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Dec 12, 2022Liked by Charlene Lee

Love these hard-earned and thoughtful lessons, thank you for sharing Charlene!! I especially liked #4 about planning to learn. - Kerri

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Thanks for the note, Kerri! For many people, it's easy to overplan, so I'm glad to be able to share one of most important reminders I often tell myself

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Dec 11, 2022Liked by Charlene Lee

Love the idea of asking how we can be helpful, and aiming to deliver value for our teams regardless of whether that value is in our direct line of work. Excited for where this will lead us!

"I continued to volunteer to help with anything I thought was interesting or could be beneficial. I raised my hand to run a development training for the region, led an international study trip, hosted women's ERG breakfasts, and organized a hackathon. Two years later, I ended up joining Jon’s team. He then helped me land an opportunity to work in Shanghai with a director I had met during the training I'd organized."

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Thanks, Kai! Hope this can be helpful to both Rocket Academy's current students and alums!

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This read is really powerful! Thank you 🙏🏾 I feel fortunate to have read it at this time in my career :)

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So glad to hear this was helpful to you!

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Dec 7, 2022Liked by Charlene Lee

Really straightforward and well-written. As an experienced PM, a lot of these points resonated with me as well.

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Thanks for the comment, Lukiih! We have to navigate so many things as PMs, so I'm glad this was helpful!

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Dec 6, 2022Liked by Charlene Lee

I just discovered and ordered the Naval Ravikant book from this essay. Thanks for sharing! <3

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Hi Ayoola, I'm so glad! I've found his writings and philosophy on life super helpful, let me know what you think!

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This is one of an amazing reads

thank you for helping others know about these things which we never do on our journey.

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