{"id":23503,"date":"2018-12-22T22:39:07","date_gmt":"2018-12-22T22:39:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.challengedetroit.org\/?p=23503"},"modified":"2018-12-22T22:39:07","modified_gmt":"2018-12-22T22:39:07","slug":"1-in-100","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/1-in-100\/","title":{"rendered":"1 in 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As a fellow, coming into an established organization, I couldn\u2019t help but feel like I wasn\u2019t vital to the operations of my host company. Yes, I was confident in the skills I\u2019ve built through previous jobs, and in the knowledge I\u2019ve acquired to put into practice, but part of me was convinced that I wouldn\u2019t make <em>that <\/em>big of a difference. It wasn\u2019t until a recent department meeting.<\/p>\n<p>I was sitting at a long conference table, 28 floors high, in downtown Chicago, amongst colleagues in my department, coming from offices across the US, when the president began calling out accomplishments &amp; strengths of several members. At first, I assumed he was simply highlighting successes of those who were running several projects, or gained recent accolades. Then, I realized that he actually took the time to list unique qualities among each of us in the department. I grew anxious, wondering what he would say about me.<\/p>\n<p>A slight pause; I look up, and see the president making eye contact with me, as he says, \u201cnext is my friend, Zienab\u201d. Surprised with my introduction, I replied \u201cwe\u2019re really friends?\u201d. I instantly thought of all the generic qualities he could choose from, and I was certain that he would say a few only to make me feel special, being the <em>new<\/em> fellow. \u00a0To my surprise, I listened to him highlight my character, how my positive attitude boosts office moral, and how I added a light energy. He thanked me for the candy and excessive decorations on my desk, and he proceeded to the next person.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m just beginning, I\u2019m still learning, but my value will never diminish or lessen, and it\u2019s clear I\u2019ve already made a difference, no matter how small. I\u2019m 1 in 100, but I\u2019m 1 that completes the 100.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a fellow, coming into an established organization, I couldn\u2019t help but feel like I wasn\u2019t vital to the operations of my host company. Yes, I was confident in the skills I\u2019ve built through previous jobs, and in the knowledge I\u2019ve acquired to put into practice, but part of me was convinced that I wouldn\u2019t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":349,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-23503","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23503","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/349"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23503"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23503\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23503"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23503"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/challengedetroit.builtrare.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23503"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}