{"id":3017,"date":"2020-10-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-10-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/developmenttwo.marymount.edu\/blog\/washington-business-journal-happiness-in-2020-washington-business-journal-power-100-leaders-share-where-they-find-it\/"},"modified":"2020-10-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2020-10-27T00:00:00","slug":"washington-business-journal-happiness-in-2020-washington-business-journal-power-100-leaders-share-where-they-find-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marymount.edu\/blog\/washington-business-journal-happiness-in-2020-washington-business-journal-power-100-leaders-share-where-they-find-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington Business Journal: Happiness? In 2020? Washington Business Journal Power 100 leaders share where they find it.<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there was a sentiment that summed up 2020, it would certainly not be happiness.
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\nBetween Covid\u0092s excruciating double whammy of a public health and economic crisis, soaring unemployment, struggling small businesses, hundreds of thousands of deaths, rising rates of depression, reminders of systemic racism and a disturbing political divide \u0097 all under an obstinate cloud of uncertainty and unanswered questions \u0097 suffice to say, it\u0092s been difficult to find real solace in the last seven months.
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\nDespite all of that, happiness remains an important pursuit for us all, for our physical and mental well-being. So we thought we\u0092d ask our most influential business leaders across Greater Washington about what they did during our community\u0092s most trying times to attain it.
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\nWe reached out to many of the executives on the Washington Business Journal\u0092s\u00a0Power 100 list of 2019<\/a>\u00a0with what used to be a simple question: What are you doing to stay happy in 2020?\u00a0
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\nIncidentally, something else that\u0092s been elusive this year? Power. The pandemic has stripped that of so many across this region and nation, from green recruits to global CEOs, making so many of us feel utterly powerless in its wake \u0097 and a new Power 100 class for 2020 more difficult to define.\u00a0
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\nSo we are finding other ways this year to recognize Greater Washington\u0092s deserving business heroes, including through our revamped CEO of the Year program, where we will highlight five chief executives who have risen to meet 2020\u0092s challenges head on. Read\u00a0more about that program here<\/a>, and\u00a0nominate a CEO by Oct. 30 here<\/a>.
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\nAnd in the meantime, take a look at what many in the Power 100 class of 2019 had to say about how they stayed positive through the pandemic in the gallery above, in many cases alongside images of their newly masked incarnations \u0097 another reflection of 2020.\u00a0
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\nWe hope their responses offer you a little bit of happiness, too.\u00a0
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\nIrma Becerra, president, Marymount University<\/strong>
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\n\u0093I\u0092ve gained happiness from being able to welcome Marymount students back to campus this fall, like they wanted, by providing them a safe option to continue learning while staying safe. For self-care, I am learning to play golf. I also love getting outdoors in a safe way and appreciating our beautiful fall colors.\u0094<\/p>\n

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If there was a sentiment that summed up 2020, it would certainly not be happiness. \u00a0 Between Covid\u0092s excruciating double whammy of a public health and economic crisis, soaring unemployment, struggling small businesses, hundreds of thousands of deaths, rising rates of depression, reminders of systemic racism and a disturbing political divide \u0097 all under an […]<\/p>\n

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