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.
In Praise of “Counselor Servant Sellers”
“One of the little joys of being a human being, is the occasional opportunity to enjoy “being human” together – to bask in the warmth of an affectionate smile, to appreciate an inside joke, to be caressed, to be served coffee by someone you know cares whether it’s gone cold…”
– J.R. St. John
Executive
This July, think about dependence.
“Gentlemen, we’d best hang together.
Or we will most assuredly hang – separately!”
– Benjamin Franklin
American Printer, Writer, Speaker
Founding Father
(January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790)
“Fear Is Not Solved By Facts!”
– J. R. St. John
Speaker, Consultant, Business Woman
Founder of The Fusion Group
(1952 – )
In this environment, where the news constantly brings word of another confusing or polarizing development, it’s not surprising that audiences can many times be characterized
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“Attention must be paid.”
-Title Excerpted from “Death of a Salesman”
by Arthur Miller
American Playwright
(October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005)
“Pay Attention!” You hear it from Childhood.
“Look at me when I talk to you!”
The phrases don’t do the concept justice.
Attention is a little bit like money. It comes in
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“I’m having a conversation with my audience, and we’ll both be dead by the time we’re done.”
The title quote from Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen “The Boss”
American Songwriter, Performer, Rock & Roll Star
(September 23, 1949 – )
“Speeches” are a bit more declarative. Plays more dominated by the script. Presentations more work and outcome focused. But all are at their best when
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