Amazon VP Quits 9-5 to Find Meaning: Ethan Evans on Wealth, Anti-Fragile Life & What's 'Enough'

If you've had a setback at work/life and think that defines or limits you - watch this episode. Ethan went from being fired twice, divorced to getting promoted to VP at Amazon.What happens when you “make it” as an Amazon VP and realise the bigger house, second house, private jets and status ladder are just another treadmill?In this episode, I sit down with Ethan Evans, former Amazon Vice President, who led teams of 800+ people and helped launch what became Prime Video, Prime Gaming and the Amazon Appstore and who then walked away at 50 to build an anti-fragile life, coaching and writing full-time.Ethan is now a career coach, creator and newsletter writer earning over $1M a year in “retirement”, known for his radical transparency about layoffs, divorce, money, culture clashes and meaning.If you’re in big tech (or on the way there), earning well but quietly wondering “is this it?”, this episode will give you a brutally honest look at money, status, identity and designing a life that can take a beating and still get better.00:00:00 - Intro00:01:44 - Don't "turtle up." Resilience & Failed Demos in Front of Jeff Bezos00:05:15 - The VP Trap: Why Money & Titles Are Never Enough00:21:28 - Reinventing Yourself at 5000:25:30 - "Gaming" the System: Building a Personal Brand at Amazon00:32:30 - The Truth About Networking (It’s Not Just Executives)00:44:55 - 3 Things That Stop High Performers From Growing00:52:00 - Victim Mentality: Why You Are Always 10% Responsible00:56:45 - The Myth of Work-Life Balance (Career, Family, Health)01:03:00 - Honest Regrets: Being a "C-Grade" Parent01:08:00 - Building an Antifragile Life :How to survive divorce, layoffs, and crises01:12:21 - Mercenaries vs. Missionaries: Choosing the Right BossConnect with Ethan Evans:Website: https://www.ethanevans.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanevansvpX: https://x.com/EthanEvansVPConnect with Nikhil:YouTube:  ⁨https://www.youtube.com/@InnerScorecardInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/inner.scorecard/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikhilkapahi/