ARCHITECTING Podcast - Career + Lifestyle Mentoring for Architects looking to move beyond overwhelm and make a difference through design

Workism is a Joy Killer

Working really hard and being super invested in reaching your goals is NOT the path to your dream career. That's just some bad Kool Aid you've been drinking. This ethos, also known as Workism, is a fast track to burnout. If you really want to feel fulfilled, try these tips to add more joy to your life and watch your career (finally) take off with your quality of life intact.
Eliminate tasks that don;t have a high ROI for your time investment. Remember that self care is also a high ROI investment.
Care less. Leave your ego and its hyper-vigilance for anything that might threaten you behind. Assume positive intent and get more positive responses back.
Reframe situations to see lessons learned or clarity gained instead of focusing on what you might lose.
Stop defending your perspective and let everyone be right. Arguing wastes energy that could be spent on creative pursuits.
Ask yourself what the most fun thing you could do- and give yourself permission to do it. This resources you and helps you maintain healthy boundaries.
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How to Stop Outsourcing Your Power

We all got big energy! But if you outsource it to other people, their real (or imagined) reactions influence your choices and behavior.  Sacrificing your agency and identity like this is exhausting. Listen in to learn how to reclaim clarity, purpose and fun and start shining your bright light.
Practice the self care ritual of tapping into your preferences. Knowing what you want gives you clues on how to spend your day.
Expect to be well received for being you and doing what you love. Assume people are happy with you unless someone tells you otherwise - it will transform your interactions.
Meet resistance with curiosity instead of defensiveness.
Every bright light has a gray cloud. Negative thoughts are a normal part of staying safe, but noticing them instead of accepting them as true lets you reclaim your power.
CHECK OUT LEADERSHIP FOR INTROVERTS HERE: http://architectingpodcast.com/index.php/leadership4introverts/
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Make 2024 Your Year of Inspired Living

Inspiration doesn't come from following some prescriptive career roadmap. If you're ready to energize your life and career this year, tune in for my guide to put joy seeking in the driver's seat and leave your burnout and overwhelm baggage by the side of the road.
Embrace exponential success as your new normal
Stop doing things out of obligation or for validation. Making your highest excitement your priority allows you to make the greatest contribution to your loved ones and the community.
Instead of focusing on setting goals and achieving outcomes, focus on how you want to feel instead. Choose a word for this year to represent that feeling. This will lead to the opportunities you really want.
View success as achieving joy.
Make your happiness non negotiable.
CHECK OUT LEADERSHIP FOR INTROVERTS HERE: http://architectingpodcast.com/index.php/leadership4introverts/
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Are you Being Made Wrong? Exploring Introvert Shaming

Introvert shaming is a real phenomenon that blunts the leadership impact and contributions of nearly 50% of the population. Our extrovert-forward culture sets expectations for how we interact that undervalues introvert traits. listen in to learn how to reclaim your power as an introvert.
Introverts can experience bullying over social performance. This causes you to invalidate your own feelings and blame yourself if a meeting or networking event isn't a home run. If can also cause you to be unfavorably compared to extroverted counterparts.
The social tools we are given from early childhood on are rooted in an extroverted persona. Don't blame yourself if they aren't working or you don't feel comfortable using them.
Seek out a social magnet who can help you navigate social situations and break the ice for you.
Introversion occurs along a spectrum and is situational. When you put yourself in a situation where you are more comfortable, you will be more successful.
Find introvert role models.
CHECK OUT LEADERSHIP FOR INTROVERTS HERE: http://architectingpodcast.com/index.php/leadership4introverts/
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HBIC: The Introvert’s Armor

The HBIC is in the room *snap* Being a boss is the way that introverts armor up so they can lead in their comfort zone. This expertise-forward strategy takes no excuses and harbors no fools. It's a persona that's highly entertaining in celebrities and provides sick dialogue in books and movies. IRL, it's another thing entirely.
Adopting a no excuses attitude means you aren't willing to consider alternative approaches and feel attacked by dissent. Cracking the whip makes people walk away not stay in line.
Going it alone sets you up to over commit and over perform. That lone wolf tactic is super exhausting and keeps you isolated from your team.
Leaning into your expertise feels good to introverts. But as you wax poetic from your ivory tower, you aren't making authentic connections. Dictating isn't co-creating.
Getting things done seems good - until you bulldoze over other people because you aren't giving the process room to breathe.
Use questions, not criticism when discussing things that challenge your truths and expectations.
CHECK OUT LEADERSHIP FOR INTROVERTS HERE: http://architectingpodcast.com/index.php/leadership4introverts/
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Experience vs. Expertise: Why you need both

