Inspiration

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Unleash Your Parenting Potential with Inspiration

Learn what defines this parenting strength, what motivates your parenting, how to gain energy, areas to contribute your best, and what to avoid to reduce struggles in parenting. 

Description

See and motivate talents through practice and persistence. Give wise, motivating counsel to encourage and inspire the best.

Motivators

Ambition & Achievement

Energizers

Change, Influence, Connection, Admiration, Growth

Contributions

Enthusiasm, Drive, Ambition, Charisma, Determination, Emotional Intelligence

Struggles

Lack of follow-up; Initial momentum but little follow-through Emotional decisions

Use Your Inspiration Strength to Meet Your Child's Basic Needs

Learn how to use this parenting strength to show love, build trust, give hope, establish structure, and bring correction for bringing out the best in your child. 

Show Love

  • Display enthusiastic outlook always

  • Call out the best in who kids are and who they may become

  • Display affection w/ words and touch

Build Trust

  • Express encouraging words to build-up

  • Show up to kid events

  • Tell the truth to their children

Give Hope

  • Teach joy  even in difficult times

  • Remind kids of past victories

  • Point out kids’ strengths and tell them they have what it takes to be incredible

Establish Structure

  • Set example expected to follow

  • Clarify all rules of engagement

  • Set goals and establish routines

Bring Correction

  • Share from experiences

  • Clearly define consequences

  • Express displeasure and explain the implications of bad decisions

Use These Strategies Today to Feel Confident and Truly Make a Difference in Your Family

Strategies

  1. Natural leader who helps others see full potential with excitement and enthusiasm

  2. Great at connecting personally and learning about challenges and problems

  3. Inspire and motivate pursuit of goals to live the best life and instill the sense they can do anything

Inspiration

Listen as Theresa shares how she uses  her Inspiration strength to parent her two daughters in this interview with Cynthia.

 

Find the Best of You

While there are common ways that parents use their Inspiration strength, how you use this strength to the full extent is unique to you when combined with your other parenting strengths.

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DEFENDER
FORTITUDE
GRACIOUS
INSPIRATION
OBJECTIVITY
ORGANIZER
SENSITIVITY
STABILITY
TENDERNESS
TRAINER
ZEST

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COMPETITOR

ENERGIZER

GO-GETTER

GUARDIAN

ORIGINATOR

OPTIMIST

PERFORMER

PERSUADER

RING LEADER

SEEKER

TEAM LEADER

THINKER

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