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.
Quadraphonic Blaupunkt
Crash: “You’re pissing your whole life away!”
Nuke: “I ain’t pissing nothing away! I got a Porsche already, a 911 with a quadraphonic Blaupunkt!”
Crash: “Christ, you don’t need a quadraphonic Blaupunkt. What you need is a Curve Ball! In the Show, everybody can hit heat!”
“Crash” Davis speaks with “Nuke” LaLoosh in Bull Durham
So, you’re hot! Got a job, a house payment, a leased car, maybe a family. And you’re working at a big shop…
The Will to Command
Self-abnegation
Noun
1. Self-renunciation — renunciation of one’s own interests in favor of others.
2. Self-abnegation — the act of denying, sacrificing, giving up something in favor of others.
3. Self-sacrifice — acting with less concern for self than for the success of the joint activity.
Lately,
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Incremental Improvement
“You can always be a little bit better.”
— Drew Brees
Starting Quarterback, New Orleans Saints
Everyone’s nervous about public speaking, at first…
It’s not your stock-in-trade.
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Your Life (is being recorded)
“Can you have a successful culture without the ‘Cult of the Brilliant Jerks’? This is not just a Silicon Valley thing. This kind of ‘Cult’ forms around someone who can deliver results; from whom a lot is somehow forgiven. But what happens in the culture has direct consequences to the bottom line. A culture is not ‘nice to have’ — it’s absolutely essential. Today, you can no longer hide behind a wall of
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Going Stupid!
“How many times will you repeat your morning routine?
Your drive to Work? Your walk into a conference room?
Your meetings, reports, e-mails…
Is it any wonder that sometimes you “Go a Little Stupid”…
and simply float away?”
—J. R. StJohn
It can’t
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