Gratitude spreads from CMU to the Grand 六月ction business community
Emilee Powell is the Executive Director of Housing Resources of Western Colorado and she shared gratefulness for the ability to receive second chances in life during the Grand 六月ction Economic Partnership (GJEP) annual summit meeting at pp电子极速糖果. Her sentiment was communicated in response to CMU President John Marshall's invitation for attendees to write down something they were grateful for in their lives, 或者作为他主题演讲的一部分. 在他的演讲中, President Marshall spoke to area business leaders about pp电子极速糖果 projects, 目标, 成就与价值观. 他讨论的价值观包括谦卑和感恩.
"While we have accomplished many great things throughout the last several years, remaining humble and recognizing we don't always get things right is important,马歇尔说. "There is always more we can do, and humility is an important aspect of leadership."
除了个人, 企业和社区表示谦卑, Marshall added that "gratitude for what we already have" is essential when prioritizing and working on collective 目标 and new community initiatives.
In 2022 CMU employee Jeremy Smith began work on a project that was originally meant to celebrate gratitude within his own department. He handcrafted a wooden box his colleagues call the gratitude box. Each week the CMU Marketing and Communications team begins their staff meeting by writing down something they are grateful for and putting it into the box before setting out the week’s priorities and 目标. Smith spent several weekends creating the box while continuing his work and commitment to CMU as a graphic designer and coordinator of the CMU Rowdy Mascot Program. President Marshall shared the story of Smith's gratitude box and brought the wooden artwork with him to the GJEP conference.
Word of the gratitude box began to make its way across campus in the spring of 2023, and when GJEP heard about the campus's commitment to gratitude, the organization's director proposed that the business community also share in a moment of gratitude while on campus. “马歇尔总统把这件事告诉了我, and I thought it might make for a nice moment during our annual meeting's programming,GJEP执行董事Curtis Englehart说. "Gratitude is something we don't often talk about in business, 但这是一种能让我们变得更好的情感."
After the summit programming concluded, Englehart randomly drew a slip of paper from the box. 他选择的笔记是鲍威尔提交的，他写过, “I am grateful for second chances and the fact that we get all get one shot, 两次”——指的是这首歌 两枪 在一集著名的 的Afterparty. The song explores the idea that many people like to think of success as being the result of getting a second chance in life. But Powell believes second chances are more complicated than that. "Getting second chances in life is about maintaining a positive attitude and remaining open to possibility even when we feel an opportunity has passed us by,鲍威尔说.
In 2016 she had contemplated applying for her current position, but a range of personal life factors prohibited her from doing so. In 2022 Powell saw that the position was once again available. 她申请并得到了那份工作. 听到马歇尔的话, 并花时间反思她最近的“第二次机会”," made Powell feel compelled to submit her experience for the community-wide gratitude moment.
Marshall believes that this concept of second chances is perfect for higher 教育. "Many people believe that if they didn't go to college right out of high school it's too late. Emilee highlighted how important it is to remind those in our community that whether you are 18, 28 or 48 it's never too late to get an 教育 and that there is a place for everyone at CMU."
This year was the seventh annual GJEP summit and following the day's sessions on workforce development, 房地产, 教育, 重点行业, and issues affecting the economic vitality and growth of the region the event wrapped up with an award ceremony and closing remarks at CMU's Meyer Ballroom. You can learn more about how GJEP is working to help people move here, 在这里生长，在这里生活 网站 and be sure to put GJEP on your calendar for April of next year.