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
1. I have learned that 7 Cups is a powerful and positive community, which is important to me because it is an environment that makes me feel happy.
2. I have learned that 7 Cups strives to make everyone a better person, which is important to help me grow.
3. I have also learned that 7 Cups is teaching me life skills which makes me feel even more valued here:).
I, Lww873, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM
I, fantasticFriend8935, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM
the three things I learnt after taking the test is that failure isn't the end, volunteer work is beneficial to both the people involved and that it is important to gain trust
@GlenM
Your Work Matters
There are some days where I get overwhelmed knowing I need to volunteer because Im not sure I will be able to help that person. Its the thought that counts when I click one a member or they request me. I know I am doing my best with each person I come into contact with.
Collaborate
Being able to work with a team is important because it can be draining to try to save the world by ourselves. When collaborating, we can bounce ideas off of each other and steer each other in a successful path.
We Believe in Equality
There are a lot of people who come into 7 cups and have never felt equal to their peers or anyone else for that matter. Being able to participate in 7 cups without feeling judged even a little bit is giving people hope and relief.
I, shiningDay80, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@shiningDay80 well you arent forced to volunteer if it makes you feel overwhelmed. I think it is part of self care to be honest with yourself when it might not be the best time to listen cause the member will probably feel it if you consider it as a burden for the moment. The word volunteering basically means you do something not cause youre paid or something but because you feel like investing into the thing and if youre not really down for it then for that moment the whole thing doesnt make a lot of sense.Help is a big word and nobody expects you to solve people's problems and we can't even give advice on here. As long as you stick to the guidelines and active listening skills you are doing your best. We cannot save the world, not alone and not as a community or organization, expectations may be high but nobody would expect that or claim we would be able to do it, that would be unrealistic and megalomaniac. What be might be able to do is changing a little part of the world and here we have to keep in mind we are doing that by every single chat we try our best with because every person and each of our member is a part of the whole world. Just a little chat and a bit of invested time can make a great change for one person's world and the more people we support the higher chances are to make a differencce at some point at least. That can already be worth a lot but not one person nor all of us together could eliminate the whole worlds misery. Focusing on that though would be discouraging so we should be better off focusing on what we can do and that is possibly making a difference for one person that is so big that the output is greater than what we invested. (I hope that doesnt come across rude or like I wanted to correct you, I was aiming to provide an attitude that can be even more fullfilling and less draining)
@GlenM
High Expectations and High Warmth.
We Invest in You.
We Expect Failure.
I, Smolecho, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM
Three things I've learned:
1) Failure is okay because it allows us to learn from our mistakes and grow.
2) Working together as a team produces amazing results.
3) It's important to put your skin into your work and provide people with the best quality care.
I, @elizabethleap, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM
3 Most important things that i have learned and their importance
1. Trust: 7 Cups is a trust based community, trust allows people to grow together and accomplish the shared goal. Trust helps people to be in common bond, which is very much essential for a community.
2. Facing challenges: Taking problems head on, increases our resilience, expands our boundary and increases our self-worth, it gives us confidence to champion the common cause and achieve greater heights while facing problems…
3. Our Work Matters: The work we do is valued, it has a purpose, it affects lives, it helps people see light and hope in their own lives. It makes a positive difference in the world, knowing this is important to understand the purpose and always be mindful of what is expected of us, the high expectation from us is because The Work Saves Lives….
I MonoCynthium have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
1. I learned we are high expectations, high warmth. This is important because it propels us to be better.
2 I know failure is okay. It does not mean we need to give up.
3. I know that we can ask for help if we are overwhelmed.
These are all important because knowing what is expected sets us up for successful relationships and meaningful work.
I, Evelynerose, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM I have learnt the following things from the guide: 1. We should pull others up as we pull ourselves up to become successful for overall community development. 2. Failure is nothing to be afraid of. 3. Goals arent achieved overnight, but all the collective efforts in a period of time is all worth it.
I think the above things I have learnt is important to me since they are applicable every where I go.
I, Minervaaa, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.
@GlenM
1. Take Care of Yourself: It is important necessary to remind yourself and others that you and your needs are important too.
2. Collaborate: Collaboration with others provides us with an opportunity to learn from others especially how they work as a team, their successes and mistakes.
3. We Expect Failure: Failure is an inevitable part of life. We are always going to fail at the majority of the things that we are trying to do. What matters is what we do after we have failed: try again or just give up.
I, CheeryMango, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.