{"id":3277,"date":"2021-06-28T11:33:31","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:33:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.energipr.com\/?p=3277"},"modified":"2021-06-28T11:53:04","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T15:53:04","slug":"with-flexibility-empathy-and-grit-we-made-it-through","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.energipr.com\/fr\/with-flexibility-empathy-and-grit-we-made-it-through\/","title":{"rendered":"With Flexibility, Empathy and Grit – We Made it Through"},"content":{"rendered":"

2020 is almost over, thank goodness. Incredible, unprecedented, unimaginable, challenging, these are some of the more polite words we\u2019ve used to describe this year and what we\u2019ve experienced. Early into the pandemic I wrote an OPED in the Montreal Gazette<\/a> about the angst of being a small business owner\u00a0and my frustration with the federal government and their lack of support. Oh, how they could have done things better on so many levels.<\/p>\n

But you can\u2019t survive in business for thirty years<\/a> as energi PR has without learning to make lemonade (which I\u2019ve heard goes quite well with vodka). Unlike other periods of financial downturn, the global pandemic came with enormous social, emotional, and psychological consequences. Isolation, loss of enjoyment, uncertainty and fear have affected our colleagues and friends. Often it was hard to detect but we all knew people that were suffering. This was not something to be minimized and if ever there was a time for flexibility and empathy, it was this year. We hope and pray that we were good listeners and good doers to make life and work better, safer, and secure.<\/p>\n

It was important to acknowledge what we are grateful for, and when you come down to it, there was a lot. This was called out on our innumerable Zoom calls. Aside from being grateful for good health and family, having a roof over our head and food on the table, it seemed that we were also very grateful for having each other. Knowing we are a team, there to collaborate and support and care and help.<\/p>\n

With all that this year has brought, we not only made it through but can count incredible accomplishments which prove that sometimes all it takes is resilience, a great attitude and energi.<\/strong><\/p>\n

What did we learn in 2020?<\/strong><\/p>\n