Explore and Empower: Leveraging Personality Types in Parenting and Personal growth

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Ever felt that understanding the introvert-extrovert spectrum could revolutionize your parenting approach? That's precisely what I'm discussing into in today's episode, I'm unraveling the fascinating world of personality types, exploring how these traits influence our behavior, decisions, and interactions with others.  This episode shares about leveraging your personality type to foster growth, learn new skills, and strike a balance between personal and professional life - particularly if you're a single mom. 

 As a single mom, you face unique challenges. I'm here to help with strategies and advice to stay motivated and achieve your goals. It's not just about understanding who you are, but also about harnessing the power of your personality and your children's to navigate life confidently. Tune in for an episode packed with life-changing wisdom!

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hey ladies, welcome to the Single Moms United
podcast, where we cannot spellUnited without the letter U or Y
, o, u.
Hey, if this is your first timevisiting, thank you for joining
.
If you are a repeat listener,thank you for your loyalty.

(00:26):
You already know my heart isjust elated that you continue to
come back and listen to everynew episode and I appreciate
that.
For the folks far and near,thank you, super boost to my ego
.
I appreciate that.
So, hey, let's get right downto what we want to talk about

(00:48):
today Again.
I've been focusing on the letterE, as far as extracting words
can apply to parenting skills,and I know I've talked in the
past about education, and sotoday this really is more so for
you, single Mom, if you'retrying to develop a new skill

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and say you know what I wantbetter for myself, I want better
for my children.
I just need to know more thereality.
The more you know, the more yougrow.
We live in a world today wherethere are just so many
opportunities to learn and youdon't even have to leave your

(01:31):
house to learn them.
So I just want to spend alittle time with you today to
talk about do you understandyour personality.
I'm told that there are twopersonality types.
One is an introvert and one isan extrovert, and I'm not sure
if you've heard of these termsbefore.

(01:52):
Along my career journey, we hadto take personality type tests,
which was cool.
I didn't understand it at thetime, but now it makes a lot of
sense and I'm not sure how muchyou have heard about personality
types, but this is anopportunity for you to see which
one you closely aligned to.

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And so let's just start offwith an extrovert.
What is an extrovert?
Based on the definition in thedictionary, it says a person who
was predominantly focused onexternal things or social
interactions, rather thaninternal thoughts and feelings,

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often characterized as beingoutgoing or socially confident.
Okay, so let me bring it downto eye level.
What that means is you don'tlike to stay in the house, you
like to interact with people,you enjoy going out, you love
talking to people.

(02:54):
That that's your thing, youknow.
And if you're not engaging withsomeone at some time, either
through social media or justface to face, then you're not an
extrovert.
But again, an extrovert, inlayman's terms, is just someone
that enjoys going out.

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And my mom used to say don'tmeet a stranger, you're
interacting with everybody andthat's okay.
That's what it means to be anextrovert.
Now, an introvert is the exactopposite.
The dictionary defines introvertas a person who was
predominantly focused oninternal thoughts and feelings

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rather than on external thingsand social interaction.
Now I really can speak to thisbecause I'm an introvert.
That means I'm uncomfortable inpublic settings.
Yeah, I really am.
And you say, really, you'redoing this podcast and you sound
all bubbly and cheerful.

(04:00):
That's because I'm home aloneand with a microphone in my hand
.
I'm an introvert.
I prefer being home alone.
I'm okay with not being out,I'm okay with being in my home.
When COVID hit, I think Iactually did a cheer and was

(04:21):
like, yes, did the happy dance,I don't have to go into the
office anymore.
Woo, woo.
This is it for me, because I'man introvert.
It's okay to be an extrovert.
It's okay to be an introvert.
You just gotta understand whoyou are, the reason why you have

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to understand it's going topivot you to the right area
where you're trying to grow orgo to expand your skill set or
add a skill set.
If you're an introvert, thenyou're really not wanting to
expand your skill set or learnhow to be a public speaker Make

(05:04):
sense, right.
You just don't want to be inthe front of people, so it makes
no sense, as an introvert, topursue that.
Now, as an introvert, maybe youwant to learn more about
computers.
Maybe you want to learn moreabout Microsoft Office, like
Microsoft Word or MicrosoftExcel, which, by the way, is one

(05:25):
of my favorite programs becauseit does all the calculations
for you and all of that, and Iput my budget in there and once
I build my template, I'm good togo.
Powerpoint you can createpresentations and so forth.
These are things introverts liketo do.
We're left alone to work onthings like that.

