PL 101: Introduce Yourself! (Discussion 1)
Welcome to our first course in the Leadership Development Program! I am very excited to get this going. This has been something we've wanted to do for the last several months and at long last it is here. Please find the course description below. Please also introduce yourself and let us (if comfortable) where you are from and a recent book or movie you have enjoyed. I'll get us started!
Course Description: You have personal gifts and strengths that can help you in life and also help other people. Identifying, amplifying, and deliberately building those strengths enables you to have a better personal life, professional life, and also enables you to more effectively serve others in our community. People sometimes make the mistake of focusing too much on their weaknesses. This can help, but deliberately building your strengths will get you much further in life and in your career. This course provides links to personality testing (MBTI, Big 5) where you can learn to identify your personality style and strengths. It helps you understand how to match your strengths to roles in the 7 Cups community and enables you to find a career path that will be fulfilling. Join other new leaders in individual and group learning exercises.
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@GlenM
Hey I'm Moni and I'm originally from New Zealand but now I live in Ecuador for 6 years. I'm a teacher and I have been reading in spanish about 21st Century skills and digital skills.
@MonicaQu welcome! I have a niece in NZ right now and she is enjoying it a lot. Lots to learn about digital skills so please add what you learn!
@GlenM
Thanks Glen, I am sure that your niece will love it in New Zealand it is a great place!
Yes it is a good course that I'm doing up to one about problem solving and innovation now. Lots of good ideas that are coming up that also not only could apply to teaching but also to 7cups :)
@MonicaQu
Nice to meet you Moni! :)
@GlenM
Hey there! I am Cocoa, and I am from Maryland! It's one of the smaller states on the Eastern Shore of the United States. A movie I rewatched recently was Atlantis. It's a cartoon disney movie but it's super good!
@cocoakrispies121
Nice to meet you cocoa!
I was in Maryland a few months ago!
Atlantis is a really lovely film :)
Hello everyone, nice to meet you all. I am kermit. I am from India.
The recent movie Ive seen (rewatched) is chhichhore. Its a really nice movie. So much life lessons in it 😀
Im looking forward to learning more though the program.
@Magicallykermit58 glad to have you here! I've never heard of that - what is the key lesson?
@GlenM
It's a really beautiful movie showing how teenagers are focused on exams and forget what life really means. Three key lessons I took from the movie is:
💖The movie shows us how we are often burdened by how the society sees us but in reality all the matters if how we view ourselves nor others.
💖Results don't define the journey the efforts do.
We are always told how to prepare for success but never told how to handle failure.
💖Just cause you failed in exams doesn't mean you fail in life.
@Magicallykermit58
Nice to meet you Kermit! :)
Thanks for the film recommendation!
@Magicallykermit58
@Magicallykermit58
@GlenM
Hi Glen and everyone!! 😀😀
First of all, I assume these words find you and all well, and safe! 🙏🙏
So, my 7 Cups' name is WatchingOverYou, sometimes they call me Watching, WOY, etc., but I prefer to be called Pedro (real name), and I come from Portugal.
On another note, Joker is one of my favorite movies from recent times, and by far one the top of the most impactful/influential of my entire life, guess for obvious reasons... Anyway, I only watched Joker once (in the movies, long before the pandemic was even a threat), but I've already bought it and am gaining the courage and guts to watch it again, at least one more time.
Lastly, thank you @GlenM for this amazing opportunity, I can't stress enough how much this means to me, and how thrilled and excited I am for becoming a part of it!!!
Anyway, also thanks to @ASilentObserver for the gentle and kind tag!
Peace and much love and hugs to all of you awesome, lovely people!! 💗💗💖💖
@WatchingOverYou
Thank you for sharing! I love joker (The character). Its good to have you with us in this journey!
@Hope
Thank you, Hope!
@Hope
Good to have you with us in what promises to be a great learning experience and growth experience! All the best!
@WatchingOverYou
Nice to meet you Pedro! I've actually never watched Joker...
@glisteningEyes
Thanks, nice to meet you too!
You all should, it's a great watch, I tell you... Very, very deep message...
