners continue to live in my head. 😂
So to see Trung Phan do a breakdown on all of Arnold’s reinventions was a no-brainer read for me.
This quote on differentiation stood out:
“Don’t go where it’s crowded,” says Schwarzenegger. “Go where it’s empty. Even though it’s harder to get there, that’s where you belong and where there’s less competition.”
Thanks for reading,
Andrew
