Each Mi9 Team member also stands for a specific character trait: leadership, determination, initiative, tenacity, teamwork, empathy, kindness, purpose and understanding.
The Gardener, who helps to advise and facilitate the Mi9 Team superheroes, himself embodies wisdom and helps to guide each of them to reach their full potential as they grow, flourish and progress in their special skills and unique talents. Some are understanding and thoughtful, while others are strong and tenacious – but each have a special part to play in bettering the world.
CHARACTER TRAITS
LEADERSHIP (SPHINX)
Involves leading or directing another person or group of people
Requires inspiration, motivation, action, and communication
Involves focus, kindness, awareness, intelligence, and thoughtfulness
Results in bettering the world by making necessary changes and inspiring others
DETERMINATION (ATHENA)
Involves purpose and staying concentrated and firm in a journey
Requires time, energy, strength, patience, and motivation
Results in resolute focus that can be applied to any scenario
Supports long-term goals and tasks that require focused hard work
TENACITY (HOKU)
Involves persistence, steadfast determination, and confidence
Requires belief in oneself and one’s goal(s)
Encompasses strength, power, and the ability to persevere in the face of hardship
Enables one to accomplish goals, stay motivated, and never give up
TEAMWORK (REGGIE)
Involves working together and finding success amidst a group of people
Requires patience, understanding, acceptance, and a positive attitude
Results in more well-rounded, thoughtful individuals
Leads individuals to join forces to improve their lives, communities, and the whole world.
EMPATHY (PIERRE)
Enables one to identify with others and their hardships or successes
Involves seeing things from another’s perspective and understanding, appreciating, and embracing that perspective
Involves viewing the world more closely and intuitively
Results in making oneself available to others in order to connect with and help them
INITIATIVE (ECO)
Involves the ability to see an opportunity and seize it
Involves confidence, drive, motivation, and the power to take charge
Enables one to think independently about how to improve situations and environments
Results in the ability to inspire and start change
KINDNESS (YIN)
Involves caring for others and opening oneself to positivity and healthy relationships
Stands in direct opposition to negativity
Allows one to improve one’s own life and to spread positivity to others
Inspires nice acts, patience, understanding, and love
PURPOSE (YANG)
Motivates individuals to make the world better and to accomplish goals
Encompasses the reason(s) for which something exists or is done, made, or used
Requires introspection and knowledge of one’s hopes and dreams
Inspires a fixed intention to work towards an envisioned result or outcome
UNDERSTANDING (BU BEAR)
Involves being aware and “tuned in” to other’s feelings and needs
Inspires compassion, love, acceptance, and tolerance
Involves observation, an open mind, and comprehension of differences
Strengthens relationships between individuals and groups
WISDOM (THE GARDENER)
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