Get Unstuck in Your Career in 5 Steps | Ethan Evans (former VP Amazon)

My guest today is Ethan Evans, former VP at Amazon.





Ethan rose to VP at Amazon over 15 years and then retired to make
$700,000 teaching product leaders while only working 20 hours a
week.





Ethan and I talked about:


The magic loop to level up at any company and how to get unstuck


How to systematically build trust with leadership


How to build a $700K+ business while working part time





Ethan is an incredible career coach and product leader. If you
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podcast.





Timestamps:


(00:00) Why trust is built more in negative events


(02:11) The Magic Loop framework to grow your career


(04:46) Where people get stuck in the Magic Loop


(07:09) How to ask your manager for constructive feedback


(11:02) The #1 thing that leaders need to do well


(16:38) How to build a strong relationship with your manager


(22:51) How Ethan built trust by taking a risk to disagree with
his SVP


(29:41) How NVIDIA succeeded by simply surviving


(31:28) How Ethan recovered from failing Jeff Bezos


(37:39) Making $700K a year in retirement as a creator


(44:31) Every tech person should be doing this





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