Working from Anywhere, Goals, Impact and Freelancing with Eva Zahrawi Ruiz

Connect with Eva Zahrawi Ruiz: https://www.linkedin.com/in/evazahrawi http://the2ndhalf.nl https://twitter.com/evaza Check out her podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/en/podcast/the-2nd-half-your-guide-to-a-more-fulfilling-career-and-life/id1493425732 Full episode on YouTube ▶️ https://youtu.be/oldZF_jgy9I New episodes every Wednesday with our host ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠🎙Patrick Akil⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠!   Big shoutout to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Xebia⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ for sponsoring this episode! OUTLINE: 00:00:00 - Intro 00:00:35 - Planning for Japan 2025 00:02:20 - Patrick missed out on a trip to Japan and Russia 00:03:00 - Why Eva loves Japan 00:04:21 - Japan is affordable 00:06:57 - Eva is big on travelling 00:10:12 - Patrick is travelling more and more 00:11:34 - Combining work and travelling 00:14:38 - Flexibility as freelancer 00:16:25 - International opportunities 00:18:56 - Discipline of working from abroad 00:22:36 - Stepping out of your regular routine 00:25:14 - Losing the title 00:27:18 - Profession crisis 00:30:20 - There is always a way back 00:33:39 - No one expected Eva to leave 00:37:37 - Enjoying the work you do 00:40:14 - Growing as fast as possible 00:42:37 - What is your mission? 00:45:29 - Eva's core values 00:50:10 - Working towards certain goals 00:54:28 - Difficult conversations 00:58:34 - For as long as it takes 01:00:09 - Being good with politics 01:03:29 - Eva hates escalations 01:07:51 - Not just executing on orders 01:13:32 - Figuring out the why 01:16:57 - Managing to avoid clashes 01:19:56 - Companies are big social experiments 01:21:28 - People are inherently good 01:25:40 - Making it your managers problem 01:29:51 - Only come with good news 01:33:21 - Complain in one on ones 01:35:39 - Final thoughts