Strengths Baby Naming

An article came out from the strengths blogger Chris Heinz several days ago. He wrote short sentences about how each of the 34 themes might go about choosing names for their babies. Several people tagged me in the post of the blog asking my thoughts. We also had several conversations about it among the TeamMates staff. I found myself reading through the list thinking, wow, this seems fairly accurate. Now I do not have kids or kids on the horizon, but when my friends have children and they share the name prior to birth, I find myself wondering, why would someone name a baby before they meet them? For me, I found myself thinking I would not want to put a child into a predetermined box prior to getting to know them a bit. I laughed when I read the description about Adaptability naming babies. Chris wrote about Adaptability saying, "You wait until the baby is born to “try on names”. It is funny that even in this quirky blog post, I was reminded that the different ways we go about things are just that- different. They are not better or worse. Rather, they are unique to the specific lens through which I see the world. I am reminded that in all things- big and small- our strengths come out of who we are. They come out in the way we make decisions, like how and when we go about choosing a name for a child. Our strengths come out in the way we lead other people. Our strengths come out in the way we build relationships with people. Our strengths come out in the way we think about the world around us.

Take a look at the blog post linked HERE and let us know what you think! Does the listing hold to true to how you have or how you would name a baby if you are given that opportunity?

Take the learning from this to ask your mentee about the ways in which they go about making decisions. How do your strengths influence your decisions? Compare and contrast the ways you both go about making decisions differently based on your strengths.

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