Sometimes the most interesting relationships are formed by accident. And those serendipitous connections often lead to the most fascinating insights. Such is the case last week when D’Aun and I met Pete Greig. It began with a lunch date with our friend Dave Gibbons. Before we met, Dave texted me and asked if it would [...]
Archive for March, 2011
God on Mute
Posted: 30th March 2011 by Roy Goble in Book ReviewsTags: 24-7 Prayer, Dave Gibbons, Pete Greig, Robert Jobe, Robert Wennberg, Unanswered Prayer, Westmont College
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The Social Animal
Posted: 27th March 2011 by Roy Goble in Book ReviewsTags: David Brooks, Hana, Hawaii, Malcolm Gladwell, Pop Psychology
Aloha from Hana! This is one of my favorite places on the planet, and it feels great to be here with D’Aun and two friends. I only wish we were home to see our baby girl return from Thailand! But we’ll be back soon. Last week I finished a book that a lot of my [...]
Celebrity Leadership
Posted: 23rd March 2011 by Roy Goble in Junkyard Management, Random ThoughtsTags: Addiction to publicity, Bonhoeffer, Christian leadership
A few years ago I was sitting next to a friend at a conference. She and I were listening to the various conference speakers and, as friends are apt to do, sharing thoughts about the presentations. One speaker, who was a mutual acquaintance of ours, was being introduced. My friend whispered under her breath, “He [...]
Good to Great, Part III
Posted: 21st March 2011 by Roy Goble in Junkyard ManagementTags: Good to great, Jim Collins, Teddy Roosevelt
Teddy Roosevelt once said, “To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.” I’ll take that one step further: To pursue greatness without embracing a moral code is to become a menace to society. You need a set of ethical values that are central to your soul [...]
Ranch Hands is here! D’Aun and I, along with our friend Carrie, drove to Calistoga yesterday to pick up our 25 cases (a barrel of wine). Thought I’d share a few pictures! We pulled into Envy Wines because that’s where Vince Tofanelli of Tofanelli Vineyards was bottling his renowned Zinfandel (I’ve previously written about Tofanelli [...]
Good To Great, Part II
Posted: 16th March 2011 by Roy Goble in Book Reviews, Junkyard ManagementTags: Good to great, iLeadership, Jay Elliot, Steve Jobs Leadership
“Moving from good to great is often more work than it is worth.” Wow, the reaction to that simple sentence has surprised me! Some people (a vocal minority) vehemently disagreed with me. So let me approach this from a new direction. First, notice something about my choice of words in my post … I didn’t [...]
Good to Great Often Isn’t
Posted: 14th March 2011 by Roy Goble in Book Reviews, Family, Goble Properties, Junkyard ManagementTags: internet marketer, Jim Collins, Junkyard Management, Self help guru
Moving from good to great is often more work than it’s worth. The idea has spawned a bunch of perfectionist wannabes who need to chill out and be comfortable with mediocrity.
What Does it Mean to be an American?
Posted: 11th March 2011 by Roy Goble in Family, Random ThoughtsTags: American culture, American history, Chrystia Freeland, Global citizenship, Immigration, The Atlantic
For the last few years I’ve had a crazy question bouncing around in my head. The basic idea is this: globalization is going to transform our ideas about citizenship as geographic boundaries become less meaningful. First, a tangent on how this idea came to be. It started with our family genealogical research and learning just [...]