(05:48):
We're an extrovert.
You're like this is boring,this is boring.
I need to be around people, Ineed to engage with people.
You got to understand what yourpersonality type is and then
you can bring on some new skills, learn some new skill sets to
put in your back pocket.
And here's the better news.

(06:09):
Here's the better news Now thatyou understand what your
personality type is, you'llunderstand what your child's
personality type is, and howwill this help them get through
school?
Hmm, think about that.
Miss Jones keeps calling onlittle Bobby and little Bobby is

(06:32):
like I don't know, miss Jones,I don't know, please don't call
on me.
Well, bobby's probably anintrovert.
He's uncomfortable being inthat setting.
He doesn't want to be calledout like that and we have to
understand that.
So we have to work with littleBobby in these situations and
maybe we talk to the teacher andcome up with a plan on how to

(06:56):
get Bobby more engaged, butdifferently.
Think about that.
And then you have little CindySue.
You know she always got herhand up, I know.
I know I have the answer to thequestion.
Miss Jones, I have a here here.
I am right here.
See my hand.
Well, cindy Sue, she's anextrovert, she's an extrovert.

(07:18):
So now you got to figure outlike, okay, babe, listen, let
somebody else have a turn.
But you have to understandthese personality types.
You have to for your sake, foryour children's sake, as we
continue to go through life.
Some things are going to makesense as to why you're

(07:42):
uncomfortable in certainsituations.
Right Again, ladies, take thistime.
Understand the differencebetween an introvert and an
extrovert.
This is not all inclusive, I'mjust.
This podcast is designed to getyou to think.
It's designed to get you to goout and say is this applicable

(08:07):
to me?
And if it's applicable to me.
Then how do I learn more?
Right, because I'm not the end,all be all.
I'm just here planting a seedto get you to think about these
things and then pursue it.
There's plenty of professionalsout there that can definitely
sum things up a lot better thanI can.

(08:28):
It's up to you to take thatinitiative, to learn, understand
what it means to do thesethings.
Long story short, get a secondskill, third skill, under your
belt, ladies, to be moremarketable.
If you have a job and you wantto go to another level, build in
that additional skill.

(08:49):
Also, take this opportunity ifyou want to just get out the
house and finally do somethingdifferent and you don't want to
work at fast food, you don'twant to work at Walmart.
Learn some basic things,because it's the basics that's
going to get you to the nextlevel.
I started at my job 34 years agoand I started doing data entry

(09:16):
for four hours a day.
I work my way all the way up tocorporate.
I've traveled all over thisworld.
I've traveled all over thiscountry, but keep in mind, I
started as a data entryspecialist.
Then I said I want to learnmore, and then I kept pressing

(09:37):
forward to learn more.
I started talking to people indifferent roles and positions.
How did you get here?
Tell me about it.
But you have to be inquisitive.
Once you identify yourpersonality type, understand
other personality types that mayjust be like you.

(09:59):
If you're introvert, like me,what did you do to get to this
next level?
How did you go about it?
What was your approach?
If you're an extrovert, thenyou want to link up with an
extrovert Right.
Understand their skill sets,how they got where they are.
So the formula is easy.
The formula is easy Again,ladies, thank you for your time

(10:27):
today.
I hope you found value in thisepisode.
If you did, tell another singlemom also visit my website.
Single moms united podcastcom.
Leave me some feedback.
Let me know this was helpful.
It wasn't helpful, or maybe youhave other topics you would

(10:50):
like for me to discuss.
I would love, love, love tohear from you.
Take care, ladies.
Have a wonderful day.
Talk to you soon.