THE GUEST
Today’s guest is Cody who is the founder of SupportNinja, the host of the MindHack Podcast, and is now a successful author, when he released the acclaimed ‘From Foster Care to Millionaire’.
He founded his first company at just 15 in his parents basement. Since then Cody has gone to Build and Sell 4 companies grossing in the millions within his first 10 years. Companies he has founded have included Hosting, Software and Support based companies with offices around the world. His companies are serving customers in over 100+ countries. Today, Cody blogs regularly on his website, codymclain.com and runs a Creative Digital Agency alongside a BPO (Business Process Outsourcing).
However this is not the full story. It is not only his business achievements to discuss, Cody has made an amazing personal development which makes his achievements even more deserving of promotion and analyse for hacks and tips to improve your own. In this deep-dive interview, we discuss his rich and inspirational life, how he went from losing his parents at a young age, entering foster care, to creating several million pound businesses. We chat about business, psychology, motivation, productivity, building effective teams and processes, habits, effective time use and finding the why in your life to succeed in business.
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WHAT IS DISCUSSED
In this interview, we discuss gems like:
- Who they are
- How he created his first business
- Where did his inspiration come from
- How did he avoid being crushed by the grief following the loss of his parents at such a young age
- How he found the Why he needed to motivate him to achieve his dreams AND keep working despite being considerably successful
- His struggles with fear and self-doubt
- Where does he see most entrepreneurs going wrong with their business ideas, planning and implementation
- His book ‘Foster Care to Millionaire’
- How can you switch your mindset to a growth-focused approach
- How can you analyse a market and see a need for a business
- Issues that all entrepreneurs face
- Advice on sourcing the right people to work in your business
- How to deal with conflict between business partners
- School vs entrepreneurship
- Does current success indicate potential future success
- How true passive-income businesses are rare and still need to be worked at despite what the ‘4-Hour business’ image currently portrays
- Key insights he has learnt while running businesses
- Knowing when and why it is appropriate to leave a business
- How does he plan his week, and his habits to achieve consistent success
- Ways to develop yourself and your habits to become the man you need to grind through the work long-term
- What was the inspiration for writing his book and starting the podcast
- What does he want you to take from this interview
- How you can connect with them
KEY POINTS TO REFLECT ON
In this interview, a lot of jewels of self-improvement are discussed. Some of these and their associated thoughts include:
- Tragedy, at any age is a horrible thing, however, you can make something good from it. Cody used his as motivation to achieve what others doubted he could
- What is your Why? Why are you doing what you are doing? Establish what your Why is and the What and How become much easier and help you create a mission in your life.
- Don’t judge others without understanding, people can act up for many reasons, you never knew what others are dealing with in their life, so don’t judge until you know the true story.
- It doesn’t matter how successful you become, you will always face challenges. Challenges will always exist no matter where you are in life, so why not reach for the stars if you will always need to deal with challenges.
- Asking for help is not a weakness, it is a sign of strength that you can admit that something is wrong and look for help. Cody is seeing benefit from therapy and EMDR
- Anyone can start a business. The success opportunities are based on the idea and the effort put into it. Facebook, Instagram etc all started as just ideas in someone else’s head. What is stopping you from trying? Money? Businesses can be started on almost no costs. Time? You can build up a side business while working full time if you schedule work time around your other responsibilities. Fear? Everyone is terrified, those people who succeed just learn what fear is, a reminder that this could go wrong and wanting to keep you safe – to overcome this, figure out safe guards you can put in – eg financial limits, a timeframe to try it and close it if not working, say a year, and so on. Fear is a good thing, it stops you doing really stupid shit, it should not stop you from chasing your dreams though.
- Being successful is not always the answer to your problems, it can create a whole new range of problems and hassle. Making money should not be your only goal, you need to figure out your Why in life and you will work towards your own true grade of success
- Building things take time, stop panic changing, you need to stay on the same path until you are sure, not impulse jumping off. Give a new plan at least six months to a year before you will have the needed data to really know if it will work or not.
- True fulfillment comes from doing what you truly want to do, not what society, your family or others tell you it is.
- Where you start is not where you must stay – you decide what you do and where you go in life, you just need to put in the needed work. Just because you are born poor etc, doesn’t mean you need to stay there – figure out what you want and work for it.
- You need to decide the right path for you. There is a wealth of information and courses available to learn the things you need to succeed. Some need schooling, others have the time better spent just starting a business etc and working, it really depends on you and your learning style.
- We all have the same 24 hours … what are you doing with yours? We all have the same time, all that really matters is what you do in it.
- Nothing will be handed to you. Time will pass regardless. Why not use it, turn off the TV and chase your dreams, build your business, give it a try. You can always go back to a 9-5 but if you truly believe in something, then go for it. We only have a limited time in the world, use yours to the max and see what you can achieve.
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WHAT SHOULD YOU DO AFTER LISTENING
These are some key actions that you should undertake after listening to this interview:
- Read a copy of his book to read more about his amazing story – purchase a copy here: Foster Care to Millionaire
- Start trying to figure out your Why in your life and what you truly want to achieve in life
- Start living live. Stop holding back. Got a business idea? Good, start it, try it, you never know! Stop with the excuses, setup your life to work around your business and other commitments. Time will pass regardless, imagine what you can do in one year, five years, ten years … only you can go there if you put in the work.
CONNECT WITH THE GUEST
You will want to follow this guest in the future. To do so, click on the links below:
- Click here to vist Cody’s website
- Cody is on Twitter here
- Cody is on Instagram here
- Read articles that Cody has written here on Medium
- Book mentioned: The Time Paradox
- The YouTube video mentioned: Optimistic Nilhism (I think its this one!)
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What are you looking at?
Cody’s story offers all the components you’d expect from the success story of a young entrepreneur with Aspergers—motivation, drive, perseverance, focus, and passion. You might call it a rags-to-riches tale, and you wouldn’t be wrong. But that here-to-there narrative is only the top layer. Cody’s story unfolds to reveal a narrative that is more complicated and yet simpler, more central, to the human experience. What remains is the story of a boy, burdened like all of us with deep wounds and great gifts, searching for a purpose. What remains is a story that will inspire readers to find their true calling and work like hell to achieve their dreams.
Every significant choice, every important decision we make, is determined by our perception of time. This is the most influential force in our lives, yet we are virtually unaware of it. In this fascinating book, the award-winning past president of the American Psychological Association, Philip Zimbardo, and his co-author, John Boyd, show how:
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