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So much of being a good product/project/general manager is watching out for and avoiding pitfalls you have experienced previously.

• onion2k 10y ago
  Or being good at listening to, understanding, and learning from other people's experiences to recognise those pitfalls when you encounter them yourself. This is exactly why accelerators like YC put so much emphasis on mentoring. Being able to talk to someone who has already been through something makes you much less likely to handle a similar situation poorly. You don't have to have direct experience of a pitfall yourself to understand it.