Ten Decisive Steps to
Motivating your Delinquent Teen to Action
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STEP EIGHT
FORECASTING
If one can envision it, then there is a possibility
that one can have it. It is
highly believed that the positive or negative that you speak into a
child’s life can become a reality through them living out your
expectations. We have a
thing in Christianity that is called naming it and claiming it or
speaking it into being, and motivationists believe that whatever they
believe or profess can become a reality. Science even corroborates that
a highly motivated and positive attitude can affect a person’s mental
state or physical condition for the better.
The idea behind forecasting is a spiritual science.
KEY POINTS
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Whatever it is that
you want your teen to achieve, speak it into being.
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Profess to them
that they can and will achieve.
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Let them know of
the high expectations you have of them.
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Let them know that
you believe in them and their abilities.
Even if the evidence belies this, speak positively in their
lives.
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Tell them good
things. Make good
predictions about their future.
They will often be motivated to achieve the very things you
predict.
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Encourage them to
dream about the type of life they would like to have in the future, to
forecast it. They will often
start making plans mentally and otherwise to achieve their life’s goal.
Where they lack the initiative, it is your job to guide them as
to the steps they should take to fulfill their dreams.
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Let them know that
the more positive they are about their future, the more likely they are
to succeed in accomplishing their goals.
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The key to
motivating a delinquent teen to action is to motivate them by allowing
them to see or forecast the positive results or benefits of change or
action as opposed to in-action, laziness, indecisiveness, lack of
direction and focus.
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If they can’t
envision the future, then paint the picture for them and show them a
beautiful world where the sky is no limit as to what is achievable and
possible and that it can all be theirs if they just try.
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Even if there is no
evidence of such according to their present behavior, paint a picture of
success for them should they change their behavior.