Personality Traits

You know you’re a Lion if...

You know you’re a Lion if you’re a strong, assertive, take charge person -- For example, at work you’re the boss – or at least you think you are!

You know you’re a Lion if you are impatient with obstacles in your way – like thinking that stoplights are a tool of Satan!

You know you’re a Lion if… you hate rest stops on road trips and like to keep the car moving no matter what – so that all those people who you’ve been passing don’t start passing you!

You don’t have to be motivated – just pointed!

You’re a self-starter who can often people moving in the direction you want to go!

You enjoy challenges – and have been known to even break something so you can fit it!

And finally, you know you’re a Lion, if you talk to your parents about your childhood, and they tell you that when you let them live at home!

You know you’re an Otter if…

You’re fun-loving and very verbal – so verbal that you love to "Yak, Yak, Yak!"

You know you’re an Otter if… you’re fast-paced and spontaneous.

You know you’re an Otter… if instead of doing fine details like balancing the check-book – you just switch banks to finally discover your balance!

You know you’re an Otter if… you not only trust everyone, but if like being a cheerleader for people and things, even though you’ve been out of high school for years.

You know you’re an Otter if… you mix easily with others – meaning you go to as many Christmas parties and events on a single night as you can during the Holiday season.

You know you’re an Otter if… you love starting things – and you love even more having other people finish them!

You know you’re an Otter if… you know dozens and dozens of people – you just don’t know their names!

You know you’re a Golden Retriever if…

You’ve been told time and again that you’re a “team player” – even if you never played sports.

You make sure that everyone has something to eat before you start eating yourself,

You call to check on the kids (your spouse, the dog) more than once a night when you’re out for a few hours, just to make sure that everyone’s “fine”

You know you’re a Golden Retriever if at work or with friends, you want everyone to get along and be happy

You talk to your parents and they tell you that when you were little, you’d send yourself to “time out” when you did something wrong!

You know you’re a golden Retriever if… when problems you come up, you tend to say things like, “Oh, give it a day… What’s a week?… It’s only been a month… Next year…”

And you know you’re a Golden Retriever if you tend to buy 18 to 20 boxes of Girl Scout cookies each years, because it’s seems genetically impossible to say that small but important word, “No!”

You know you’re a Beaver if…

You like to follow rules and get nervous if there’s no “rule book” or instructions!

You actually like to finish a project before starting the next one

You fold your dirty clothes before putting them in the hamper!

You can actually set the clock on the VCR – because you read the instruction book!

You catch the bank making a .27 cent mistake on your statement

You like lists, and lists, and lists…

When you park the car, there’s that string hanging down from the garage ceiling with that little ball!

You actually have a sock drawer – unlike the Otters who have sock rooms!

Obviously, we’re using some exaggeration to highlight the characteristics of these four “animals,” but having quickly read through all four lists, which “animal” internally “sounds” the most like you?

Lion ___ Otter ___ Golden Retriever ____ Beaver ____

Ask your spouse or a loved one which animal they think you’re most like?

Lion ___ Otter ___ Golden Retriever ____ Beaver ____

With your child or children, even if they’re young, which animal sounds the most like him or her?

Lion ___ Otter ___ Golden Retriever ____ Beaver ____