Adaptability — one way!
Stress resistance
Stress resistance
You will see this word in any job description. Usually people read it as “work is a continuous stress, it will be painful and difficult, but you have to endure, otherwise we will find another one.” Many people work like that. They tolerate and believe that they are stress-resistant. I believe that stress tolerance is the ability to calmly deal with uncertainty or unforeseen situations, as well as to show flexibility.
About the attitude to the VUCA measure, uncertainty, problems and errors is written at the beginning. All this will happen, and there is no way to avoid it. The only way out is to get knowledge about stress. How stress works, how to prevent it and how to work with yourself during stress. The tools in this book will help you avoid stress, but at least basic knowledge about the brain and the nature of stress is a very strong investment in yourself for the long term.
Product thinking.
The principles of the product approach can be applied in any field. As a product, you can consider yourself, career, job, and anything else. The product approach is needed to obtain optimal results with minimal costs in order to quickly get feedback. To do this, you need to learn to explore the environment, put forward hypotheses, test them, analyze feedback and prioritize tasks.
Since the product approach was invented for the development of new products in uncertainty, it is useful to use its techniques for personal purposes. For a basic presentation, you can read Denis Pushkin’s article “How to apply product thinking to the world: on the example of a hoodie” on Habr ( use the page translation in the browser). There are many examples and a link to Denis’s speech.
Without basic knowledge, it is difficult to understand and shift the principles of the product approach to life, but when you get the base, you can find a person who will help you figure it out. I am sure that any product owner will talk with interest on this topic.
