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

My guest today is Ethan Evans, retired 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 where people get stuck How to build trust at your company and recover from failing Jeff Bezos How to build a $700K+ business while working part-time Ethan is an incredible career coach and product leader. If you enjoy our conversation, please like and subscribe to support the 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 Get the takeaways: https://creatoreconomy.so/p/ethan-eva... Where to find Ethan: LinkedIn:   / ethanevansvp   Website: https://ethanevans.com/ 📌 Subscribe to this channel – more interviews coming soon!