If you read this blog you know that I grew up working in my father’s junkyard. Many of the people who worked for my Dad were Mexican-American. Spanish was spoken as often — perhaps more often — than English. My point is that I spent a lot of time around people of Mexican heritage when [...]
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Twenty Five Books That Influenced My Life – #20
Posted: 11th April 2012 by Roy Goble in Book Reviews, Junkyard Management6
Out With the Old
Posted: 28th February 2012 by Roy Goble in Family, Goble Properties, Junkyard ManagementThere are a lot of ways to learn that we grow when old things are tossed aside and new things are let in. I was reminded of that recently and thought I’d share this story. One of the hardest days of work I ever had was when, as a teenager, I cleaned out an industrial [...]
Creating an Enemy to Love
Posted: 23rd February 2012 by Roy Goble in Junkyard ManagementTags: Love Your Enemy
I have a thought to share that is still not fully developed. Bear with me and let me see if I can capture this idea. I recently told somebody that we all have enemies. He disagreed and said he could not think of a single enemy in his life. He went into happy self-fulfillment humanist [...]
Apparently, you like me! A few days ago I received an email from the system that analyzes the statistics of junkyardwisdom.com. Much to my surprise, January was the busiest month ever for my simple blog. Not only that, but the number of hits in 2011 was about 400% higher than in 2010. Long gone are [...]
Handicapping a Horse Race, Junkyard Style
Posted: 25th January 2012 by Roy Goble in Apocryphal, Family, Junkyard ManagementTags: handicapping races, horse racing
This post is a complete fiction. I made it all up. Don’t believe a word of it. Because, obviously, it can’t possibly be true. My family is more respectable than this. It was in the early 70′s and my parents had just purchased the Sunol Ranch. My Dad agreed to let my Uncle George board [...]
The Intersection Event
Posted: 16th January 2012 by Roy Goble in Goble Properties, Junkyard ManagementTags: Intersection Conference, Pixar Studios
A few months ago my friend Mark Rhode asked if I would attend The Intersection Event on January 14. He explained that it would be a gathering of 350 innovators and social change agents who want to explore ways to change the world for the better. The conversation would revolve around philanthropy, innovation, and the [...]
Primal Thankfulness
Posted: 5th December 2011 by Roy Goble in Junkyard ManagementTags: 24-7 Prayer, Holy Trinity Brompton, Pete Greig
Late one night in a 24-7 Prayer Room in Guildford, England, my friend Pete Greig experienced a reawakening of hope. He wrote about the experience and it was so beautiful that I wanted to share it with you here. It might not seem like it, but Pete’s insight really describes a Junkyard Wisdom experience … [...]
Problems of the Privileged
Posted: 18th November 2011 by Roy Goble in Junkyard ManagementTags: dealing with decisions, Merlin, Stephen Lawhead, wealth in america
A friend of mine was playing golf at her country club when she began to recognize a disturbing pattern: there were a lot of complaints about meaningless things. I asked for more detail, and she said, “Oh, you know, just normal POP stuff.” I looked at her questioningly and she said, “POP. You know, Problems [...]