Course 2: Becoming a 7 Cups Leader - (Discussion #1) Welcome to Course 2!

What do you think happens if you, a 7 Cups leader, have an imbalance of these?

Without enough warmth, we as leaders would just be focused on hitting goals and making our numbers look good, instead of helping our team grow together to become better people and listeners. We would become like machines, and I would personally lose motivation very quickly, if I couldn't see the purpose of hitting these targets. As a leader, this would make it difficult for me to motivate my team work hard to support each other and improve themselves. My team members might become easily discouraged by setbacks in their various roles.

Without enough expectations, our structure and quality would dissolve far too quickly, and we would never progress in our roles to become the exemplary leaders and team members we are capable of being. Since there are no standards to meet, we wouldn't be motivated to push ourselves to meet, or perhaps surpass, them. We would not have the structure and discipline to manage and keep up with new projects, or build a carefully moderated and protected community on 7 Cups. As leaders, we would not have a clear direction or purpose, and we might find it really hard to really get anything done.

How do you think having too low of expectations, or too little warmth, will impact 1.) the community, and 2.) impact how you work with your fellow leaders?

1. If our expectations are too low, members of the community will do as they like, which could cause a lot of trouble for the community as a whole. This would mean that many members may not feel supported or encouraged, which will break down the trust within the community. Our community would not be nearly as close knit or supportive as it is. If our warmth is too low, there would be less meaningful interactions within the community. This holds members back from learning from one another and growing as people, and they feel less supported and encouraged. Our community would not be as supportive as it set out to be

2. If our expectations are too low, my work with my fellow leaders would likely be a lot more disorganised and sloppy. We would be content with whatever we had made, and not be motivated to keep going and trying to improve. If our warmth was too low, my work with my fellow leaders would likely be more mechanical instead of thoughtful. I would not feel happy to do my part, and might instead simply view it as another role, another set of tasks to complete.

@Heather225

Having an imbalance of either too little warmth or too low expectations will mean that the community will suffer due to the fact a sense of community will struggle to build if you don't have the warmth towards one another. If you have to low of expectations then you are likely to slack behind on your responsibilities as a 7 cups leader and this could cause problems with your communication with fellow leaders.

As a 7 Cups leader, we want to avoid imbalance of warmth and expectations so we can show our best skills, and be encouraging to one another.

Low warmth and high expectations will (1) make the community lose trust with one another and feel bored coming to the site. Members will see forums and self improvement as work, and not a relaxing journey. I think that it is important to be authentic, and have the whole community support one another in a true authentic compassionate manner. (2) Work will be felt forced, and no one will feel motivated to work if they're simply told to by someone they don't respect, or bond with, so how I work with my fellow leaders would be difficult.

Having high warmth and low expectations can make (1) the community have lack of goals, and structure and (2) make it too casual that no work feels needed to be done. Being too casual and giving empty compliments will allow everyone to slack off, and this can be bad since we have goals to reach.

@Heather225

1) Little warmth- the community will be left isolated and struggling

- I'll start bottling up my emotions instead of talking out to my fellow leaders and I would think negatively about them

2) Litle expectation- the community will have no desire to achieving their goals and in completing their missions

- I'll be lost in my mind and my work will have no use since there won'y be any goals and thoughts to be put into.

What do you think happens if you, a 7 Cups leader, have an imbalance of these?
I would create a less healthy and less efficient work ambience for everyone who involves in the same project with me. And it would also affect the 7 Cups community in whole.

Having too low of expectations, or too little warmth, will impact

(1) the community
too low expectations -- would hinder some great potentials to growth in a faster way, or not growing at all, even.

too little warmth -- would create a less caring atmosphere. Kindness and compassion might also be less to be seen or expressed.

(2) how I work with fellow leaders
too low expectations -- I might do mediocre performance on projects. Not too proactive, not too spend too time and/or money - shortly not my best.

too little wamth -- I would feel that the projects I do is just works. I wouldn't really care about my other fellow, not willingly to check in on them whether they need help or not. I would just do my tasks and finish it - my heart might not sincerely be motivated to do what I do.

What do you think happens if you, a 7 Cups leader, have an imbalance of these? How do you think having too low of expectations, or too little warmth, will impact 1.) the community, and 2.) impact how you work with your fellow leaders?

If there were to be low expectation or low warmth, I think for the community it would definitely affect the atmosphere where sharing would become much more difficult and emotions would be shut in rather than being able to talk about it.

As for among fellow leaders, I feel as though it would be much harder to stay accountable for one's work and slacking off may be easier to follow through with. With such an imbalance, the work quality will drop and our service will hurt rather than help others.

@Heather225 Very useful and well structured information. Thank you!

@Heather225

1. The community will have less motivation and involvement, they will also struggle with staying on track and that will heavily impact the overall progress and the team spirit. They won’t be getting the feedback they expected and will be lost in the vague structure.

2. The relationship with other leaders will be strained and weakened because they will feel the imbalance and the imperfection in doing my work as they expect. There will be a lack of accountability and connection between us.

@Heather225

Question: What do you think happens if you, a 7 Cups leader, have an imbalance of these? How do you think having too low of expectations, or too little warmth, will impact 1.) the community, and 2.) impact how you work with your fellow leaders?
An imbalance in high expectation and high warmth would lead to a series of issues to both individuals and to the foundation. Having too low of expectations would lose the goal of 7cups which is to help others, and having too little warmth would create an aggressive environment where people are not in harmony and supportive. Low expectations would affect the community as it wouldnt be goal-driven. There would be a lack of purpose, hence the community would be vague. This would further impact fellow leaders as the environment would be chaotic, disorganised as there is no clear image of directing the community. Having too little warmth would impact the community in ways where individuals dont feel safe, loved, cared for and it just wants to meet one goal. There is no personal growth in the sense that unity doesnt exist. Also, little warmth would lead to a poor community since community means there is a shared culture in which case, it wouldnt exist here. This would affect leaders as the community may not be empathetic and an establishment of sterness and coldness would mean leaders have to change the approach to make the environment more warm and open.

@Heather225

When a 7 Cups leader has an imbalance of High Expectations and/or High Warmth aptitudes, then the following situations may arise:

1.) Impact over the community

An inbalance of high expectations: the community would start lacking of improvement and development

An inbalance of high warmth: the community would lack of opportunities of self-growth and leaders would not be ready to make a difference

2.) Impact over how you work with your fellow leaders

An inbalance of high expectations: communication and other essential skills may be less developed than they should in order to influence and reach the common set goal

An inbalance of high warmth: leaders may be lacking of motivation and the common goal may not be sensed as important enough to be reached, through dedication