One of the last times this popped up, I printed it out and annotated it. I wanted to see if it was possible to take something so different to my working world (risk management) and apply it. Annotating it for my situation made it clear that this document should be seen as more far-reaching than just differentiating product managers. It really is pointing out the difference between good workers and bad workers in <i>any</i> organisation.<p>Every single point made has an element that can be applied to any organisation and career; Productive workers understand the context of business (&quot;Good PMs take all important factors...&quot;); successful workers solve the issue, not the symptom (&quot;Good [PMs]...proper deeper into the [problem]&quot;). Sometimes I look back at my annotated pages and score myself about whether I fall to &quot;Bad&quot; or to &quot;Good&quot;. I&#x27;m still working at it.<p>I urge everybody to read, and apply this to their own careers. Don&#x27;t pigeonhole this document just because it is defined as important to product managers. I see this as just as influential as Ray Dalio&#x27;s Principles (<a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bwater.com&#x2F;Uploads&#x2F;FileManager&#x2F;Principles&#x2F;Bridgewater-Associates-Ray-Dalio-Principles.pdf" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.bwater.com&#x2F;Uploads&#x2F;FileManager&#x2F;Principles&#x2F;Bridgew...</a>)