So what does GP mean to you?

[Redhead Jokes]

Originally Posted by ToMMan b182

GP is not something you do. It's a way of life. You cannot "put on" your GP at competetions to impress judges or other teams. GP is something that is inside of you. It is that drive to help others out, even when you yourself may need help. It is respecting others, and not putting them down for anything. GP is the true spirit of a "Co-opertition". GP IS NOT sitting and moaning after your team has lost. GP IS going out there the next time, giving 110%, and giving everything you have to turn that loss into a victory. Who here likes the website "www.ChiefDelphi.com"? I bet you all do! )

I remember the few mentors in my working experience who lived GP and taught it to me.

When our team was rising from the ashes, I became curious the definition for GP, and as I've done with other words or phrases, started by looking in the dictionary, then we eventually discovered charactercounts.org and incorporated their stuff into our gp poster

and it helped personalize gp for our team.

At championships we were passing out a new creation - a paper enabling you to create a hanging cube for your car, whatever, of gp characteristics...
the cube


BTW, I believe participation on Chief Delphi forum is a benchmark...
"A standard by which something can be measured or judged."
of chairman like teams.

I can't remember now about which award, which team, or what was said, from championships regarding chief delphi forum as one of the reasons given for the award.

When you speak about not bemoaning a loss, and going back out and giving it 110% I think about

the people who are rarely at meetings or exhibitions who want to blame a loss on those who were at meetings and exhibitions doing the work, and want to demand more work from the same people, while not putting in more time and effort themselves...

and how much I appreciate the people who are motivated by a loss to appreciate all the hard work that was done, and are now motivated to get in the ring themselves and work towards a goal they now understand better.