My new book Own Or Be Owned is out now! I wrote Own or Be Owned to answer one question: how do you make more money, less miserably? I broke it into the 12 Profit Levers… the 12 levers I've seen determine whether you print cash or hate your life. Check it out: → https://contrarianthinking.biz/oobo_bigdeal You work harder than half your team. You deliver results. But somehow, the person who talks a good game in meetings just got promoted ahead of you. Here's the truth: hard work doesn't get you promoted. Visibility, advocacy, and understanding the game do. Ethan Evans is a retired Amazon VP who spent over 15 years building billion dollar businesses inside one of the most demanding companies on earth. He went from getting fired twice early in his career to running Prime Video, Twitch sponsorships, the Amazon Appstore, and a t-shirt printing business that now does over a billion dollars a year. He worked directly with Jeff Bezos, survived public failures, learned how to navigate corporate politics without losing his soul, and retired early to teach others how to do the same. In this episode, you'll learn: * The magic loop: how to turn your boss into your biggest advocate by making them successful first * Why invisible performers lose to visible performers every time and how a weekly status report changes everything * The exact script to ask for a raise that gets results without threatening to quit * Good boss versus bad boss: why consistency beats likability and how to tell the difference in an interview * How to give difficult feedback that actually lands: professionally firm, personally warm * The career killers nobody talks about Jeff Bezos's philosophy: strategically patient, tactically impatient, and why Amazon banned PowerPoint for six page narratives ___________ 00:00:00 Introduction: Why Half Your Talent Wins and You Don't 00:00:56 Corporate Politics: The Game You Didn't Know You Were Playing 00:08:28 The Magic Loop: Turn Your Boss Into Your Biggest Advocate 00:27:20 Invisible vs Visible Performers: Why Hard Work Isn't Enough 00:16:30 How to Actually Ask for a Raise and Get It 00:06:13 Good Boss vs Bad Boss: Consistency Over Likability 00:42:42 Giving Difficult Feedback: Professionally Firm, Personally Warm 00:51:28 Career Killers: Betrayal, Gossip, and Breaking Trust 01:04:51 Jeff Bezos: Strategically Patient, Tactically Impatient 01:11:05 The Six-Page Narrative: Why Amazon Banned PowerPoint 01:18:06 Building Billion-Dollar Businesses: Prime Video to T-Shirt Printing 00:58:22 Burnout Is About Vision Loss, Not Hard Work 01:24:48 Hiring A Players: The Reference Check Hack Nobody Uses 01:32:28 Final Advice: Know What You Want and Make the Deal ___________ *MORE FROM BIGDEAL* 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@PodcastBigDeal 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bigdeal.podcast 📽️ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@big.deal.pod *MORE FROM CODIE SANCHEZ* 🎥 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@CodieSanchezCT 📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/codiesanchez 📽️ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@realcodiesanchez *OTHER THINGS WE DO* 🌐 Our community: https://contrarianthinking.typeform.com/to/WBztXXID 📰 Free newsletter: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3XWLlZp 📚 Biz buying course: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3NhjGgN 🏠 Resibrands: https://resibrands.com/ 💰 CT Capital: https://contrarianthinking.biz/4eRyGOk 🏦 Main St Hold Co: https://contrarianthinking.biz/3YfGa8u