7 Cups Culture Guide + Badge!
Hello Community!
Ive been enjoying the launch of the Leadership Development Program (LDP). We are all learning a lot. We have a lot of great new leaders signing up to serve our community. Im thankful for them and their service!
One thing that has struck me is the impact of the 7 Cups Culture Guide. I wrote the first draft of ths on a long flight back in 2017. New leaders were commenting that it was meaningful and some were surprised to see how it is a foundation to all the work we do here on 7 Cups. New leaders review the guide and take a test as part of the first course in the LDP. Their reaction to the guide and the test made me realize that we should more deliberately extend access to the guide and test to our broader community.
If you are interested in learning more about our culture and embracing it, then, please
Take the test here! (Blue Text is clickable)
Next, post the 3 most important things you learned and why they are important to you. Then, post that you have read the guide and taken the test with the following words:
I, (username), have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
Once youve made the post, we will award you the 7 Cups Culture Holder Badge. We will do this manually at first so there will be a small delay from the time that you complete the course and receive the badge.
Im looking forward to hearing your feedback. Thank you for being a part of our community!
@GlenM This test and guides were wonderful. Three things I have learned from this is that 7 Cups is built on trust, solving problems in front of us, and expectations. 7 Cups 7 values are a wonderful thing to learn about what our mission is. As a listener, I have found so much love in learning, empathy, and compassion.
I, KristinHelps, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
Thank you. 
@KristinHelps me too
@GlenM
Three things I learned that are important to me.
How synergetic 7 cups is when it comes to investing in ourselves so we can give back and invest into others. I feel like this is the full cycle of healing. There is so much we can learn and recover from by learning to not only help ourselves but for others.
How in-depth and informative the site's training and information is! It's so much to take in at first, but there is so much to be learned on this site, and it's really pretty amazing that someone like me can afford to be apart of this community.
How much trust and personal health is valued. It's really amazing to see a site that offers so much so concerned about health of the people on it regardless of what role they play.
I, WalkingCrow, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
GlenM
I, Saquib16, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@Saquib16 let us know the 3 key things you learned!
@GlenM
1. Listening is one form of respect one can offer. I had a paradigm shift after I joined the 7 Cups.
2. One can make a little change by just offering space to a person.
3. Win-Win situation is possible and with synergy, we can achieve more.
This is what I came to know and experienced since I joined.
Thank you.
@GlenM
I have read and taken the test the 3 things I have learned on the 7 of cups of tea is ..
1. A supportive app that helps people emotionally , and being able to listen and show empathy to people who need some support . Why it's important to me is I used the app as a guest initially and got a lot care & compassion so it's important to give back .
2. The growth path is informative and helpful as helps us grow along the way . It's important to me as helps with helping others when you learn about The topics given a lot good information on growth path .
3. I have learned that helping others helps yourself as showing empathy and understanding like a friend people need someone to talk to at times , it's important to me as I got a lot support and nice to give back .
@lovelyWords13 sorry - let me clarify - what are 3 key things you learned from the culture guide :). thank you for sharing what you've learned more broadly!
@GlenM
1. 7 cups is the largest mental health system in the world 🌍
2. having Trust to grow personally
3 . Every single person on the 7 cups is valuable
the 3 most important things you learned and why they are important to you.
1) high expectations high warmth. Thisis importantbforus to grow ourselves , devlopour skills and perform to our potential . While high warmth helps us in being fearlessa nd supported and confident to try and to take failure in stride
2)Solving problms that matter is surely the way mature and professional way a leader rises in their journey . problems are a part of growth path and what we are doing in our lives is solving problems. being procative and alert helps
3) self care - its the most important quality without which all our other qualities and skills can be useless as its said "we can pour only from a full cup "
I, blissart, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM I have come to realise what we do makes a huge difference to numerous people who have limited or no resources, or those who have noone to turn to.
What we do is selfless and with high morale. This time that's invested in members will make a huge difference to them.
Growing together with everyone is how we will benefit ourselves and others.
I, WhiteAura9, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM Thank you for taking the time to develop both guides and test. Three things I learned from this is that 7 Cups operates on matching individuals with their strengths to to provide quality. Secondly, the importance in the 7 Cups 7 key values that are fundamental to 7cups at it's core. Lastly, how 7 cups embraces the idea of failing as an opportunity to learn and grow.
I, LindseyLobotomy, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
Thank you.
@GlenM
The three things that stuck with me the most, was trust, High expectations/high warmth and solving our next big problem. These are important to me because these three things help one grow on this site as well as set goals for themselves that are achievable. (score on test was 18/18)
I, greatfulrainfall46, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM This test was awesome and inspiring...looking forward to spending my time here with generous souls
I, berlinandy, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@berlinandy what 3 things did you learn from the culture guide?
@GlenM
the three things i learned were that mistakes are an opportunity to learn which is unusual to hear from a company, I was also very impressed with the core values...it was interesting to read what direction you take and I've also learned that you speak about a flow state which I've only experienced as a musician. Very interesting
(Reposted off my LDP Discussion #5)
The 3 most important things that I have learned are:
- Volunteering work not only is satisfying, it has advantages for us as well. I realise that we are experts according to our unique interests and strengths. What is important to me is that in a community like 7 Cups, I can use my unique ideas and strengths to give back and improve our community whilst still learning in the process!
- Collaboration leads to greater success. I have enjoyed collaborating with so many wide topics and areas on site. The respect and opportunities this community offers opens up no hesitance to think og creative and fun ways that offer collaboration. This is important to me because in my opinion, once you collaborate on ideas, you not only have fun but discussing each others' ideas opens up room for so much more perceptions. You begin to see things from different angles and the end result is usually a beautiful, inclusive result - due to various collaborated strengths and ideas, the combined hard work goes a long way. Together, everyone achieves more!
- Self-care is Important. I have to include this fact as part of my top 3 list, because to begin with, I did not know what self-care is until I joined 7 Cups 2 years ago. What is important to me is that our community cares not about the quality of our work but the well-being of those behind this work. We have honest conversations on self-care, we help one another set healthier boundaries... and ultimately we are not only flourishing as a community but as individuals.
I, SoulfullyAButterfly, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.