The 3 Books to Read to Gain More Confidence as a Product Manager

Ben Staples
7 min readMay 12, 2020
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Published on www.Ben-Staples.com

Stuck at home and finally ready to pick up a book? Looking to grow your career as a Product Manager? Check out the below recommendations that have helped me gain more confidence as a Product Manager.

Not sure if these books are right for you?

Maybe you are:

  • Just starting out your journey as a Product Manager
  • Are on the track to become a Product Owner
  • Have moved on to a new team
  • Are looking to shake things up and double down on your daily level of motivation

No matter what, reading can cultivate confidence to drive success for your product, business, or personal brand.

Here are three books I’ve read at various points in my Product Management career and how they have guided me as I approached a few different situations.

**I hope you get as much of a benefit as I did from these books. As a heads up, if you do end up buying one of them from a link on this page, I may collect a small share of sales.

The Books

  1. Inspired: How to Create Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan

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Ben Staples

Ben Staples has over 7 years of product management and PMM eCommerce experience from at Nordstrom, Trunk Club, and Vistaprint . Currently based in Chicago IL