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.
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
Last Things First!℠
The “Back to Basics” Series
“Children, we’re taking the play on the road next week. This week, we pack the set and the costumes. Each of you has your own “tub” to pack. Make sure your character name is on the tub; and pack your entire costume and prop set! Listen very carefully now! The first thing you’ll put on during
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Do Your Homework!
The “Back to Basics” Series
“Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!” *
– General George S. Patton, U.S. Army
Spoken by George C. Scott, playing the general, in the movie “Patton”
In this classic war movie from 1970, General Patton
Then What?
The “Back to Basics” Series
“A truly good book teaches me better than to read it. I must soon lay it down, and commence living on its hint. What I began by reading, I must finish by acting!”
— Henry David Thoreau
American Philosopher, Author of Walden
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