Ebook
Bring Out the Best in Your Children
How can a good parent like you become an even greater
parent? By shifting the focus to what’s right with your kids
instead of what is wrong with them. Discover how you can replace
your frustration with joy by taking the pressure of performance and
comparison off your children’s shoulders.
Based in the belief that every child has God-given greatness
within them, Play to Their Strengths shows you how to move
with the natural momentum of your kids’ talents and make the shift
to a collaborative, strengths-based, and motivational approach to
parenting. You’ll see the powerful results of this shift in
your children’s shining eyes—and your own.
The unique Playbook in the back of the book equips you to put into
practice the ideas in each chapter. Answer questions and engage in
activities with your spouse and kids to uncover talent and discover
greatness. The Playbook makes great advice personal as you apply it
to the specific family dynamics in your home.
Now is the perfect time to experience a fresh fascination with your
children and uncover the hidden gem inside each of them.
“Analyn and Brandon Miller have created one of the best places
to start developing a parenting approach based in strengths!”
—Tom Rath, researcher and author of the bestseller
StrengthsFinder 2.0
“This book is a powerful and empowering read for any parent who
wants to bring out the God-given gifts in their child.”
—Lea Waters, psychologist and author of The Strength Switch:
How the New Science of Strength-Based Parenting Can Help Your Child
and Your Teen to Flourish
“Analyn and Brandon are inviting parents everywhere to help each
child find what makes their eyes shine with happiness. I love their
journey, the lessons they’ve learned, and the tools they share with
parents everywhere. Highly recommended!”
—Paul Allen, CEO of Soar.com
“While reading Play to Their Strengths, all I could think
about was how fast I wanted to give a copy to my son and
daughter-in-law—new parents of my first grandchild. Who wouldn’t
want to learn parenting wisdom from Brandon and Analyn, who have
played to the strengths of seven children?”
—Brent O’Bannon, author of Let’s Talk Strengths
“In this age of parenting the perfect child and the stress that
goal brings upon all parties, this tremendously powerful resource
offers a quieter, stronger, more effective approach. Become friends
with this book and listen to its wisdom. One of my favorite lines
is, ‘Who is this child, and how do we parent her to become who God
made her to be?’ Ask yourself what kind of life you would have had
if your parents had adopted that approach! The chapters and
parenting playbook are remarkable and entertaining—get your
highlighter out and mark those ideas that resonate with you. Think
about how they apply to your family—your children, nieces or
nephews, or grandchildren. Then put them to work and experience for
yourself how everything changes. Your kids will love you for it. I
promise.”
—Maureen Electa Monte, author of Destination
Unstoppable
“If you’re frustrated and irritated with your kids all the time,
there may be something deeper for you to discover. What would it be
like if you could identify your child’s natural talents and fall in
love with who they were born to be? And what if you could uncover
their mission and the calling on their life and encourage and
nurture them along the way? Sound like lofty ideas, almost
impossible to attain…until you read Play to Their Strengths.
The methods and strategies in this amazing book by Brandon and
Analyn Miller are timely and relevant for any generation and any
family. Finally!”
—Rhonda Knight Boyle, author of Turning Talents into
Strengths: Stories of Coaching Transformation
“Play to Their Strengths will help you become a better
parent and your child become the best they can be.”
—Dave Ferguson, pastor and author of Hero Maker: 5 Essential
Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders
“In Play to Their Strengths, Brandon and Analyn Miller
lay out a clear and easily adaptable path for seeing each child as
a unique individual, ready to give the world the contribution they
were brought into this life to give.”
—Jenifer Fox, author of Your Child’s Strengths
Brandon and Analyn Miller are successful business owners
and the parents of seven children. They are passionate about seeing
families engage a strengths-based parenting approach that unearths
the uniqueness in every child and empowers positive parent-child
relationships through every stage of life. Brandon is a Certified
Strengths Coach through the Gallup Organization and the CEO of 34
Strong, a coaching and consulting firm dedicated to improving
employee engagement. Analyn owns and operates the Analyn Miller
Group, part of Keller Williams Realty.