The Animal in You

I once remember my colleagues returning from a training seminar on group dynamics and all they were talking about was animals. Apparently, during the seminar they had been taught a principle which categorized people into different groups that related to animal characteristics. There were about 12 of them, but the ones I remember distinctly are:

The donkey: these are people that are very stubborn and will not change their point of view
The lion: the kind of people who fight whenever others disagree with their plans
The ostrich: the type of person that buries his head in the sand and refuses to admit any problem at all
The cat: this type of person is always looking for sympathy
The tortoise: who withdraws from the group refusing to give ideas or opinions
The peacock: these are the ones who are always competing for attention – they think too highly of themselves.

So next time you meet someone, be sure to take a closer look at them. You might actually be face to face with a housefly – a regular pest that always turns up when they are not wanted and sticks their hands into everything. Or perhaps you might be dating a butterfly – hardly sticks to one thing, always flitting from this to the other. Or you might be lucky enough to meet a tiger – the kind that has a high level of social tolerance so their fights are kept to a minimum.

Or maybe I should be asking, what kind of an animal are you?