Hello, world.

Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.

I'm your host, Don Hutchison.

Every Monday, I interview someone from around the world who's discovered their talents to do work they love to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.

On Fridays, I interview an individual with many years of experience from one of the most popular occupations or professions who shares an insider's look at what it's really like to do what they do.

Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Jane Frederick,

and our topic, A Day in the Life, what's it really like to be an architect?

Welcome, Jane.

Thank you, Don. Glad to be here.

Thank you so much. Jane, are you using your talents doing work that you love?

I think I am. All righty. Well, it certainly shows in your work that I've reviewed. It's wonderful.

Jane Frederick is the 96th president of the American Institute of Architects. She's a principal at

Frederick Plus Frederick Architects, which received AIA South Carolina's 2017 firm award and Southern Living

Magazine's best renovation of 2009.

The Beaufort, South Carolina firm specializes in custom residences and has earned over 20

design awards.

Jane has served AIA in many roles, at large director on the National Board of Directors, as chair of the AIA Small Firm Roundtable, President of AIA, South Carolina.

She's also chaired numerous local planning boards and is a fellow of the Aspen Global Leadership Network.

It's a very impressive resume, Jane, and I look forward to digging into your

story. As we discussed, I want to give the listeners around the world just an overview of your

very fascinating occupation. This is from several sources, including U.S. News and the World,

which does surveys every year. These data points are about a year old. There are currently almost

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