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.
ART or Craft? There is a difference!
“Don’t insult my intelligence with your cookie cutter, paint-by-the-numbers approach to the Noble Art of Writing! How dare you reduce my art to mere process?!”
—Anonymous Critic
From time to time, someone (usually a frustrated member of the Marketing Team) takes umbrage at the fancied “Simplicity” of Fusion’s “Ready, Set, Go!®”
[…]We Call it Signature!
“It’s easy! Get the ball through the zone. Avoid the bat! But some guys make it beautiful!”
— Rollie Fingers, Baseball Hall of Fame
So, this guy throws his leg way up high in the sky. As it comes back down, he transfers the momentum and muscle tension to his core, then the waist turns, then the opposite arm uncurls down through the shoulder,
[…]Fragments, Triggers & Practice
“I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games.
26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot… and missed.
I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life and that is why I succeed.”
Ancora Imparo
“And still I am learning!”
– Michelangelo
“Learning on the job is essential to judging!”
– John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice United States Supreme Court (1920- 2019)
“The New” is upon us!
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