How Being Unreasonable Drove Me to Amazon VP - Make Your Mark

In this 73 minute Career Talk, Ethan explains why to be unreasonable, beginning with an idea, the difference between unreasonable and irrational, defines the "reasonable" person, why proactivity and action matters, persisting through failures, and answered audience Q&A (newsletter paid subscribers were invited to join this talk and ask questions live).

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Watch the Career Talk trailer to hear parts of Ethan answering audience questions in the recorded Q&A section.

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ETHAN EVANS

Ethan is a former Amazon Vice President who now teaches and coaches.
Ethan has reviewed over 10,000 resumes in his career and conducted more than 2500 interviews.
He has led global teams of 800+ and products with annual revenue above $500M.
He holds over 70 patents.

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How Being Unreasonable Drove Me to Amazon VP - Make Your Mark

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