@WatchingOverYou
@WatchingOverYou
@WatchingOverYou
I want to watch it too. Welcome Pedro!!
@WatchingOverYou Hello! First of all you have a very ispiring name and you seem to be a very kind person! It's nice having you here. I liked Joker as well. The movie had a very deep meaning and it's one of the kinds of movies that make you want to watch it again and observe more things.
@GlenM Hi I'm KindnessMatters2020 and I go by Katie. I live in Virginia and have loved meeting and supporting so many amazing people across the world. To recover my brain from too much quarantine Netflix binges, I have been listening to free courses offered by major universities on the Coursera website. I highly recommend the Foundations of Positive Psychology, the Science of Well-Being and the course on Resilience. Each lecture is less than an hour, free and you can listen anytime, anywhere -- so you can even listen while excercising :) to keep our brains and bodies healthy!
@KindnessMatters2020 I love that you are doing this - also enrolled in several courses and it is calming how self-improvement and a passion of lifelong learning helps stay grounded.
@KindnessMatters2020 welcome! I lived in Virginia Beach at one point. Love that area and love positive psych :)
@GlenM
I love virgina beach too! :)
@KindnessMatters2020
Nice to meet you Katie!
Sending you positivie vibes :)
@KindnessMatters2020
Hi Katie, nice to meet you 😊
Great reccomendations. Will surely check those up sometimes. thanks ❤️
@GlenM
Hello! I'm Tessa and I'm from Ontario, Canada 
I haven't read many great books recently, but I did watch a hillarious movie from from the 80s called "Airplane!". I would give it a 9/10. 👍🏻
@tessie855
Nice to meet you Tessa! :)
Thanks for the comedy film recommendation :)
@tessie855
Welcome, Tessa! I have not watched that movie. I will check it out!
@Hope
Thank you! Alright, great! :)
@tessie855 Welcome! That is an old one :)
@GlenM
Thank you! Yes it is! Old movies are great :)
@GlenM
Hey! I'm bookworm, I live in the UK and a book that I recently re-read was Lord of the Flies.
@bookworm274
Welcome, Book! How was the book?
@Hope
I loved it. I read it the first time at school for a English Literature and I liked it but didn't love it. I recently read it again due to lockdown and thought it was amazing!
@bookworm274
That sounds incredible
@bookworm274
Hey bookworm! I live in the UK too, south of England to be more specific!
That book sounds really intriguing!
@GlenM
Hello everyone! My name is Jess and I'm from Florida. I am currently reading "The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom" by Don Miguel Ruiz. This is a wonderful self help/improvement book that I hope to apply to my own life. I'm looking forward to getting to know everyone!
@SushiSunshine
That is an excellent book!
@SushiSunshine
Nice to meet you Jess! :)
Hi, this is Bliss, i travel much and the world is like a home.
At heart i am a explorer, wanderer and a seeker.
By profession i have a wedding photography business which gives me moments to be with happy families and in return give them those moments back to be cherished forever .
I dream of a world without geographical borders, one religion , more tolerance, where love and peace are in the air.
Presently am reading the Hindu scripture 'The Bhagavat Gita". Written around 2nd century, this is an outstanding lecture on philosophy, psychology , yoga and a spiritual dictionary
@blissart Hi Bliss 
@blissart
Hi bliss! it's nice to meet you!
I am also a wanderer!
The wedding photography sounds like a really fulfilling career :)
@glisteningEyes
nice to meet u to eyes :)
@blissart
Awesome Bliss!! I have read bits and pieces of the Bhagvad Gita. It like reading the bible. So proud of you.
Hello everyone,
I am Crystal from Australia. Its pretty cold here, right now.
Into reading books, currently reading Becoming and Hidden Valley Road.
Take care.
@crystalclearnow
just looked up that book. it sounds very interesting!!
thanks for joining us!
@Heather225
Hi Heather,
A very interesting read indeed 
@crystalclearnow
Nice to meet you Crystal!
Becoming is also on netflix! :)
I saw the movie on Netflix. Watch it if you can!!