by Steven Vaughan | Jul 12, 2021 | Keynote Speaker, Principles of Life, Purpose-Driven Organizations
Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out. – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. A famous French naturalist, Jean-Henri Fabre, conducted an interesting...
by Steven Vaughan | Jul 9, 2021 | Business Management Consulting, Keynote Speaker, Performance Management Consulting, Productivity Improvement
I watched the movie White Nights many years ago, but there was a scene that had a great line that I never forgot. Apparently it was a common Russian phrase that went, “We pretend to work, and they pretend to pay us.” What a great description of Communism....
by Steven Vaughan | Jul 7, 2021 | Keynote Speaker, Principles of Life
Roughly two years into our marriage, Jennifer and I had moved to the Denver, Colorado area, found a church, and got involved in their young couples group. John and Jill became some of our closest friends. Jill, also a nurse, and I ended up working for the same...
by Steven Vaughan | Jul 5, 2021 | Keynote Speaker, Principles of Life
‘Back in 1998, when Ashley was about seven, I was in my home office and had a Deep Space picture similar to this as my computer wallpaper. Ashley came into my office and, curious, asked what this image was. I asked her a series of questions as follows: How big...
by Steven Vaughan | Jul 2, 2021 | Principles of Life
When I was a kid, I loved the Fourth of July. Growing up in small town western Kansas in the 1970s, there weren’t too many foreworks stands, but they were well stocked. I would sometimes spend over $100 (which at that time was a lot of money) on all manor of...