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

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

08/02/22 • 56 min

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