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
Hello GlenM, how are you? I hope everything is ok! :)
I'm Kacosmic and i live in Brazil, there's one recent book that i have read called ' When Nietzsche Wept' by the author 'Irvin D. Yalom.'
The book is one of the most incredible books that i read.
@KACOSMIC
Hey, Kacosmic! That book sounds very interesting actually, the name Nietzsche sounds like the name of a famous person if I'm not wrong. Is that what the book is about? What did you find so incredible from it? :)
@rebecca947
Hello. Yes,
Friedrich Nietzsche was a philologist (scholar of classical languages, such as Latin and ancient Greek), contemporary German poet and philosopher of the 19th century.
An impressive historical novel. The author collected pieces of the biographies of Sigmund Freud, Friedrich Nietzsche and Austrian psychoanalyst Josef Breuer to create a fictional story. What is most striking about the work is that some passages are real: some letters from Nietzsche, Breuer's pioneering study of pigeons, his friendship with Freud, even the main patients are real.
The book tells the story of Nietzsche's encounter with Breuer, so that the latter deals with the suicidal tendency and severe migraines of the former, during the year 1882. Breuer, a renowned 40-year-old Viennese doctor, is haunted by erotic desires about a of his patients, Bertha of 21 years, and frightened by the arrival of the decay of old age. While on vacation in Venice, Lou Salomé, an enigmatic Russian, visits with the thoughts and attitudes of a person free from social agreements. Lou asks Breuer to treat his close friend, a philosopher with a mind ahead of his time, called Nietzsche.
The relationship, conflicted at first, becomes surreal. As a doctor, Breuer becomes a patient of Nietzsche, and after being cured he becomes his doctor again.
Your problems cry out for attention just to obscure what you don't want to see.
The work's great reflection revolves around crucial points of Nietzsche's philosophy: loneliness, abandoning futile thoughts, intellectual growth, rational thinking. A big question is raised: is the life you live your choice, or do we live a life chosen by others, by society, by the family? Is it possible to distance yourself from yourself to see yourself from another perspective? Is it possible to build a ship on the high seas, that is, change the life you have even after you have already made your choices?
@KACOSMIC
Woah, the questions are haunting. I think I might need to read that. Thank you for the amazing summary. ❤️
Hi Im Flame, Gentle, Caring (or countless other nicknames I have here). Im from the eastern united states. One of the books I've been diving into lately has been Man's Quest for Meaning.
@GentleFlameofCaring
Hey Caring, and wow I have heard a lot about this book. What is it about
@Petrichor2000
It's about a Holocaust survivor and notable psychiatrist, Victor Frankl's work in how people who suffer often rework/redefine their experience to help them survive. It is based both on his personal experience and that of his patients. I find it a remarkable how he rises above the challenges he went through and can study it and make sense of it all. I mean it makes sense on can do it, but I find it intruiging to be able to do it in a kind of academic way.
@GentleFlameofCaring
Thank you. I will read this book.
@GentleFlameofCaring
Thank your for your post Petrichor2000. I have not read the book and I will think I will find it interesting. I have noticed how survivors rework/redefine their experiences to assist them in making sense of the world. I think I will find it a interesting read. Best Wishes on the Leadership Development Course.
@uniqueDaisy
you too
Hello!
I am Daf. I'm an argentinian female teenager. I basically have a complicated life, and that's one of the reasons why I love helping. I also love music, cats, books, and learning. I guess that's why I am here 
. Feel free to message me! I would love to read you.
Speaking of books, I have over 100 only in my bedroom! I assume that makes a proud nerd and bookworm.
I am happy to be here!
Hi, I'm freshMint9376! Call me fresh or Mint (:
I'm from Ontario, Canada.
My favourite tv show right now is The Umbrella Academy.
@freshMint9376 Nice to meet you Mint ! The show is on my list. Will get to it soon
That sow is on my watch list . Is it any good ? @freshMint9376
Hello everyone! My name is Ashton and I'm from North Carolina! :) The last book I enjoyed was Symptoms Of Being Human.
@PeppermintStars Nice to meet you. Have not read it but will definitely give it a go.
@helpfuldipper I would indeed recommned it! It's an amazing book that tackles some LGTBQ+ related issues.
Hello everyone I am Dipper. I am from Melbourne, Australia. The last book i enjoyed was "A Tree grows in Brooklyn"
I really like thst book. It one of my Favorites .@helpfuldipper
I am sunshine and I am from ca.
i am active in. Lsr , member rooms and forums.
I am current on the safety patrol , rs for. The 35 and over , disabilty , and lbgtq rooms, ps on self care and current. 7 cups intern. I am hoping that this program will help me finds roles for me and better my skills.
@Raysofsunshineandrainbow2005
Hi sunshine! Nice to meet you! It's great that you're doing so much for the community through your leadership roles. Thank you! Good luck on this journey!
Hey everyone! My name is Ace and I live in Scottsdale, Arizona. A book I just recently finished that really resonated with me is 'Faster Than Normal' by Peter Shankman. It is a creative guide to people with ADHD.
@CognitiveACE
Hello! Nice to meet you. That book sounds interesting, I have a lot of family with ADHD. I always admire people who read educational and deep stuff in their free time while I'm over here reading teen romance books 😂. Good luck!
Thank you so much for the information with regards to ADHD. I took a RDHD call yesterday and have been looking for some resorces. I think the book will be a great help and I aim to look at it on Amazon. When I introduce my self I think I am going to mention a book till. May be also my favourite film. Look out for my post. It should be coming soon!
@GlenM
Hello everyone, I'm Juliana and I live in Texas. My favorite movie of all time is Troy as I loooove Greek mythology. Nice to meet you guys!
@heyitsjuliana
Hello! Nice to meet you too! I find Greek mythology very interesting as well, though I've never heard of Troy. Good luck on this journey!
@heyitsjuliana
Hey Juliana! I've never seen Troy, but I do love Greek Mythology! It's very interesting!
@heyitsjuliana
@heyitsjuliana
I love greek mythology, myself. Greatly entertaining stuff! Nice to meet you!
@heyitsjuliana
@heyitsjuliana
Hi, nice to meet you. I find Greek mythology super interesting too!
@bubblyJulie
Greek mythology ;O <3
@bubblyJulie
I also love Greek Mythology. I loved reading the Percy Jackson series.
introduce yourself and let us (if comfortable) where you are from and a recent book or movie you have enjoyed
Hello everyone I'm PinkPizzaz! I'm from Utah. A recent movie I enjoyed is the live action Mulan, it was great! I'm glad to be taking this next step to grow as a person! 💗
@PinkPizzaz
Hi! It is nice to meet you! I haven't watched the live action Mulan, however I have watched the original and loved it! Do you prefer one version of the movie over the other?
@hopedreamlove
I don't really prefer one over the other. They have a very different sort of feel to them so it's hard to compare. For instance they took out all the music and comic relief for the live action and it was much more dramatic and deep. I love both versions for different reasons.
@PinkPizzaz
Hey there! I'm Rashmieee. I am from India. I got to learn a lot here. I'm glad I'm volunteering here as a listener. The last movie I enjoyed is John wick.
@Rashmieee
Hello! Nice to meet you 💗
@PinkPizzaz
Heya, nice to meet you too ♥️