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PWE054 Interview with Kostas Mallios - Creating a meaningful career and a successful life
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Passionately Wrong Podcast Episode E054
Interview with Kostas Mallios - Creating a meaningful career and a successful life
Key takeaway: From a pizza restaurant to formative years at Microsoft and now GM of Applied AI at Applied Materials, Kostas provides unique insights on how to create a meaningful career and successful life
Topics covered in this video:
- Kostas describes how he came to be GM of Applied AI at Applied Materials
- Why Kostas does not feel he has had a career path as such
- How Kostas has used his appetite for risk to his advantage
- Change presents opportunity, and the future is likely to be as tumultuous as the past
- Kostas describes how running a restaurant and facing failure helped build his confidence
- Even when you do everything correctly, you can still fail - success is not in our control
- Kostas explains why courage is needed in addition to confidence, and why timing is critical
- Why telling a good story is so helpful
- Kostas describes the fundamental things he believes, including the importance of knowing yourself and your personal values
- Why being able to communicate with people is vital: people do business with people they like, so how do you develop a rapport? To be interesting, be interested in them.
- Why making small mistakes (and admitting them) can help you avoid making bigger mistakes
- Kostas describes how he defines success
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