Sep 16, 2026 · 35 min · 10 segments
How long can you keep doing what you're supposed to do before you realize it isn't working anymore? Ted Kopecko built a successful architecture practice, worked 16-hour days, and kept pushing…
Ted KopeckoGuestMichael KayHostSo, you know, as you had this successful business, what were you experiencing, you know, that was kind of giving you messages that this wasn't working?
I was afraid of what problems were going to face me because as an architect, it's a different set of circumstances.
As an architect, when you sign a set of drawings, you're signing the whole thing.
And if anything goes wrong sideways, otherwise, the attorneys are, you're one of the first ones they call.
There was only one lawsuit out there that we were involved with and had nothing to do with us.
But at the end of the day, it started just getting, it started almost climaxing every single day where, you know, you just, I just did not want to proceed any further because of my health.
Even like I said, even though there was success behind it, There was no joy behind it.
Like, for example, and what I mean by that is there's the time of realization, right? When it hits you square in the face and say, no, but...
What about the time leading up to the realization? Like if you're looking back, what were the nudges or the, were there indications that you were heading in the wrong direction, but you maybe not dealing with it or pushing it away? Does that make sense? Yeah.
So, you know, as you had this successful business, what were you experiencing, you know, that was kind of giving you messages that this wasn't working?
I was afraid of what problems were going to face me because as an architect, it's a different set of circumstances.
As an architect, when you sign a set of drawings, you're signing the whole thing.
And if anything goes wrong sideways, otherwise, the attorneys are, you're one of the first ones they call.
There was only one lawsuit out there that we were involved with and had nothing to do with us.
But at the end of the day, it started just getting, it started almost climaxing every single day where, you know, you just, I just did not want to proceed any further because of my health.
Even like I said, even though there was success behind it, There was no joy behind it.
Like, for example, and what I mean by that is there's the time of realization, right? When it hits you square in the face and say, no, but...
What about the time leading up to the realization? Like if you're looking back, what were the nudges or the, were there indications that you were heading in the wrong direction, but you maybe not dealing with it or pushing it away? Does that make sense? Yeah.
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