If you want to be a bad product manager, don’t bother expressing your gratitude. If you want to be a good product manager, make sure to express your appreciation on a regular basis.

If you want to be a bad product manager, use the internal name for a project as the name you communicate externally. If you want to be a good product manager, choose the internal and external names for projects carefully.

If you want to be a bad product manager, ask for others to follow up and get more information for you. If you want to be a good product manager, follow up on requests yourself in an effort to learn more.

If you want to be a bad product manager, avoid fixing the main problems with your product. If you want to be a good product manager, address the main issues facing your product.

If you want to be a bad product manager, treat product development as a democracy. If you want to be a good product manager, rely on leadership rather than voting to drive product development.

If you want to be a bad product manager, solve each problem individually. If you want to be a good product manager, look for solutions that will solve multiple problems.

If you want to be a bad product manager, highlight your individual accomplishments. If you want to be a good product manager, attribute product accomplishments to the entire team, not just yourself.

If you want to be a bad product manager, avoid confrontation with colleagues. If you want to be a good product manager, encourage healthy discussion, disagreement, and even arguments that can help make the product better.

If you want to be a bad product manager, ignore some of your stakeholders. If you want to be a good product manager, remember the stakeholders that everyone else forgets.

If you want to be a bad product manager, ignore ideas that have been tried before. If you want to be a good product manager, revisit ideas from the past to see if they are applicable now.