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.
Composition Wrap-Up, Bridge to Signature
The “Back to Basics” Series
“Going back to the basics strengthens your foundation.”
—Anonymous
“A human being is a composite of Body, Mind and Spirit. So is a presentation.”
— Jennifer StJohn
Imposing Limits
The “Back to Basics” Series
“I don’t need time. What I need is a deadline.”
Duke Ellington
American jazz pianist, Composer Conductor
(1899 — 1974)
“When will you make an end?” Pope Julius
“When it’s finished!” Michaelangelo
The Circle Game
The “Back to Basics” Series
“We’re captive on the carousel of time
We can’t return, we can only look
Behind from where we came
And go ’round and ’round and ’round
In the Circle Game.”
— “The Circle Game”
Joni
An “Art” to Beginning
The “Back to Basics” Series
There’s an awkward, dark moment before a presentation begins… Disaster lurks there. The audience is wondering how to spend the next forty minutes…
Not everyone in that vast audience is silent
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The Number Three
The “Back to Basics” Series
“Today’s column is brought to you by the number Three!”
— Spoken by Big Bird on “Sesame Street”
Children’s Television Workshop
It’s odd. And yet, it’s evenly balanced
