How to Design Your Life With Head of Design and Former Uber Employee, Phil Pham

Phil Pham is a Head of Design, Author of "Work From Anywhere", and fellow Maui resident. We chat about intentionally designing your life and Phil's experience, which ranges from agencies, to Uber, BetterUp, and philanthropy.

Chapters

(00:00:00) Balancing career and family

(00:05:00) Phil’s design background

(00:07:57) Letting fear derail you from your path

(00:21:27) How Phil became head of design

(00:26:41) Working at Uber and Travis Getting Ousted

(00:30:08) Career development seminars at Uber

(00:35:16) Value and toxicity working in tech in San Francisco

(00:37:23) Don’t wait for permission

(00:39:03) Phil’s book - Work from Anywhere

(00:40:26) Making a decision where the cost of failure is too high

(00:45:15) Working at BetterUp with a focus on psychology

(00:48:04) Getting laid off and how interviewing has changed

(01:00:00) Experimental philanthropy and leveraging AI

Phil’s Reading List:

• Work from Anywhere: How to Do What You Love in the Remote Economy (Phil’s book)

• Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins

• The Art of Non Conformity by Chris Guillebeau

• Think and Grow Rich by Napolean Hill

• Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

• The Power of Now by Eckhart Tolle

Where to find Phil Pham:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/philpham/

• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-pham/

• Website: https://philphamdesign.com/

• Podcast: Modern Dad Life

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