Get Off the Wall A light green phone, a woman named Lori, and the last one of these. The phone was light green. If you lived through the seventies and early eighties, you know the exact color. AND you know the long spiral cord, impossibly tangled. My father handed it to me. I was five. […]
You Are Standing In Somebody’s Work Nobody on this team got here alone. Who built the room you are standing in right now? You do not know. Nobody does. Some crew framed it, ran the conduit, hung the drywall, and drove home. You eat lunch in it and you will never learn one of their […]
Nobody Gets Paid to Admire the Problem Jocko Willink, and the three roles we hide in. Have you ever been in the Drama Triangle? Oh no? Not you. Not me either, right? Ya. You. And me too. A psychiatrist named Stephen Karpman mapped it in 1968. Three corners, and we rotate through them all day […]
The Guy Holding the Knife Napoleon Hill, and the book that sat in a drawer for 73 years. The hero is you. The guy with the knife is also you. And the most dangerous moment is right after things start working. Twenty-five years ago I had it going. Young, work was good, I was building […]
BISNOW Phoenix Sponsored by Bjerk On Wednesday, September 30, 2026, the BISNOW Phoenix Industrial & Manufacturing Outlook brought the Valley’s industrial community to the Embassy Suites Phoenix Biltmore. Bjerk Builders was there as an official event sponsor, and Bjerk Builders CEO and Owner Nate Lowrie joined the BISNOW Phoenix stage as a panelist. Developers, investors, […]
The Thief in My Pocket Deep Work, and What Steals It. There is a thief in my pocket. It does not take money. It takes the one thing I can never get back. In a world built to distract you, the ability to focus has quietly become a superpower. A computer scientist named Cal Newport […]
Bjerk Builders was at the 2026 GCU College of Engineering and Technology Career Fair on September 18, 2026, getting to know students who want to build incredible spaces and be at the frontier of construction. For more than four decades, Bjerk Builders has been known for lasting relationships, exceptional spaces, and a reputation for doing […]
Phase 3 begins. A mountain bike, a ten-year habit, and why systems beat goals every time. When I started teaching my son Austin to mountain bike, rule number one was simple: the bike, like life, goes where you are looking. Out on the trail here in the desert, if you fix your eyes on the […]
Did you meet the Bjerk Builders crew at the Arizona Biltmore this week?? We’re proud to sponsor and support this national initiative to provide value for Dodge Construction Network members. On site was Nate Lowrie, Kate Perrin, Scott Pardee, Nick Kumar and Kurt Radtke. This event was sponsored by Sherwin-Williams and brought together general contractors, […]
See it. Own it. Build it. Months of letters in three words, and how they stack into what comes next. A champion is not the most talented person in the room. A champion is the one who sees clearly, owns completely, and builds relentlessly. Everything we have done for months has been building exactly that, […]
