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.
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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Dry Cleaners, Shower Curtains & Existential Moments
I got to the dry cleaner late the other day near closing time, and as I walked to the door with that sinking feeling, he showed up at the front door to the store with my really important shirt in his hand. “Saw you coming,” he said, “thought you might need this tomorrow.” Wow!
I have come to realize that as much and as often as we think that
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The Guru at the Dining Room Table
“Guru Maharaj Ji. There can be no biography of him. Facts are few, stories many. As he said, he was ‘nobody.’ He gave no discourses; the briefest, simplest stories were his teachings. Sometimes he sat in silence, but bliss and peace poured down on us. He said one can reach God while fulfilling his or her duties as a householder: as he, husband, father and village headman gave living demonstration. He encouraged
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