Welcome to a special episode featuring key moments from my presentation at the very first Lenny and Friends Summit in San Francisco. In this talk, I've distilled the most valuable career insights I've gained from coaching product managers and creating PM content over the past 12 months. In this highlight reel of career advice, I discuss:

• Rethinking retirement
• The career-defining question every leader should ask
• Power years versus foundational years
• Leveraging career stories
• Finding peak roles
• Understanding the shadow of your superpower
• The relationship between personal brand and reputation
• Breaking down burnout
• Building your support network through Skip Community

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Referenced:

• Mastering your 30s career resume
• 4 secrets of career boosting companies
• Avoiding burnout for high achievers
• Battling job search anxiety
• Bill Campbell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Campbell_(business_executive)
• Crafting a compelling career story
• JZ: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jiaona/
• Shadows of your superpowers (Part 1)
• Shadows of your superpowers (Part 2)
• Shedding perceptions: Moving from lone wolf to team player
• Six superpowers of product managers
• Stage of company: A career unlock
• The art of building your personal brand

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Where to find Nikhyl:

• Twitter
• LinkedIn

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• Website
• Substack
• YouTube
• Spotify
• Apple Podcasts
• TikTok

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Timestamps:

(00:00) How to help the Skip community

(01:37) Lenny’s Summit

(04:10) Breaking your career into levels

(07:33) Crafting a compelling career story

(10:26) All elite PMs find “peak roles”

(12:15) “The reputation you build today is the brand you’ll have tomorrow”

(13:17) Avoiding burnout

(16:13) Knowing the shadow of your superpower

(18:13) Don’t build a career alone

(18:53) Summary of advice

(20:19) Special announcement

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