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Re: What does Gracious Professionalism mean to you
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Originally Posted by Knufire
Considering FIRST has copyrighted the phrase, I think that gracious professionalism and Gracious Professionalism® are similar, but not exactly the same.
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In that video, Woodie says "... we do our best work while helping others, and treating others with respect and kindness. This ethos is something I like to call gracious professionalism."
So both Woodie and the text from FIRST says GP® is an ethos.
I have a lot of faith in Woodie's command of English, but just to be sure I double-checked whether he was saying the GP ethos should embody anything inconsistent with, or in addition to, the definitions I would find if I did a little searching through dictionaries published online to learn about "gracious" and "professionalism", as ordinary separate words.
My conclusion: No important differences. I believe that being g and p, and embracing GP® are the same (close enough for road work).
Again, good luck with the rewrite Brian. Remember, simple is (often) good.
Blake
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