Course 3, Discussion 4: One Key Metric

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✒️ Work with your team or mentor and identify the key metric you are hoping to help move. Post daily (or the cadence that makes sense) in the 3 key things thread to highlight what you are doing to help us move 7 Cups forward. Please post here why this goal of choosing a single metric is important. Think of how this is important in your professional life, but also how this can help you personally as well. 

It's important to have a goal and choosing a single metric is important because it helps u to be focused and not getting distracted. It's very easy to get distracted and in turn it will lead to less productivity and will hamper our performance.

✒️ (TW: themes that deal with death) Read chapter 12 of our Searching Soul book and do the exercise where you imagine it is the end of your life. If comfortable, post what you imagine people saying to you at the conclusion of the exercise. If comfortable, then please share how the exercise impacted you. What you imagine them telling you is your compass. If you are acting in a way that is consistent with what they are saying, then it is very likely that you will end up living a meaningful life. Remember to listen to and follow this compass so as not to be distracted by the clock. 

It's too much to share this , maybe I'll skip it. Thank you <333

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Choosing a single key metric and consistently posting updates on progress is crucial for both professional and personal development. This practice ensures alignment with 7 Cups' organizational goals, fostering collaboration and efficiency within the team. A specific metric provides a measurable target, allowing for real-time adjustments and promoting accountability and transparency. Professionally, this approach contributes to skill development and job satisfaction, fostering a sense of purpose and direction. Personally, focusing on a key metric enhances motivation, time management, and overall productivity, providing a strategic framework for continuous learning and growth.

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Choosing a single metric is crucial both professionally and personally. Professionally, it provides focus and clarity, guiding decision-making and efforts toward a specific, measurable goal. Personally, having a clear metric aids in prioritizing what truly matters, leading to a more meaningful and fulfilling life.

I can imagine at the end of my life, people saying that I made a positive impact on their lives, that I was compassionate, and contributed to the well-being of others. This exercise serves as a powerful reminder of what truly matters, guiding my actions and choices toward a purposeful life. It's a compass that aligns my actions with the values and impact I want to leave behind. This exercise reinforces the importance of staying true to my compass, living authentically, and not being swayed by external pressures or distractions.

@FrenchToast

✒️ Work with your team or mentor and identify the key metric you are hoping to help move. Post daily (or the cadence that makes sense) in the 3 key things thread to highlight what you are doing to help us move 7 Cups forward. Please post here why this goal of choosing a single metric is important. Think of how this is important in your professional life, but also how this can help you personally as well.

I don't currently work with a team, although I have applied to join the Active Listener Verifier team (🤞)

But three things I do to help 7 Cups move forward is:

1) have a lot of positive interactions with both members and listeners

2) take a variety of chats, and give them the time they need

3) spent lots of time working on my training and certification - and earned lots of new badges!

By focusing on one metric, you can give everything you have to it and ensure you are giving your best.

✒️ (TW: themes that deal with death) Read chapter 12 of our Searching Soul book and do the exercise where you imagine it is the end of your life. If comfortable, post what you imagine people saying to you at the conclusion of the exercise. If comfortable, then please share how the exercise impacted you. What you imagine them telling you is your compass. If you are acting in a way that is consistent with what they are saying, then it is very likely that you will end up living a meaningful life. Remember to listen to and follow this compass so as not to be distracted by the clock.

I have completed this, but I am not comfortable sharing as it's incredibly personal for me :) 

(I have posted in the thread~!)

Having a key metric can help keep the flow of your energy and focus one area in an organized manner, and therefore can be crucial when it comes to productivity and such. Personally how this can help me is that I actually enjoy helping other people, because it is one of the things that make me happy. Showing guidance. So, I had done a metric for helping out on 7cups.

I have completed the exersise and read chapter 12. I think vaguely put it resonates and makes sense, but at the same time sometimes I can't even tell what impression I may be putting on people until towards the end where feelings become more apparent. It's factors of our own emotions, the world around us, and whether we are feeling well enough to keep being our healthy selves..

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i am part of the peer appreciation team.  Our primary metric is to make listeners and members feel appreciated and to bring a smile to their faces.  Hence the reason we are called Smile Spreaders.  I believe this is moving 7 cups forward by bringing people back because they know they are appreciated.

on the second question, I completed the exercise, but I’m not comfortable sharing publicly.

@FrenchToast I believe it, is very important, to focus one thing at a time.  Trying to support too many people at same time.  Often leads. To mistakes being made

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✒️ (TW: themes that deal with death) Read chapter 12 of our Searching Soul book and do the exercise where you imagine it is the end of your life. If comfortable, post what you imagine people saying to you at the conclusion of the exercise. If comfortable, then please share how the exercise impacted you. What you imagine them telling you is your compass. If you are acting in a way that is consistent with what they are saying, then it is very likely that you will end up living a meaningful life. Remember to listen to and follow this compass so as not to be distracted by the clock.

I've just finished the exercise, and I must say, it was a truly eye-opening experience for me. It gave me such valuable insights into how my life could unfold and the potential comments that I might receive from others. It also allowed me to analyze the situation from diverse perspectives. It's fascinating to see how this exercise allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of myself and the possibilities that lie ahead. However, I am not comfortable sharing my response. I hope that you understand. 🌸

✒️ Please reply to at least 1 of your peers in this thread with encouraging or supportive words!

Done! ✨

~ Xaverie

@FrenchToast

✒️ Work with your team or mentor and identify the key metric you are hoping to help move. Post daily (or the cadence that makes sense) in the 3 key things thread to highlight what you are doing to help us move 7 Cups forward. Please post here why this goal of choosing a single metric is important. Think of how this is important in your professional life, but also how this can help you personally as well.

Training to be a mentor for the Quality Listening Program, and the metric I want to work on is The number of people signing up for QLP in a month

✒️ (TW: themes that deal with death) Read chapter 12 of our Searching Soul book and do the exercise where you imagine it is the end of your life. If comfortable, post what you imagine people saying to you at the conclusion of the exercise. If comfortable, then please share how the exercise impacted you. What you imagine them telling you is your compass. If you are acting in a way that is consistent with what they are saying, then it is very likely that you will end up living a meaningful life. Remember to listen to and follow this compass so as not to be distracted by the clock.

The exercise made me realize what my primary goals are in life, and also how easy it is to get distracted by all the things that social and cultural norms claim SHOULD be your goals. It reminded me that in a fast-paced world revolving around materialism, possessions, and instant gratification, it's the human relationships that we build slowly over the years that eventually matter the most.

@FrenchToast

✒️ Work with your team or mentor and identify the key metric you are hoping to help move. Post daily (or the cadence that makes sense) in the 3 key things thread to highlight what you are doing to help us move 7 Cups forward. Please post here why this goal of choosing a single metric is important. Think of how this is important in your professional life, but also how this can help you personally as well.

A single metric is the calm during the storm, it's a clear goal.  It gives us small achievable steps that can make our goal easier, this allows for self growth both professionally and personally.

✒️ (TW: themes that deal with death) Read chapter 12 of our Searching Soul book and do the exercise where you imagine it is the end of your life. If comfortable, post what you imagine people saying to you at the conclusion of the exercise. If comfortable, then please share how the exercise impacted you. What you imagine them telling you is your compass. If you are acting in a way that is consistent with what they are saying, then it is very likely that you will end up living a meaningful life. Remember to listen to and follow this compass so as not to be distracted by the clock.

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