Course 1, Discussion 5: 7 Cups Culture
Hello Leadership Crew!
I hope you have been benefitting from this course. This is the last discussion of our course 1.
We take culture seriously on 7 Cups because it is the heart of how we operate. A wise person once said: You teach what you know, but you reproduce who you are. We can have all of the best training content we want, but if our culture is not strong, then we will not be successful in growing a thriving, compassionate, community that will make a global impact.
Every organization has a culture whether by design or by default. When culture (including values and mission are not called out or made explicit, the organization defaults to an implicit or unstated culture. The unnamed culture is not always great for the end users or the community. An example of a common and implicit cultural rule or norm is that the person that makes the most money or the organization is the most important. People that work in this organization then, naturally, because it is the culture, start organizing themselves around ways to make more and more money. The ones at the top of the hierarchy are the ones that make the most money. 7 Cups cares less about money and more about compassion. We call out compassion and celebrate compassionate people because that is central to the work we do.
Please read our guide here to deeply understand our culture. We have made it explicit because we believe it is important to help us all be accountable to what we stand for and believe in. As leaders on 7 Cups, you will be models that emulate our culture and values.
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@Hope
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1-Take care of yourself:
We need self care and self love. Until e don't believe and love ourself, we cannot give love to others.
2-
Expect Failure
We all make mistakes but we learn by them. They are like lessons in life and we are improving by making them.
3-
Try Hard, this part of the guide mentioned the importance of practising, and feeling positive at the end of the day when you reflect back on everything you completed.
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- Take care of yourself: While working on work and tasks are important, but at the same time it's also important to take care of myself to prevent burnout or else, things will just get worse.
- Self-efficacy or mastery: Not everything can work out as I wish, solving problems step by step can eventually help me gain skills and master them.
- We expect failure: I tend to feel down after I have failed to do something e.g., getting a bad grade or failing my job application. I learnt that we all make mistakes and failures are there to help us learn at the same time.
@Hope
Hi : )
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i learned to be careful about my set of words and actions, to be empathetic, and to not judge people by how they look or where they come from. and i guess all these matter for us to understand that we are one big community, and there is no difference between us.
What is a key system that you need to set up in your life to help you succeed?
for me it would be a healthy routine with forms of self care and meditation and exercise
✒️ What are 3 behaviors you can implement to help you gradually grow that new system in your life?
being more patient with myself , starting learning something new, and cutting toxic ties.
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will do!
@Hope
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1. We matter, what we are doing matters. Just helping one person on here means the world to us.
2. To give my all to 7 Cups, to truly try hard and do my best. This is serious and rewarding.
3. As long as i am trying, failure is okay, it is inevitable in a way, but it also is necessary along this journes. To fail and to be courageous enough to continue.
@gloomySunshine4673
I love your take aways. Thanks for sharing these. I especially like your 3rd one that failure is okay. Getting up and trying again and continuing is what is important.
@Hope
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The culture of trust is important. Being able to know that we are trusted and we can trust the leadership at 7 Cups.
I love the diagram of our sweet spot. Being able to see the intersection between Work we are good at, work we are interested in and work that solves a problem or meets a goal we have. It reminds me of a role I had with my previous church in helping volunteers to find their sweet spot on the volunteer teams that the church had available, based on their interests, skills, talents, and what they wanted to do.
The strengths based operation is important to me. Not just that I'm operating out of my strengths but that members I am listening to, that I'm listening to them and hearing their strengths as well.
@KristenHR
That's awesome that you got to do that at your previous church. Sounds interesting and helpful to the members
@Hope
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1) Your Work Matters 7 Cups is the largest mental health system in the world. Reviews in the app store frequently discuss how 7 Cups keeps people from suicide, helps them overcome addictions, and brings them back to a place of light and hope. This isn’t an exaggeration. Your work saves lives.
2) A big part of flourishing is doing work that is personally fulfilling. Fulfilling work means that it is a) work you are good at; b) work that is interesting to you; and c) work that solves an important problem or meets an important goal (Thiel, 2015).
3) We Expect Failure Failure is nothing to be scared of and it is nothing to worry about as long as you are focused and trying. Failing because you are distracted or because you are simply not trying is a problem.
@Ivy229Thats great!
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1. Failure is ok sometimes
This is a lesson we can all take for most things in our lives
Collaboration is key
Working together helps us improve as listeners, and helps us be apart of something bigger
My work matters
I help by listening to others and in roles
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@tuffattack
I agree with you , those very important , good job
@Hope
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1. To learn to put my mental health first in order to prevent burn out
2. It's ok to fail, as long as you don't give up and keep trying
3. Communication and collaboration are important and necessary skills
@whimsicalCloud4661
Communication is highly important. :)
@whimsicalCloud4661
It's good to know that it's alright to fail lol! I hope this program is going well for you whimsical
@Hope
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-Caring for People with Fewer Financial Resources
-Try Hard
-Accountability
We live in a world where money is one of the sources of our basic needs. Not a few folks have access to money. Therefore, I believe these key factors are what important me while going through the guideline.
@casterDjack very good choice.
