Conor Dewey

🙏 28 Principles for 28 Years

I turned 28 years old a few weeks ago. It feels simply alright. I’m both as grateful as ever, and things are as hard as ever. I’ve written some version of this post each year, for the last 6 years...

🚸 Proposal for a Less Common Career Path

There are a seemingly endless number of ways to make a living today. This optionality can paralyze young people, and rightfully so, as it all feels very permanent and important...

🙏 27 Principles for 27 Years

It’s that time of the year where I reflect on another trip around the sun. I’m turning 27 years old and unsurprisingly I don’t feel different than I did yesterday. But if I turn the clock back a year earlier, it does feel quite different now...

💭 Notes on Managing Oneself

We've got decades and decades of career left. This gets much less intimidating when you have a sense of how and when to change the work we do. Peter Drecker's Managing Oneself provides provoking questions on precisely this...

🧩 Notes on Good Strategy Bad Strategy

The most recent gap I discovered in my PM skillset was around developing and articulating a strategy in different product areas. I was recommended Good Strategy Bad Strategy to help out. It didn't disappoint...

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