EntreArchitect Podcast with Mark R. LePage

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EA059: The Invisible Force Working Against Every Small Firm Architect [Podcast] Jan 14, 2015

Show notes

There is an invisible force occurring with every project we start and it is working against us.

It’s working against me. It’s working against you. It is working against every small firm architect, at a very rapid pace.

You need to get things done before it shows up and finds your client.

This week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I will share my experience with the I.P.S., also know as the Inevitable Priority Shift.

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Referenced in the Episode

My Rules for Creating Systems for Success (Episode 30)

This Week’s Homework

This week homework is to create 1 new system.

Pick one task from your current process and break it down to it's essential elements. Document each small step and create a simple system to complete that task.

I am not asking for an entire operations manual just one simple system for one simple task.

Once you are done, share what you did here in the comments below.

Share which task you chose… and how it is working for you.

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EA058: Work Harder [Podcast] Jan 07, 2015

Show notes

In this episode of the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I talk about my goals for 2015 and how I will accomplish each one.

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Referenced in the Episode

The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness by Dave Ramsey (book)

EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches by Dave Ramsey (book)

Zig Ziglar’s Wheel of Life

Platform: Get Noticed in a Noisy World by Michael Hyatt (book)

The ONE Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller (book)

Lewis Howes interview with motivational speaker Eric Thomas on School of Greatness Podcast

“When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe. Then you will be successful.” (video)

Rich Dad Poor Dad: What The Rich Teach Their Kids About Money That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! by Robert Kiyosaki (book)

This Week’s Homework

This week's homework is to work smarter for one week.

Turn off the TV. Limit your internet. Turn off the notifications on your phone. Eliminate everything that is unnecessary and not leading your to your ONE Thing.

I want you to calculate how many hours you found to work harder? Please leave a comment below and let me know how many hours you found.

Episode Sponsor

Entrepreneur Architect Academy

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EA057: 7 Steps to a Successful Work Week for Small Firm Architects [Podcast] Dec 17, 2014

Show notes

As the new year quickly approaches, we hear the annual recommendations for planning our year ahead. Every magazine and blog is running an article about how to plan for 2015.

Although stating long term goals and planning for their success is important, I suggest that planning your week, every week, will put you closer to your desired target when this time rolls around again next year.

This week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I share my 7 steps to a more successful work week.

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Referenced in this Episode

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey (book)

First Things First by Stephen R. Covey (book)

School of Greatness Podcast: Lewis Howes interview with Rory Vaden

Nozbe Productivity Application (Use my affiliate link http://www.nozbe.com/a-EntreArchitect and support the show without any additional cost to you.)

Entrepreneur Architect Podcast Episode 53 with Architect Dan Hart discussing productivity

Episode Sponsor

Entrepreneur Architect Foundations: Business Documents and Checklists for Small Firm Architects

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EA056: My 5 Rules of Successful Leadership for Small Firm Architects [Podcast] Dec 10, 2014

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As Entrepreneur Architects, we are all leaders.

Whether we are running a firm of 1 or 100, it is leadership that will determine the success or failure of a firm. It does not matter how bad the economy gets or how your opportunities may have been reduced by circumstances outside your control.

The fate of your firm sits squarely in your hands. It will be your vision, your decisions, your words and your actions that will lead your firm to the next level and beyond. If your firm is not where you want it to be, you must make the changes necessary to move it in a different direction a direction forward toward success.

This week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast I will share my 5 rules for successful leadership.

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Question of the Week

Do you know an extraordinary leader? Describe them in the comments below. What are the traits that this person possesses that makes them so special?

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EA055: The Passion Profit Cycle of Success for Your Small Firm [Podcast] Dec 04, 2014

Show notes

The passion required to overcome the fear and uncertainty of launching a start-up business is a very powerful emotion. It's what takes us from business-owner architect to Entrepreneur Architect. It's what gets us out of bed every morning and keeps us going years later.

