Ty Howard
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So what big questions inspire and empower teens?
Inspiring minds want to know.
Teenagers are often inspired and empowered by three things – fun, opportunity, and money. In contrast, parents are often inspired and motivated by the desire for freedom from worry and anxiety.
Teens become interested and engaged in activities that are fun, and the fun stuff may often feel like it is more important to them than school, eating or sleeping. They want opportunity and resources to help them grow and succeed, and go where they want to get to in life. And lastly, teenagers want money so they can create and build the life, opportunities, and fun they want for themselves.
But, ultimately teenagers want to grow up with self-esteem, social acceptance, friends, confidence, and the feeling of being empowered. If you can find out what inspires your teenager, you can be successful in supporting him or her through important transitions in life.
Here are 24 Big Questions to inspire and empower your teenager.
1) If you could wake up tomorrow with a superpower, what superpower would you want to have? Also, how would you use your power to help and better the world?
2) What are you proudest of in your life? How do you plan to create more proud moments in your life going forward?
3) What is your biggest worry? How do you feel you or we could solve it?
4) How would you prepare for and describe a perfect day for you?
5) What is self-esteem? How would you advice one of your friends with low self-esteem to build a higher level of self-esteem?
6) If you could do something like your Mom/Dad does, what would you want to be able to do?
7) What is something you want to be in life when you grow up that you thought you could never tell me but maybe want to tell me now?
8) What do you feel you can be the best at in the world?
9) Do you have personal goals for your life? An action plan? If yes, how do you know it's working?
10) What is love? How important is feeling loved to you?
11) What your best thing to do right now?
12) Why do you get up in the morning and go to school?
13) What do you want to experience more of?
14) What have you learned that you feel you will use for the rest of your life?
15) How do you currently feel about yourself and your self-image?
16) Right now in your life, what would people pay you for when it comes to your current skills, education and work ethic?
17) What would make life more wonderful for you?
18) When you feel stuck in life, how do you get yourself unstuck?
19) What does emotional health and social health mean to you? Do you feel you have strong emotional and social health?
20) What's your opinion on spirituality and faith? How important is spirituality and faith to you?
21) How do you feel about learning and getting a quality education?
22) What's your opinion on opioids and other abused drugs? How would you encourage someone you truly care about to not use or abuse illegal drugs?
23) What or who motivates and encourages you to be and do better? Why?
24) If you had all the money in the world, how would you spend it?
The following two statements were made in the movie The Lion King by the character Mufasa:
"As you go through life, you will see that there is so much we don't understand. And the only thing we know is that things don't always go the way we plan."
"Believe in yourself and there will come a day when others will have no choice but to believe with you."
The right question can be just the right prompt to help your teenager move in a better direction. Even better—inspiring and empowering questions help to shape their day, solve a problem, figure out next steps, or get them “on the right path.” Begin asking the above 24 Big Questions to your teen today and encourage them to use their cognitive abilities to take continues positive action, gain a better perspective, and make the most of any situation going forward.
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About the Author: Ty Howard,
Founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of MOTIVATION magazine
Ty Howard is a nationally and internationally renowned success-habits development consultant, youth performance improvement expert, and motivational speaker who can connect with and inspire teens, young adults, and education professionals on all levels. He is the creator and lead facilitator of the trademarked Untie the Knots® Process, and the author of the best-selling book Untie the Knots® That Tie Up Your Life: A Practical Guide to Freeing Yourself from Toxic Habits, Choices, People, and Relationships, as well as dozens of published articles on relationships, healthy habits development, empowerment and peak performance worldwide.
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