That Remote Life | Interviews with Digital Nomads and Location Independent Entrepreneurs - TRL 158: The 10 Year Career: How to Reimagine Business, Design Your Life, & Fast Track Your Freedom with Jodie Cook

TRL 158: The 10 Year Career: How to Reimagine Business, Design Your Life, & Fast Track Your Freedom with Jodie Cook

08/02/22 • 56 min

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That Remote Life | Interviews with Digital Nomads and Location Independent Entrepreneurs

Today on the podcast Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Jodie Cook (@cookiewhirls) an entrepreneur, author, course creator, AND competitive powerlifter. Jodie is the author of the new book - The 10 Year Career which lays out a framework for entrepreneurs to take them from beginner to selling the business, what you can expect across that journey and what you should be focusing on in each stage. And on this topic, Jodie is speaking from experience, because she wrote this book while she was in the process of selling her social media management agency which was a 7-figure exit. Jodie has written a number of other books including a series focused on raising entrepreneurial children and she is a frequent contributor to Forbes where she writes on the topic of entrepreneurship.

During this wide-ranging conversation, Jodie and Mitko discussed how she is able to do so many different things at such a high level, why she sold her business and the framework behind her new book The 10 Year Career, why writing is such a powerful practice for entrepreneurs, how to write for publications like Forbes, and much much more.

💬 Topics Discussed:

Finding new places to travel to and base from
Why Jodie chose to go with a publisher instead of self-publishing her bok
How do book translations work?
Multitasking at a high level
Having outlets and ways to mentally recharge
How Jodie started writing for Forbes
Why Jodie decided to write a series of entrepreneurial books for kids?
Inspiring someone to be an entrepreneur
Being a member of Forbes’ 30 Under 30
How to decide if you should publish an article on your own blog or write them for a publication
Finding inspiration and creating your idea bank
Working with other people to create content
The concept of the “Creativity Faucet”
Jodie’s tips on getting a contributor role at Forbes
Why Jodie wrote the “Ten Year Career”
Why Jodie decided to sell her content agency
Selling your business and cashing out
The mindset shit after selling your business
The Four Phases of The Ten-Year Career Framework
Avoiding the “normal” career path and work life
What kind of people can benefit from reading the “Ten Year Career”?
Systemizing operations and what people usually get wrong about it
Finding ways to keep your focus on goals and tasks at hand

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💬 Topics Discussed:

Finding new places to travel to and base from
Why Jodie chose to go with a publisher instead of self-publishing her bok
How do book translations work?
Multitasking at a high level
Having outlets and ways to mentally recharge
How Jodie started writing for Forbes
Why Jodie decided to write a series of entrepreneurial books for kids?
Inspiring someone to be an entrepreneur
Being a member of Forbes’ 30 Under 30
How to decide if you should publish an article on your own blog or write them for a publication
Finding inspiration and creating your idea bank
Working with other people to create content
The concept of the “Creativity Faucet”
Jodie’s tips on getting a contributor role at Forbes
Why Jodie wrote the “Ten Year Career”
Why Jodie decided to sell her content agency
Selling your business and cashing out
The mindset shit after selling your business
The Four Phases of The Ten-Year Career Framework
Avoiding the “normal” career path and work life
What kind of people can benefit from reading the “Ten Year Career”?
Systemizing operations and what people usually get wrong about it
Finding ways to keep your focus on goals and tasks at hand

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TRL 157: How to Get Paid $10,000 to Set Up a Home Base with Evan Hock from MakeMyMove.com

Today on the podcast Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Evan Hock (@Evan_Hock) the cofounder of MakeMyMove.com a marketplace for remote worker relocation offers. Essentially communities across the US use MakeMyMove as a place to publish the offers they have set up in an attempt to attract remote workers like you.

During this episode, Evan and Mitko discussed the current state of remote work and how it’s affecting communities across the US, what sort of communities are profiting the most from the remote work boom, how to find the best relocation offer for you and we even role played what it would be like for someone like you to use the MakeMyMove platform to move to one of their participating communities and more topics!

💬 Topics Discussed:

Summary of MakeMyMove as a platform
Evan’s career move from wanting to be a pastor to a career in tech
The business evolution of MakeMyMove
What is the attitude of investors towards remote work pre and post-COVID
How MakeMyMove makes money
Are communities aware of the potential of becoming a remote work hotspot?
How MakeMyMove helps you through the relocation process
What is the minimum income needed to apply for a MakeMyMove offer
What kind of income qualifies for a MakeMyMove offer
Full process break down, from applying for an offer to moving to a new city
Different types of communities
Are communities interested in people who still plan on traveling a lot after setting up a homebase
Fostering and engaging a community of digital nomads
What are some of the most important things to look for when reviewing MakeMyMove offers?
Business opportunities in the MakeMyMove space
What features and amenities are common offerings from cities
The benefits of moving to a college town
The future of the digital nomad and remote work movements
How can you create a digital nomad offer in your community

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TRL 159: Ultimate Guide to Traveling Internationally With a Pet as a Digital Nomad with Nicole Caba

Today on the podcast Mitko (@mitkoka) is joined by Nicole Caba (@cookiewhirls) the founder of Avvinue a B2B service that works with airlines around the world to enable them to better assist passengers traveling with a pet. Avvinue also has a customer-facing feature that streamlines the process of buying tickets and flying with a pet by providing all the info you need in one place.

During this interview, Nicole shared how she came up with the idea for Avvinue, her top tips for flying with a pet and how to handle your time at an airport, and how the travel industry as a whole is changing to better accommodate frequent flyers with pets and much more. If you own a pet or are thinking about getting one and don’t want to abandon your dreams of living as a digital nomad this episode is a must listen!

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