Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth
01:26:48 · Becky Kennedy, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:26:48] S1: Exactly. [01:26:48] S0: So good. Okay. With that, Dr. Becky, we reached our very exciting lightning round. I've got five questions for you. Are you ready? [01:26:56] S1: Yes. [01:26:57] S0: Here we go. What are two or three books that you find yourself recommending most to other people? [01:27:03] S1: I love The Power of Moments. I love Messy Middle and I got a lot from Creativity, Inc as well. [01:27:11] S0: Is there a recent movie or TV show you have really enjoyed? [01:27:14] S1: I really liked Secrets We Keep, which was actually recommended to me by our product leader on Netflix. And I really loved K-Pop Demon Hunters so much. I wrote a whole guide on it because I think it's just such an opener for really good, deep connected moments with our kids. And so those two come to mind. [01:27:33] S0: Is there a product you recently discovered that you really like? Could be an app, could be clothing, could be a gadget. [01:27:39] S1: I started doing Liberty Puzzles. Do you know it? So some people- [01:27:39] S0: No.
01:27:39 · Lenny Rachitsky, Becky Kennedy
[01:27:39] S0: No. [01:27:42] S1: Have heard of Stave. They're like these, but this is Liberty. They're thick wooden puzzles where they're kind of hand cut pieces. You never know what's an edge. Sometimes the colors that connect are kind of the end of one color and start of another, so they're tricky. But having this out at night, number one, I find puzzling is something where you have to monotask. You truly cannot multitask. And I find it so hard for me to monotask these days, even though it gives me such grounded energy. So that allows that. And it's something, yes, with my kids, but oddly enough, me and my husband will find ourselves doing it together at night versus being on the couch, doing work. And I feel like we're in the same world working on something together. And it's been really fun for that as well. [01:28:25] S0: My kid has been really into puzzles recently. We have this menorah puzzle that we got and he's just every bedtime, he wants to do it four times, finishes it, again. He speaks Spanish because his grandma speaks Spanish to him, so he's like mas, una mas. [01:28:38] S1: Oh, I love it. Love puzzles. [01:28:40] S0: And I love that he's just like, "Break it apart. Okay, let's start from the beginning." [01:28:43] S1: Amazing. [01:28:44] S0: Yeah. Puzzles. How fun. Okay. Two more questions. Do you have a favorite life motto that you find useful in work or in life?
01:28:44 · Lenny Rachitsky, Becky Kennedy
[01:28:44] S0: Yeah. Puzzles. How fun. Okay. Two more questions. Do you have a favorite life motto that you find useful in work or in life? [01:28:52] S1: This feels hard because it is hard, not because I'm doing something wrong. I just think this is so true in parenting at work. It's so interesting how often something is hard and we tell ourselves the story that we're stupid or we're not good at it. And there's something so simple about reminding myself, no, this feels hard because it is hard. I'm feeling this moment right. It's just hard. And I find that I always feel my feet on the ground again when I tell myself that. [01:29:15] S0: Great segue to our final question. So you're building a product, building a company. As a non-product person, what's something that surprised you about the experience of building a product and building a company?
01:29:15 · Lenny Rachitsky, Becky Kennedy
[01:29:15] S0: Great segue to our final question. So you're building a product, building a company. As a non-product person, what's something that surprised you about the experience of building a product and building a company? [01:29:28] S1: It's funny. I'm hesitating only because I'm thinking of something and I'll say it, but I'm like, why did that surprise me? It should be so obvious. But I guess it's true that a company is just people. And before I started this company, I was in private practice, seeing people for therapy. And I feel like those skills are remarkably useful as the leader of a company where there's so many things I can't do. You're not going to ask me to financially model or data analytics, but I feel like there's really strong people who can do that. But I believe that understanding people or just having the skill of attempting to understand people is a surprisingly, but I guess also retrospectively obvious, really good leadership skill. [01:30:12] S0: Dr. Becky, this was incredible. It's such an honor to have you on. I just see you everywhere all the time, have learned so much from you. And what a treat to have you in this podcast. I have people are like, "What the hell is going on here?" I learned a ton myself and I know people will too. Two final questions. Where can folks find you, Good Inside, your book, anything else you want to share? And then just how can listeners be useful to you?
01:30:12 · Lenny Rachitsky, Becky Kennedy
[01:30:12] S0: Dr. Becky, this was incredible. It's such an honor to have you on. I just see you everywhere all the time, have learned so much from you. And what a treat to have you in this podcast. I have people are like, "What the hell is going on here?" I learned a ton myself and I know people will too. Two final questions. Where can folks find you, Good Inside, your book, anything else you want to share? And then just how can listeners be useful to you? [01:30:33] S1: Oh yeah, just goodinside.com. You can find our product there. You can find all the books that I've written there. You can find our yeah, newsletter if you're just curious to start there. All of it's at goodinside.com. I really do love feedback. So if you're there, if you're thinking, "Hey, I'm in your app and I wish you did this." I mean, your listeners are such a treasure trove of brilliant product, marketing, just thoughts that I can never have myself. And we're really trying to build something that makes a parent always exhale and feel a little more capable and parents have the best information of how to do that. So being willing to share feedback and ideas. Anyone can reach out to me on DM or you could email office@goodinside.com, but that's a way to help. I love learning from other people. [01:31:26] S0: Awesome. Dr. Becky, thank you so much for being here. [01:31:29] S1: Thank you.
01:31:29 · Becky Kennedy, Lenny Rachitsky
[01:31:29] S1: Thank you. [01:31:30] S0: Bye everyone. Thank you so much for listening. If you found this valuable, you can subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or your favorite podcast app. Also, please consider giving us a rating or leaving a review as that really helps other listeners find the podcast. You can find all past episodes or learn more about the show at lennyspodcast.com. See you in the next episode.