If you are like me, you’ve lost count of the times a politician lied, a business person cheated, or a celebrity did something incredibly stupid. Sadly, we have also lost count of the times those people failed to admit their mistakes. They rationalized their decisions, created excuses, or perpetuated a lie. It’s maddening. And sad. [...]
Archive for October, 2011
I love this picture. Take a close look and you’ll see three wrecking yards, with metal buildings mixed among them. You’ll also see a small mobile home park in the midst of construction (about half the trailers are in place). This is Goble Lane, in San Jose, circa 1960 or so. My Dad built the [...]
XEALOTS: Defying the Gravity of Normality
Posted: 20th October 2011 by Roy Goble in Book ReviewsTags: book review, Dave Gibbons, XEALOTS
Dave Gibbons writes, “I don’t believe we’re necessarily supposed to reject or transform culture. Our calling is to wisely flow with culture, guarding our hearts and minds, artfully engaging the world.” So begins a book that will make you stop and think at every page. XEALOTS: Defying the Gravity of Normality is that kind of [...]
Updates, Upgrades, and an Opportunity
Posted: 19th October 2011 by Roy Goble in The SOLD ProjectTags: at-risk youth, Human Trafficking, Thailand, The SOLD Project
I’ve asked my daughter, Rachel, to share an opportunity to help at-risk kids in Thailand through her organization The SOLD Project. PLEASE be sure to check out the links below her letter TODAY because the opportunity is for today only. I hope you can help! ——— Dear Friends, My Dad asked that I share a [...]
The signature on the paper napkin
Posted: 17th October 2011 by Roy Goble in Belize, PathLightTags: Belize, faith journey
It was humid and hot, as it almost always is, and the ceiling fan was struggling to cool the restaurant. The room was noisy from the hustle and bustle of travelers coming and going through the airport. Occasionally a small airplane would take off from the runway outside. When the big jets taxied to the [...]
Snowmobiles and Dreams — How To Walk Away From An Organization
Posted: 12th October 2011 by Roy Goble in Family, Junkyard ManagementTags: church retreats, organizational transition, Sierra Nevada Mountains
The nearest road was three miles away, the snow berms were eight feet high, D’Aun was six months pregnant with Jedd, and I had just gotten the snowmobile stuck in the snow. Nobody was around, nobody knew exactly where we were, and we did not really know how to drive a snowmobile. But neither of [...]
Confidence Men, by Ron Suskind … the inspiration for Occupy Wall Street?
Posted: 9th October 2011 by Roy Goble in Book ReviewsTags: bank bailouts, confidence men, occupy wall street, President Obama, ron suskind, wall street bailouts
I don’t know if the folks at Occupy Wall Street have read Confidence Men by Ron Suskind, but it might be the motivation for a lot of folks to show up in New York with pitchforks. Of course the author didn’t mean for it to turn out that way. The focus is actually on President [...]
Your Product Causes Blindness in Goats
Posted: 5th October 2011 by Roy Goble in Goble PropertiesTags: apple computer, iphone 4, iphone 5, property development
Apple released a new version of the iPhone yesterday. Many were disappointed because it’s not a major upgrade. There are even complaints that Apple has been slow to introduce a new design for the phone. Which had me wondering … what if the designers of a cool new gadget had to go through the same [...]