A Discovering Journey
Many of us might have wondered at some point what it's like to be a leader. How does it feel being a leader?
We might have wanted to learn from good leaders’ experiences so as to get perspective on what it takes to be a good leader and finally to prepare oneself to embark on one’s leadership journey.
The following talk could be a great help in addressing the above curiosities!
Interviewee: @amazingNutella24
Interviewer: @silverrailey
Why did you choose to be a leader?
For a short introduction, I’m the Chatroom Ambassador here on 7Cups, Listener Chatrooms being my focus. My choice to start supporting this track as a leader, even before I was the ambassador was completely based on my belief in “Supporting the Supporters”. Being a listener, I understood that someone needs to be there for the supporters too on their journey. And I wished to be that “someone” to a selfless supporter 💜 One can only support others when they feel supported in the first place!
When/where did the idea come from?
This is kind of a continuation of my last answer. I’ve been here since 2018 and I’ve spent most of this time being a listener. There were multiple times I could’ve used support on my listening journey, but for various reasons, I wasn’t able to get my hands on the right support. And what I noticed is that listener chatrooms play a very pivotal role in introducing listeners to the diverse support they can get on 7Cups. That’s where it started for me and I knew exactly where I wanted to pitch in, haha!
What are the challenges you have faced during your journey?
We’ve all heard of “Sometimes we need to take a step back to take two steps ahead”, and my journey on and off 7Cups put me in a position where I had to take that step backward. Accepting and embracing it was challenging at first. I wouldn’t say I don’t struggle with it anymore, but now I’m way more welcoming of this idea than ever, which I count as a big accomplishment on my plate! A step back for two steps ahead is still progress 💜
What are the qualities of a leader?
Being open to receiving feedback all this time has helped. As a leader, the last thing I would’ve wanted to do is shut myself off from feedback from the very folks I work with, and that is every single one on 7Cups. Another thing that has immensely helped me is being supportive and considerate in my approach. I believe in “Discussing”, not “Demanding” 💜 So humility is the key at the end of the day.
How hard is it to be a leader?
Every road comes with obstacles and it’s the same here. As a leader, I fall in a position where I need to make decisions, and not all my decisions go according to the plan. With being a leader comes a huge responsibility, not only for your own actions but of an entire team or more 💜 Still, being a leader is greatly rewarding. There really is no right road to your destination, it all comes down to if you choose to stay on it.
Can anyone become a leader?
My answer would be yes! As per me, It only depends on one thing, as it did in my case, that is if I was open to learning or not. Fortunately for me, I love learning and it just clicked 💜
What did you learn from being a leader?
Oh, I love this question! I did an amazing interview with @Fristo just a couple of days back, and I will say the same here. I have learned a lot from being a leader, but I cherish one lesson more than any other. And that is, I’m absolutely nothing without my team. My team makes me 💜
And I really want to thank this one amazing person, @SparkyGizmo, for showing me, not once but an uncountable number of times, that teamwork makes the dream work. Silver, thank you so much for all your questions, I loved answering them!
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This interview is part of the Living with Leaders Interview Series. Learn about the series here