Passion for what we do though, will only take us so far. To become a great firm, a truly great business success, we must also have a passion for profit. I know Profit. To some, profit is a dirty word, but the reality is that without profit, your passion for being an architect will very quickly evaporate. It is the passion for profit that allows us to grow our firms and continue to build successful practices.

This week on the Entrepreneur Architect, I will share 5 ways to earn more profit and keep the Passion Profit Cycle alive.

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Referenced in this Episode

The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It by Michael E. Gerber (book)

The Winner Effect: The Neuroscience of Success and Failure by Ian H. Robertson (book)

Enroll Now at Entrepreneur Architect Academy

Building a Debt Zero Business
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EA054: A Day in the Life of Mark R. LePage [Podcast] Dec 01, 2014

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Once per month, my friend Bob Borson at LifeofanArchitect.com organizes a group of bloggers to write on a specific topic. The series is called #ArchiTalks.

Search for it on Twitter or on EntreArchitect.com and you will find links to all the other posts from the series.

This is a day in the life of Mark R LePage; November 26th, 2014.

Happy Thanksgiving!

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Referenced in this Episode

#ArchiTalks

LifeofanArchitect.com

Gordon Parks Foundation

Gordon Parks (Wikipedia)

Village of Pleasantville

Sundance Deli

Fivecat Studio

Entrepreneur Architect Coaching Services

ScheduleOnce

Entrepreneur Architect Academy (Join us)

Rena Klein of RM Klein Consulting

Check Out the Other #ArchiTalks Posts

Bob Borson – Life of An Architect
@bobborson
A Day in the Life of an Architect

Matthew Stanfield – FiELD9: architecture
@FiELD9arch
A Day in the Life of FiELD9: architecture

Marica McKeel – Studio MM
@ArchitectMM
A Day in the Life of a Small Firm Residential Architect

Jeff Echols – Architect Of The Internet
@Jeff_Echols
What To Do When You Lose Your Job In Architecture: A Day In The Life

Lee Calisti, AIA – Think Architect
@LeeCalisti
a day in the life…part 2

Evan Troxel – Archispeak Podcast / TRXL
@etroxel
A Day in My Life

Lora Teagarden – L² Design, LLC
@L2DesignLLC
A Day in the Life of: An Almost Architect

Collier Ward – Thousand Story Studio
@collier1960
A Day in the Life of an Architect

Cormac Phalen – Cormac Phalen
@archy_type
Life in a Day of Panic

Nicholas Renard – Cote Renard Architecture
@coterenard
Another Day of Living the Dream

Andrew Hawkins, AIA – Hawkins Architecture, Inc.
@hawkinsarch
Day in the Life of a Small Firm Owner

Jeremiah Russell, AIA – ROGUE Architecture
@rogue_architect
a day in the life of a rogue architect

Jes Stafford – Modus Operandi Design
@modarchitect
A Day in the Life of MODarchitect

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EA053: Find Your Purpose Through Personal Productivity with Architect Dan Hart [Podcast] Nov 19, 2014

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As small firm architects, we are all wearing so many hats. We have so much going on in our lives.

As Partner in Charge of Operations at my small firm Fivecat Studio, I am CEO, COO, CFO, President, Director of Architectural Services, Architect, Project Manager, Office Manager, Book keeper, Receptionist and custodian and thats just at work.

How do we get it all done?

There is a secret to getting everything done.

Do you know the secret?

The secret to getting everything done… You CAN'T!

You can not get it ALL done, but you can get done the things that matter most.

This week on the Entrepreneur Architect podcast, I am speaking with a new friend of mine, Daniel Hart. Dan is an architect and principal at Parkhill Smith and Cooper, an architecture and engineering firm located in Midland, Texas.

In additional to his roles in architecture, he is a speaker who presents on how to be more productive, how to get more done and frankly, how to have a better life as an architect.

