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.
Do your homework!
“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
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“Win/Win” Negotiating
“Always leave the man a place to stand.”
– J. E. Morrow
American Social Commentator
(1920 – 1996)
“Win/Win” Negotiating
It’s a dramatic testimony to the power of our “fixed price” culture (in department stores,
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Here Be Dragons!
Fear of the Unknown
Pushing the Edge
Land of the Shadow
Far Side of the Swamp
Fiscal Cliff
The Ghosts in the Shed
Beyond the River Styx
The Edge of the Earth
Demon Town
The Dark Side
The Bogeyman in the Closet
Mordor;
Three Score!
“If you can’t reach 70 by the comfortable road, don’t go!”
“•Mark Twain
(1835-1910)
OK, so I took a day off (a week actually…). This isn’t the usual Cornerstones, this one is personal. (Strictly personal!) Some advice and observations on the occasion of reaching
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Servant of the Boat
“She’s as integral to the boat as the rowers are; they can’t do it without her.”
– Tom Terhaar
Head Coach, US Women’s Olympic Rowing Team
(1969 – )
“King of the Hill?”
or
“Servant of the
