What happens when you give an overthinking entrepreneur a microphone, a curiosity obsession, and access to the sharpest minds on the planet?
You get MindHack - the podcast for founders, builders, and high-performers who want to upgrade their brain like they upgrade their software.
Each week, Cody McLain (entrepreneur since 15, burnout survivor, and productivity nerd) sits down with scientists, psychologists, and successful entrepreneurs to reverse-engineer how extraordinary people think, feel, and execute.
We unpack the mental models, weird routines, emotional rewiring, and psychology-backed strategies that actually work—so you can build your business without losing your mind.
🎯 Think: startup grit meets cognitive science.
🎙️ Guests include bestselling authors, startup OGs, and unreasonably curious humans.
🔥 Warning: listening may result in existential clarity, better habits, and fewer panic Googles at 2am.
New episodes every week. Subscribe and hack your brain before your brain hacks you.
What happens when you give an overthinking entrepreneur a microphone, a curiosity obsession, and access to the sharpest minds on the planet?
You get MindHack - the podcast for founders, builders, and high-performers who want to upgrade their brain like they upgrade their software.
Each week, Cody McLain (entrepreneur since 15, burnout survivor, and productivity nerd) sits down with scientists, psychologists, and successful entrepreneurs to reverse-engineer how extraordinary people think, feel, and execute.
We unpack the mental models, weird routines, emotional rewiring, and psychology-backed strategies that actually work—so you can build your business without losing your mind.
🎯 Think: startup grit meets cognitive science.
🎙️ Guests include bestselling authors, startup OGs, and unreasonably curious humans.
🔥 Warning: listening may result in existential clarity, better habits, and fewer panic Googles at 2am.
New episodes every week. Subscribe and hack your brain before your brain hacks you.

Everyone's obsessed with using AI to be more productive—but what if we've got it all wrong? In this mind-blowing conversation with Sublime founder Sari Azout, we uncover why the "move faster" mindset might actually be making us miserable.
Sari drops truth bombs about why imagination—not technical skills—will be the career superpower of the future. She reveals how the most successful people will use AI differently than everyone else, and why being willing to be bored might become the ultimate luxury.
We explore the surprising reason many tech leaders don't let their own kids use the products they create, and how to build a personal knowledge system that gives you an unfair advantage in an AI world. If you're feeling overwhelmed by productivity culture, this episode will completely change how you think about technology.
ℹ️ About the Guest
Sari Azout is the founder of Sublime, a personal knowledge management tool designed to help people curate and connect ideas in meaningful ways. In her thought-provoking essay "The End of Productivity," she challenges conventional thinking about AI and productivity—questioning whether our obsession with efficiency is actually preventing us from doing our best work. With Sublime, she's building technology that focuses on deepening intention rather than hijacking attention, creating a refreshing alternative in today's distraction-driven digital landscape.
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