“It isn’t 10,000 hours that creates outliers, it’s 10,000 iterations.”

“It isn’t 10,000 hours that creates outliers, it’s 10,000 iterations.”

Naval Ravikant 

It’s not the feature you’ve been working forever that will be successful. It’s the “v.9” that has been redesigned, refactored and rescoped by everyone to correct for an earlier flawed (but necessary) execution. And since time is constant, then optimizing for success happens when you reduce the interval between iterations, not when you maximize the time doing each one.

If you're trying to become a PM, or want to grow as one, focus on iterating youself. Make yourself go through different environments, teams, managers, companies, industries. Step out of the day to day. Jump head on and tackle the toughest challenges. Each one is an promised iteration.

For product leaders, the same applies to your PM team. Getting stronger PMs isn’t just a function of time, it’s a function of iterations (in other words, how much they get exposed to).