Making the choice

Imagine you are in a group or training situation and you are given the following task: “Name your animal.”

What would you answer?

Many years ago I was in this situation and struggled to find the right answer. What was my animal? What does that question even mean? I was considering the attributes typically associated with a specific animal. Owls are wise, foxes are sly, snakes are false, and so on. What attribute did I want to be associated with?

Having everyone’s eyes on me and the trainer ready to put my choice on the flipchart, I felt the pressure mounting. Time slowed down and I finally blurted out my choice.