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.
Mistakes… Handling of
It’s come to summer hiatus. So, let’s review! We’ve gotten a little sophisticated of late. During the next weeks, we’ll get “Back to the Basics” required in professional practice.
“Knocked down six times? Get up seven times!”
—Japanese Proverb
How
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Returning Decorum to Discourse
It’s come to summer hiatus. So, let’s review! We’ve gotten a little sophisticated of late. During the next weeks, we’ll get “Back to the Basics” required in professional practice.
(Originally posted August 14, 2010)
“Eric
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The Thicket
“Ah but I was so much older then.
I’m younger than that now…”
My Back Pages by Bob Dylan
The following is a fictional account, summarizing an emergent theme which is presenting itself with increasing regularity. Any resemblance to a real-world person is purely accidental.
“So, I was fascinated
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Self-IMPORTANT
“The ‘I’ does not see itself.
Among the Great Teachings, there is a surprising consensus
that ‘self,’ is that which looks… the witness.
So, not the ‘Self-Image,’ not the false construct of Ego, not
the Voice in the Head Keeping Score, but that quiet, insistent
presence. It doesn’t speak, it bears witness…”
— J. R. StJohn
One aspect of
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Maestro!
Woz
“You can’t write code. You’re not an engineer.
You’re not a designer. You can’t put a hammer to a nail.
I built the circuit board. The graphical interface was stolen!
How come I read ten times a day that Steve Jobs is a genius?
What do you do?”
Steve
“The
