My mother is one of those people who has every right to complain. She’s 85-years old and her body is wearing out. She needs a walker to get around these days. She has macular degeneration that has taken most of her eyesight. For a person who loves to read, loves to bird watch, and loves [...]
Archive for November, 2009
Smashing Alternators
Posted: 22nd November 2009 by Roy Goble in Apocryphal, Family, Junkyard ManagementTags: Junkyard, Negotiation
Sometimes you have to smash an alternator. That was the lesson I learned from my Uncle George. One day my Uncle George was running the wrecking yard. Not sure why he was doing this. He and my father were always swapping things around and as a kid (I was probably about 10-years old) and I [...]
This short article was originally written for the PathLight newsletter (sign up for it by clicking here). Actually, my son Jedd and I wrote this, and he did most of the work. And my daughter Rachel deserves credit for finding the Bryant Myers quotes! So I guess it was a family production. Anyway, it was [...]
PathLight was launched just under 3-years ago. If you do not know about this great ministry, you can click here and learn more. You’ll learn about a young and dynamic organization that has a long term approach to the vexing problem of intergenerational transmission of poverty. Over the last three years I have often been [...]
Bring Donuts if You’re Late
Posted: 11th November 2009 by Roy Goble in Apocryphal, Junkyard ManagementTags: donuts, Junkyard
This is one of my favorite junkyard management lessons. And it was an absolute rule of law, never to be broken. If you came to work late once, you were docked pay and got a scowl from the boss. If you came late a second time, you were docked pay and given a verbal scolding. [...]
The Eco-Fascist Speaks
Posted: 9th November 2009 by Roy Goble in Random ThoughtsTags: Creation Care, Floresta
My friend Scott Sabin is President of Floresta. I’ve known Scott since 1993 when we met at an event hosted by Target Earth (I am the co-founder of Target Earth and was Chair of the Board back then). Scott has worked hard to build Floresta into a significant organization. They’ve been “under the radar” for [...]
Belize Trip
Posted: 7th November 2009 by Roy Goble in Belize, PathLightTags: Belize, Education, Missions
I just returned home from Belize last night. D’Aun and I led a group of about 10 people on a five-day four-night trip. We call these “vision trips” because they are designed to show people what PathLight does and why we do it. It was a great group of people who wanted to learn more [...]