Mar 30, 2022
An entrepreneur and real estate developer for the last 30 years, Roy Goble grew up working in his father’s junkyard, where he learned to take apart absolutely anything and to evaluate everything for the value of its parts. After studying economics and business at Westmont College and marrying his high school sweetheart, D’Aun, he joined his family’s growing real estate business. Today he runs a real estate investment company based in Silicon Valley, leads the ministry PathLight International, and serves on multiple boards—while still finding time to visit and learn from friends and ministry partners around the world.
Roy is on the podcast this week to share his views on being authentically connected to others rather than seeing life as a popularity contest. He describes the moment he realized that he was buying into the cult of triumphalism and why that prompted him to reconfigure how he lived and led his company. Roy also outlines what triggered him to write his newest book, Junkyard Wisdom Rebuilt: Resisting the Whisper of Wealth in a World of Broken Parts and why the principles of truth, generosity, and love are central to his priorities in 2022. Junkyard Wisdom Rebuild will be released June 2, 2022.
“We need to remind each other and remind ourselves that this life we live is about loving others.” - Roy Goble
“The junkyard informed my generosity and how I think and view the world for both better and worse.” - Roy Goble
“Generosity is a mindset that comes from your heart, not your pocketbook.” - Roy Goble
This Week on The Wow Factor:
- How Roy’s Saturday job in his family business set him on the path to entrepreneurship
- The significant changes that Roy headed up in the junkyard business when he started working for his dad after college
- Some of the things Roy did to reframe his attitude to wealth and how he made lifestyle decisions that supported that revelation
- The wake-up moment that led Roy to reconfigure how he lived and led his company
- How generosity flows into how Roy leads his company
- The importance of being a good neighbor in your business
- Resisting the whisper of wealth and popularity and how Roy reconciles that with entrepreneurship
- Why it’s vital to practice loving others over and over again, in word and in action
Roy Goble’s Words of Wisdom:
Our lives are not a popularity contest — it's not my job to make you like me; it's my job to figure out how to love you. It doesn't matter if you're popular or not; what matters is whether you're loving.
Connect with Roy Goble:
- Junkyard Wisdom Website
- Junkyard Wisdom Facebook
- Roy Goble Twitter
- Roy Goble Instagram
- Junkyard Wisdom on Amazon
Connect with The WOW Factor:
- I Like Giving: The Transforming Power of a Generous Life by Brad Formsma
- Words of Wisdom Website
- Brad Formsma on LinkedIn
- Brad Formsma on Instagram
- Brad Formsma on Facebook
- Brad Formsma on Twitter