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 […]
Why Don’t You Just Pull Over: 3 Ways to Slay It – #1 from Michael Phelps. Responsibility is a superpower. Until it becomes the dragon driving the bus off a cliff. Here is something I have learned over the years. Adults who grew up in alcoholic or dysfunctional homes often end up over-responsible. Not lazy, […]
Who’s In Your Room Money, and the Room You Build In. On money, and the one thing Napoleon Hill found behind almost every great fortune – and it was not brains. A hundred years ago, Napoleon Hill spent decades studying five hundred of the most successful people alive: steel titans, inventors, presidents. He went looking […]
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 […]
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, […]
On a Phoenix Cardinals coach, a boy named Johnny, and the kind of gratitude that does not change your storm, it changes you. I catch myself complaining more than I would like to admit. When I do, I think about a coach named Gene Stallings, and it snaps me right out of it. Stallings coached […]
On the Phoenix cop who woke from a coma swinging, and the courage it took to face what was hiding under the anger. Years ago, working for our county hospital, I spent real time at the Arizona Burn Center. That is where I met Jason Schechterle, one of the bravest men I have ever known. […]
The Four P’s On perfectionism, paralysis, and the six months it took me not to make one phone call. Have you ever found yourself stuck? I know I have. For instance, I have not called my kids’ godparents in months. Not because I do not love them. Because I could not make the call perfect […]