Experience brings perspective, but in your eagerness to inject fresh thinking, you might just be making a whole lot more work for yourself. Stand on the shoulders of those giants who bring wisdom and have already climbed so many decision trees and know which branches lead to dead ends in what circumstances. This episode explores why it's important to stay curious and value both inductive and deductive processes.
Experience is what you've lived, your perspective and differentiator. You don't need expertise for your experience to have value. This is why we need lots of seats at the table.
Expertise is not just what you know - it;s the ability to selectively apply skills and tools to discern and adapt. Without it, you can reinvent way too many wheels or make costly mistakes by not understanding implications of decisions.
The beginner's mind learns from feedback while the liability of expertise is threatened by feedback. Merging both inductive and deductive thinking let's us stay curious, ask better questions and get better solutions faster.
Be vulnerable enough to ask questions and share the lessons you've learned. A lot gets lost when assumptions get made.
Provide psychological safety for those with less expertise to share experience and an environment of respect for those that have it.
CHECK OUT LEADERSHIP FOR INTROVERTS HERE: http://architectingpodcast.com/index.php/leadership4introverts/
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Out in Architecture Part 2: Interviews with Amy Rosen Beau Frail, and A.L. Hu

Who is missing from the conversation about design? What is it costing us not to give more diverse voices a seat at the table or spaces that reflect their identity? Hear from three of the Out in Architecture editors about how we can evolve practice and redefine design. They share their experiences in the profession as members of the LGBTQIA+ community and valuable insights that will help us all make a difference through our work.
We need to be conscious of ways that we make others feel they don't have a voice or that their message doesn't matter. When more voices have an impact on outcomes, projects are better.
Design for the human perspective means being an advocate for social, environmental, cultural and economic issues.
Advocacy requires that you go beyond practice to get involved in building community and raising awareness at both a local and national level.
Keeping your core identity "under the iceberg" requires energy. That same energy could be fueling creativity and innovation, which is why it's important to be comfortable expressing your authentic self.
Being part of a community amplifies the message and allows more intentional encounters.
We need to shift the culture of architecture to value well being, intentionality, and inclusivity over speed to market one size fits all solutions.
Connect with Out in Architecture
https://www.instagram.com/outinarchitecture/
www.blurb.com/b/11721565-out-in-architecture
out-in-arch@googlegroups.com
 
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Out in Architecture Part 1: Interview with Yiselle Santos Rivera and Sarah Woynicz

Understanding the lived experience of our clients and ourselves is essential to advancing our work as architects. In this interview, I speak with the masterminds behind the book Out in Architecture, a book dedicated to bringing visibility to the voices and experiences of the LGBTQIA+ community. We discuss identity beyond practice, the intersection of identity and practice and reclaiming space and identity. This is essential listening for anyone who wants to advocate for a model of practice that is inclusive and responsive.
There is a difference between lived and adjacent experience. Don't assume that you understand someone's needs - ask.
When you fail to ask "who's missing?" you miss the opportunity to have a more intentional practice and do more intentional work.
Being a platform builder and a convener is important. When people come together, they can leverage one another's experiences.
Find or make your community. As you reach out, you allow others to be seen and find or serve as role models and mentors.
Be open to the serendipity of those who are put in your path.
Slow down to go fast. Frustration to get something done is itself a form of bias. When you slow down you can be more present and intentional. You  receive support and ideas from others by relinquishing control.
Connect with Out in Architecture
https://www.instagram.com/outinarchitecture/
www.blurb.com/b/11721565-out-in-architecture
out-in-arch@googlegroups.com
 
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Practice for a Changing Planet: Interview with Dena Prastos

As architects, our work includes clients we have never met- those in the future. My guest Dena Prastos talks about how she built her transdisciplinary firm Indigo River to give architects agency to be more than problem solvers. Listen in to learn why quality of life in how we practice and the spaces we create is our biggest design opportunity.
Embrace multiple points of view by leveraging the language of common experiences.
Convene many voices to embrace constraints as opportunities.
We serve a lot of clients- but need to exercise our agency to uphold not only those who hire us, but other decision makers, stakeholders, the community and future populations.
A supportive firm culture leads to stronger relationships. That trust can be leveraged to innovate and collaborate.
We need to stop glorifying the grit of putting work before quality of life.
Licensure is the start of your career. It's when you are able to assert the agency to advocate for health, safety and welfare issues.
Connect with Dena:
https://www.indigoriver.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/denaprastos/
https://www.instagram.com/denaprastos/
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Angela
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Mentors and Networks: Interview with Carl Sergio and Jordan Kravitz

The biggest edge you can get in your career comes from the people in your network. Especially those you seek out as mentors. Listen in on the conversation I had with the leaders of two mentorship programs to hear how to hook yourself up with the guidance you need to bend the curve on yoru career trajectory.
Network before you need it. Networking is essential to growing your career. It's how people learn about you, your interests and capabilities, so plant those seeds starting now.
You should have several mentors at a time. It doesn't have to be a formal relationship, seek out a regular touchpoint with someone further up the career ladder than you.
Don't underestimate the value that your near peers can provide. Just a 5-10 years ahead in their own career journey, they have recent and relevant insights that career aces may not.
Get involved in professional organizations to build your own leadership skills.
Hear the entire 60 minute interview here: https://mailchi.mp/1405412d1435/mentor
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Angela
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