The Success Architect
Success doesn’t happen by accident — it’s designed, built, and reinforced brick-by-brick. On The Success Architect, builder and business strategist, Jake Lewendal brings a craftsman’s mindset to personal growth, wealth, and high-performance leadership.
With raw honesty and practical frameworks, Jake breaks down the systems, habits, and decision-making principles that separate the overwhelmed from the unstoppable. From building multi-million-dollar companies to coaching ambitious people, Jake’s philosophy is simple: success is a structure, and every person can learn to build it.
Each episode blends actionable strategy with real-world conversations featuring high-impact, career-driven entrepreneurs and operators who are building lives of purpose, discipline, and momentum.
This is for the ones who build. The ones who take responsibility. The ones who know they’re meant for more — and are ready to architect a life of depth, strength, and true success.
The Success Architect
Inside Momentum Customs: Communication, Accountability, and Craftsmanship
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In episode 7 of The Success Architect, Jake Lewendal interviews Billy Templeton, a Senior Project Manager at Momentum Customs, as he shares how he got started sweeping floors, moved through tile, framing, trim, and other trade work, and eventually stepped into site supervision and project management.
Tune in to how the shift from doing the work to coordinating the work changed the way he thinks about schedules, communication, and accountability.
TIMESTAMPS
[00:00:41] Jake introduces Billy Templeton at Momentum Customs.
[00:02:59] Billy shares family life and personal routines.
[00:04:23] Early construction work and learning by doing.
[00:05:25] Tile training and learning the right way.
[00:06:19] Market crash pushes a move into supervision.
[00:07:05] Estimating shifts him to the big picture.
[00:08:27] Doing it right the first time in tile.
[00:09:42] Building confidence with subcontractors.
[00:11:21] Communication becomes intentional and expanded.
[00:14:26] Asking better questions to move projects forward.
[00:16:45] Ownership and accountability as non-negotiables.
[00:19:09] Learning to trust, delegate, and let go.
QUOTES
- “The good job was, let's get it done quickly. Let's make sure we don't have callbacks, which means let's do it the correct way.” -Billy Templeton
- “Remember what you say you're gonna do and do your very best to do it.” -Billy Templeton
- “Work-wise, the reason that I get out of bed nine times out of ten is the accountability I feel towards people I work with.” -Billy Templeton
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WEBSITE
Momentum Customs: https://www.momentumcustomsmt.com/
Jake introduces Billy Templeton at Momentum Customs. Billy shares family life and personal routines. Early construction work and learning by doing. Tile training and learning the right way. Market crash pushes a move into supervision. Estimating shifts him to the big picture. Doing it right the first time in tile. Building confidence with subcontractors. Communication becomes intentional and expanded. Asking better questions to move projects forward. Ownership and accountability as non-negotiables. Learning to trust, delegate, and let go.