Intro

Welcome to Episode 24 of the Seven Eighths with our guest Ethan Evans. Ethan is an Ex-Amazon Vice President, now sharing his leadership expertise on LinkedIn, Medium, YouTube, and other outlets. He has a BS in Computer Science and Computer Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University, and a Masters of Science in Engineering from Purdue.  After spending more than a decade in startups in Pittsburgh, Washington, D.C., and Boston, where he rose to the level of Vice President.

In 2005, Ethan moved to Amazon as a Senior Manager where he was the first engineer on the project that became Prime Video.  Over time, he was promoted first to Director, then to Vice President, ultimately leading global teams of 800+ and working on well known products such as the Amazon Appstore, Twitch, and Prime Gaming.

In 2020 Ethan left Amazon to focus on leadership training and executive coaching for a small group of motivated clients. His mission is to share his lessons learned in his long career to save others delay and frustration struggling with issues he has been through before. You can find Ethan on the web at https://ethanevans.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanevansvp/

In this episode, Ethan gets candid about his setbacks and failures. It’s time to pull up a chair and just listen in

Conclusion

And That’s how the cookie crumbles. Ethan’s conversation made me realize that behind all the visible success, there is failures that builds character and that has teaching moments. Ethan shared his several set backs, feeling misjudged and mislabeled. But he also talked about how he used the pain to introspect and adopt habits to prevent that pain from recurring. This change in behavior helped him recover from the set back. Ethan’s guidance on how to accept and absorb feedback feels like a gold mine. Thank you for listening to this episode. Do share your thoughts and feedback. I’m on twitter @theseveneighths

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