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.
Architects, Culture & Anthropology
The Fusion Group …
Built on A Solid Foundation, and Here for You.
By now, you know about the recent passing of Jennifer StJohn. She was not only our founder and CEO, she was our friend. We at The Fusion Group are beyond saddened, but our direction is well-defined.
A Celebration of Life
Honoring the Legacy of Jennifer StJohn
The amazing life of Jennifer StJohn will be celebrated in a gathering of friends, family, clients, and colleagues on January 26, 2019, from 1:00pm to 5:00pm, in the Main Dining Room of the Weston Hills Country Club, 2600 Country Club Way, Weston, Florida, 33332.
First Principles
“All of us have to learn how to invent our lives, make them up, imagine them.
We need to be taught these skills; we need guides to show us how.
If we don’t, our lives get made up for us by other people.”
—Ursula K. Le Guin
This is the first of a series of articles about First Principles, the components required to create a life, a company,
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Practice Creates the Master
“Practice Creates the Master.”
— Don Miguel Ruis
At first, you can’t do it at all.
Then you summon up your courage. Take a run at it. Make a mess of it.
Later, with a new subject, in a new moment, you sally forth! And,
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Constructing One’s Self
“Without much formal schooling, Washington was subject to condescension from some contemporaries, especially the snobbish John Adams, who disparaged him as “too illiterate, unlearned, unread for his station and reputation.” Washington has suffered from comparisons with other founders, several of whom were renowned autodidacts, but by any ordinary standard, he was an exceedingly smart man with a quick ability to grasp ideas.
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