I really enjoyed our conversation. I think it will inspire you to start your own journey toward a a better life, getting done the things that matter most and having more time to spend doing the things you are meant to do.

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Referenced in This Episode

Texas Tech University

Parkhill Smith & Cooper

Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen (Book)

First Things First by Stephen R. Covey (Book)

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey (Book)

Writer Frederick Buecher

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EA052: How to Take Your Idea to Market with HowToArchitect Founder Doug Patt Nov 12, 2014

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This week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast is a registered Architect based in Allentown Pennsylvania. He has worked in the architectural field since 1993, specializing in high-end residential architecture.

Published in a variety of professional journals and magazines, Doug Patt worked on projects that have received American Institute of Architects (AIA) and Builders Awards in residential architecture. He is the creator of the How to Architect website and the How to Architect YouTube channel with over 160 videos, 50,000 YouTube subscribers and over 12,000,000 video views web wide.

Doug is the author of How to Architect, published by MIT Press.

He is the co-founder of RootPhi, LLC a product development company. Co-creator and inventor of three patented products including one for Avifauna. He created and spun out two businesses including Golaces, LLC, which was acquired by a publicly held footwear company, and Reclaim, LLC which licensed technology to San Francisco based soft goods company Timbuk2.

Doug is the creator of The Architect’s Academy, an online classroom teaching architecture and design. He is a classically trained painter and has sold artwork through Target stores nationally.

Doug Patt is most certainly an Entrepreneur Architect.

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Referenced in This Episode

Brian Witlin

Penn State Architecture

How To Architect Website

How To Architect YouTube Video Channel

How to Architect (Book)

CRANtv (AIA CRAN Video Series)

AIA CRAN

RootPhi, LLC

Patent Writing

Creating Prototypes

MFG.com

The Architect’s Birdfeeder

Joeb Moore + Partners Architects, LLC

The Architect’s Academy

@HowToArchitect on Twitter

About Doug Patt

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EA051: Finding The Missing 32% with Equity by Design Founder Rosa Sheng [Podcast] Nov 05, 2014

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A few week back, I traveled to the west coast of the United States to attend The Equity by Design Symposium organized by a committee of AIA San Francisco called The Missing 32%. The event was well attended (in fact it was sold out) and very well produced. It was a day filled with thought provoking seminars and workshops focused on the disparity between men and women in architecture.

This week our guest on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast is the founder of The Missing 32% committee, the chairman of the Equity by Design Symposium and a rising star among leaders in our profession. She's been a guest on the show before and in fact, is the first two-time guest on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast. I have invited her back to discuss the event and to share some of the very revealing results of the Equity by Design Survey.

Rosa Sheng, AIA is our guest this week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast. We reveal the results of the Equity by Design Survey and discuss the very successful Equity by Design Symposium.

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Referenced in This Episode

Episode 027: Investigating the Missing 32% with Architect Rosa Sheng

Equity by Design Survey: Early Findings

The Missing 32% in the News

No longer Missing: Pamela Tang’s return to Architecture

Susan Colantuono Ted Talk: The Career Advice You Probably Didn’t Get

Exposing Hidden Bias at Google (Implicit Bias)

Mommy Penalty, Daddy Bonus

15 Things You Can Do to Jumpstart Equity in Architecture

The Missing 32% on Twitter

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EA050: Big Changes with AIAS Executive Director Nick Serfass [Podcast] Oct 29, 2014

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This week on the Entrepreneur Architect Podcast, I have the privilege to be speaking with a man that may have some answers for students and professionals regarding IDP, the AIAS and the future of the profession.

As a former assistant director of the Intern Development Program (IDP) for the National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB) and as the new Executive Director of the American Institute of Architecture Students, Nick Serfass is in a very unique position. As a Project Architect earlier in his career, as a member of the Board of Directors for his local Richmond Virginia chapter of the AIA and leading the way on both sides of IDP, Nick Serfass has a perspective of the profession that few others possess.

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