Cornerstones features the writings of Jennifer StJohn and the Fusion Group editorial team. Enjoy these insightful and engaging essays for a different take on business, life and the pursuit of success and serenity.
It’s a Conversation
“I’m having a conversation with my
audience, and we’ll both be dead by
the time we’re done.”
– Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen “The Boss”
American Songwriter, Performer, Rock & Roll
Star (September 23, 1949 – )
Speeches
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Incremental Improvement
“You can always be a little bit better.”
— Drew Brees
Former Quarterback, New Orleans Saints
Everyone’s nervous about public speaking, at first…
It’s not your stock-in-trade. So, it’s not unusual that you find it odd to stand up to speak.
In the Wilderness
“The universe is not composed of atoms, but of stories.”
— Muriel Rukeyser
There’s a customer in the wilderness, “seeking the grail” — someone doing great work.
He hears a story, about a company doing great
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I am! I said.
“What is essential is invisible to the eye.”
The Little Prince
Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste, Comte de Saint Exupéry
French Aristocrat, Author & Airman
1900 — 1944
There’s a war on. A multitude of wars against the very existence of the miraculous core of a human being — the ineffable human spirit.
By Another Door
“Some answers come not by thinking, but by feeling.”
— J. R. StJohn
So, you’ve come a long way, spent the night in the hotel across the street, put on your serious suit and the good tie. Walked in a caravan with your computers, gear, and handouts. Hung your coats, laid out the materials and organized the table. And so, the last
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