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.
Executive Counsel
“When the student is ready, the teacher will appear.”
– Buddhist Proverb
Seeking a personal advisor…
You may think “you’re hiring yourself a coach” when in reality, something loftier needs to occur.
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Managing vs. Leading in Crisis
“Management works in the system; Leadership works on the system.”
Author, Professor
The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
Despite
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Perils of the Visionary Leader (or the Razor’s Edge)
“The Sharp edge of a razor is difficult to pass over; thus the wise say the path to salvation is hard.”
– “The Razor’s Edge”
W. Somerset Maugham
Excerpted from “The Katha Upanishad”
A leader’s responsibility comes
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Fear of the Deep End
“Everything should be as simple as possible, but not simpler.”
– Albert Einstein
Physicist, Nobel Laureate, Author
(1879 – 1955)
My adventures with water went like this: splashing, wading, breath holding,
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Walking Your Talk
“The neck bone connected to the back bone,
The back bone connected to the thigh bone,
The thigh bone connected to the knee bone,
The knee bone connected to the leg bone,
The leg bone connected to the foot bone
Dem bones, dem bones gonna walk a-roun’!”
Excerpted from “Dem Bones”
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