By Teresa Torres · producttalk.org · @ttorres on X · LinkedIn
Teresa Torres shares a list of lesser-known blogs she follows, inspired by Daniel Pink's year-end recommendations. Rather than product blogs, she highlights writers covering learning, decision making, happiness, personal finance psychology, entrepreneurship, business beyond tech, careers, and knowledge management. For each, she explains what makes the blogger valuable, such as research-heavy accessibility, authenticity, or strong audience engagement. The post is a personal recommendation list with little direct product-management advice, but it offers a useful set of sources for broadening perspective beyond the product domain.
01Key takeaways
- Read widely outside your domain to sharpen perspective and decision making.
- Favor writers who ground ideas in research and make them accessible.
- Notice how strong communicators engage their audience, since that teaches as much as content does.
- Build a personal 'Jedi Council' of people you admire and learn from.
- Seek sources that cover feelings and people, not just tactics, to understand business better.
02Key sections
- Blogs on learning and decision making
- Shane Parrish's Farnam Street and Eric Barker's Barking up the Wrong Tree are praised for wide-ranging, research-informed takes on learning, decisions, and success.
- Psychology-driven personal finance and community
- Ramit Sethi's blog is recommended for its behavioral psychology and action-driving engagement, while Chris Guillebeau's Art of Non-Conformity is praised for authentic community building.
- Authentic voices in careers and venture capital
- Pam Slim's Escape from Cubicle Nation and Brad Feld's Feld Thoughts are valued for candor, personal experience, and honest opinions.
- Broader business and knowledge management
- The HBR blog, AfterCollege student blog, and Harold Jarche's writing on personal knowledge management offer perspectives beyond tech.
- Closing and newsletter
- The author invites reader recommendations and promotes her new weekly newsletter.
03From the post
“Last year, Daniel Pink shared his favorite books, blogs, and resources in a New Year’s Day webinar. It was so good, I still remember most of the things he shared. I’m stealing the idea. Today, I’ll share some of my favorite blogs. And on Thursday, I’ll”
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