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7 Cups Culture Guide + Badge!

GlenM August 12th, 2020

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!

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99sunshine August 13th, 2020

1. 7 Cups is a high-expectations, high-warmth environment. It is important to have clear goals so that we get the work done, but warmth gives us motivation to get there.

2. For work to be fulfilling, it must be work that you are good at, that is interesting to you, and that solves a problem or meets a goal we have. For me, fulfillment is necessary in life, and these three things are a great way to gauge how a work is fulfilling.

3. 7 Cups mostly helps people with low financial resources. The marginalized are perhaps the ones who need the most love, and I am proud to do so.

I, 99sunshine, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.

electricbird August 13th, 2020

@GlenM

I really liked the test and getting to know the 7 Cups Culture better, the top 3 things I learned are:

1. How we need both high expectations and high warmth to succeed. It is okay to expect a lot, but also giving the support and the enouragement to guide and help is so important.

2. Failing is fine and the key is to stay focused.

3. Health matters and in order to perform well, you need to take care of yourself.

I, electricbird, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.

hopedreamlove August 13th, 2020

Three things I learned are:

1.) 7 cups is built on trust

2.) 7 cups is high expectations and high warmth since both those things are needed to succeed and grow.

3.) 7 cups helps is identify work that we are good at, interested in, and that helps us reach a goal, all three of those are important.

I, hopedreamlove, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.

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victoryhavealittlefaith5555 August 13th, 2020

Thank you for summerizing this neatly:)yes

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bubblybubbles22 August 13th, 2020

@GlenM

I really loved reading through the guide,taking the test and also took the know your strengths survey and I'm very impressed

Three things I have learnt: your work matters and knowingly or unknowingly you are saving a life, Failure is absolutely cause all the while you are learning and lastly i/we shouldn't walk away from problems but face them and work to get passed them and that we each have strengths that make us stand out even in a group all are important to me cause now I can keep calm after failing and work better with people..

I Cuddles17 read the 7 cups culture guide,taken the test and now a 7 cups culture holder

Kritikaaa August 13th, 2020

@GlenM

Three things that i've learnt is that

One, It wouldn't cost you anything to be kind to someone but it'll earn them happiness.

Two, By helping others you just don't help them grow but yourself too

Three, What you give will come back at you.

I, Kritikaaa, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.

August 13th, 2020

♧ Respect the opinions and feelings of others

♧ Understand the shortcomings of others

♧ Give your best in everything and hope for the best

♧ Accept things that you can't control

♧ A listener that shares, helps and understands a friend to be a better person of theirselves

♧ Just be yourself 🤍

caffeinatedcatio August 13th, 2020

@GlenM This was such a wonderful and informative test! 💓

The three important things I learned are:

1. Failure is inevitable sometimes, but it should be taken as a learning experience more than anything else. We must face problems head on to continually develop.

2. When we aren't performing as well as we would like, it's always best to ask for feedback and improve oneself, instead of doing things the same way even when we aren't satisfied with the result, or leaving them altogether.

3. Helping others will not only help them grow but us as well. This value on self-care and acknowledging our worth even while doing something which might not originally be seen as self-improving is very important to me: we can care for others even while we care for ourselves. We care for others more when we know how to care for ourselves, as a matter of fact!

I, caffeinatedcatio, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.

MistyMagic August 13th, 2020

@GlenM

I really like the idea of self efficacy and mastery by stacking up wins so that we grow and gain knowledge and experience. Then I thought that second, we primarily focus on the biggest and most important problems in front of us. The problem is the path! Its not the destination it is the path that gets us there that is most fascinating. The Big 5 was fun too!

I, MistyMagic , have read the 7 Cups culture guide, taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holder.

Listening - One Step At A Time!

FloweryFish August 13th, 2020

Well,

Learning ; giving an advice is not the way to solve things. But always feel like the urge to give advice. I D K Why.

backing away my emotional state. at the end of some member chat; I feel like neurons have multipled, having more nervous, So, now it is time. to go make a cup of coffee. or simply start laughing at my self or Simply Chill.

Some members, are awesome; they express the issues smoothly. and some they simply listen some and talk some. I get confused who is the listener, me or them. Or maybe I'm simply writing too little of something.

learning is how much you know, learning never stops. And There is so much. For me, it is better. to learn so little of why? but enough. and so much of how they can accept or fix it.

learning that not every you learn now is suitable for everything. some, maybe most, but not all.

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Freedom BH

August 13th, 2020

I learned that facing problems helps a person to be a better version of themselves, working on purpose helps others, and giving value to everyone.

I, amiableJoy, have read the 7 Cups culture guide, has taken the test, and am now a 7 Cups Culture Holde .