Comments on: Are You a Tigger, an Eeyore, or a Pooh? http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/ Christian Personal Finance - Financial help blog, debt help and other financial resources Tue, 14 Feb 2012 21:22:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Not-A-Poo http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-165771 Not-A-Poo Mon, 16 Jan 2012 05:54:18 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-165771 Why is everyone saying I'm a poo? How sad. I would never like to be a poo. Why is everyone saying I’m a poo? How sad. I would never like to be a poo.

]]> By: Anne @ Escaping 22:7 http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-55484 Anne @ Escaping 22:7 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:14:12 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-55484 Joe, Yes, I agree that recognizing our "honey" is a good way to at least start dealing with it. The problem with honey though is it really is so tempting! Poor Pooh is always sidetracked by that honey. We're learning to leave our debit cards (and cash and checks) at home when we're headed out to help ourselves say no. Thank you! For the most part I've learned to diplomatically say "no." My husband teases me now and says I'm able to tell people to go to - well, an unhappy place - and they will thank me for it (because it was done in a nice way). Learning what is really important to me has helped tremendously because when I realize what I value I also am unwilling to let someone take that away. Joe,

Yes, I agree that recognizing our “honey” is a good way to at least start dealing with it. The problem with honey though is it really is so tempting! Poor Pooh is always sidetracked by that honey. We’re learning to leave our debit cards (and cash and checks) at home when we’re headed out to help ourselves say no.

Thank you! For the most part I’ve learned to diplomatically say “no.” My husband teases me now and says I’m able to tell people to go to – well, an unhappy place – and they will thank me for it (because it was done in a nice way). Learning what is really important to me has helped tremendously because when I realize what I value I also am unwilling to let someone take that away.

]]> By: Joe Plemon http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-55313 Joe Plemon Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:45:47 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-55313 Anne, Yes, we do have our "honey" issues. Mine, as I mentioned before, is power tools. But don't you think that recognizing your "honey" is a good way to deal with it? And congrats about learning to please people without being to your detriment. Did you learn how to diplomatically say "no"? Anne,
Yes, we do have our “honey” issues. Mine, as I mentioned before, is power tools. But don’t you think that recognizing your “honey” is a good way to deal with it?

And congrats about learning to please people without being to your detriment. Did you learn how to diplomatically say “no”?

]]> By: Anne @ Escaping 22:7 http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-55270 Anne @ Escaping 22:7 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 17:25:55 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-55270 Pooh! I am much more like Pooh than the other two (at least I think I am). I do want to please people but have learned not to do it to our detriment. Our honey is eating out...oh how hard it is to pass by the sweet aroma of food just calling for us to come in and partake! Pooh! I am much more like Pooh than the other two (at least I think I am). I do want to please people but have learned not to do it to our detriment. Our honey is eating out…oh how hard it is to pass by the sweet aroma of food just calling for us to come in and partake!

]]> By: Joe Plemon http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-55199 Joe Plemon Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:07:37 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-55199 @Kevin, Yes, we need to keep that inner Eeyore in line. Sometimes I like to remind him that the things I dread never turn out as bad as I imagine. But I like your suggestion of telling him to keep a lid on it! @Moneyedup, Very funny application...getting into sticky messes. Good things for friends who help us get "unstuck". @Glass is Half, About being married to someone who has a different personality...join the club. Most people do because we are attracted to the traits in them that we don't have. Larry Burkett once said that if you marry someone exactly like you, one of you is unnecessary. I used the Tigger/Eeyore personality type to describe someone who will take calculated risks (from The Millionaire Mind). I suppose the Eeyore/Tigger type would be less prone to take those calculated risks and would be more pessimistic about the outcome. Is there any place for Piglet and other Pooh character? Absolutely. I expected someone to ask. Maybe I had better start a series using these and other cartoon characters. @Kevin,
Yes, we need to keep that inner Eeyore in line. Sometimes I like to remind him that the things I dread never turn out as bad as I imagine. But I like your suggestion of telling him to keep a lid on it!

@Moneyedup,
Very funny application…getting into sticky messes. Good things for friends who help us get “unstuck”.

@Glass is Half,
About being married to someone who has a different personality…join the club. Most people do because we are attracted to the traits in them that we don’t have. Larry Burkett once said that if you marry someone exactly like you, one of you is unnecessary.

I used the Tigger/Eeyore personality type to describe someone who will take calculated risks (from The Millionaire Mind). I suppose the Eeyore/Tigger type would be less prone to take those calculated risks and would be more pessimistic about the outcome.

Is there any place for Piglet and other Pooh character? Absolutely. I expected someone to ask. Maybe I had better start a series using these and other cartoon characters.

]]> By: Glass Is Half http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-55146 Glass Is Half Fri, 23 Jul 2010 08:08:57 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-55146 Hmmm ... what would your suggestion be for a Pooh (me) married to a combination Eeyore/Tigger??? While my savings plan and efforts are definitely there - an emergency fund is unfortunately something that is just not in the picture right now. Noticed in one of the comments that you mentioned millionaire mind and a combination of Tigger/Eeyore ... I'm also wondering if that is different when it is Eeyore/Tigger so that the the dominant "personality" is Eeyore? Also in keeping with the anology ... is there any place for Piglet and the other characters! :) Hmmm … what would your suggestion be for a Pooh (me) married to a combination Eeyore/Tigger??? While my savings plan and efforts are definitely there – an emergency fund is unfortunately something that is just not in the picture right now.

Noticed in one of the comments that you mentioned millionaire mind and a combination of Tigger/Eeyore … I’m also wondering if that is different when it is Eeyore/Tigger so that the the dominant “personality” is Eeyore?

Also in keeping with the anology … is there any place for Piglet and the other characters! :)

]]> By: Moneyedup http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-55082 Moneyedup Fri, 23 Jul 2010 02:50:41 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-55082 I would say that I am a Pooh because I get myself stuck in many sticky situations (just like Pooh gets himself stuck in honey jars all the time). I get myself into these amazing situations where there is no winning, or my options are so diverse I can't choose. Sometimes the situations are very complex and involve last minute problem solving as I am en route to another country! Eventually things work out in the end, and I usually end up calling on my friends, just like Pooh. I would say that I am a Pooh because I get myself stuck in many sticky situations (just like Pooh gets himself stuck in honey jars all the time). I get myself into these amazing situations where there is no winning, or my options are so diverse I can’t choose. Sometimes the situations are very complex and involve last minute problem solving as I am en route to another country! Eventually things work out in the end, and I usually end up calling on my friends, just like Pooh.

]]> By: Kevin@InvestItWisely http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-54979 Kevin@InvestItWisely Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:36:38 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-54979 It can be tough at times. Sometimes, I tell him it's not so bad, that things could always be worse. Sometimes, I tell him that there are many good things to look forward to, and there are many things that I should be happy for and consider myself blessed. Sometimes, I just need to tell him to put a lid on it ;) It can be tough at times. Sometimes, I tell him it’s not so bad, that things could always be worse. Sometimes, I tell him that there are many good things to look forward to, and there are many things that I should be happy for and consider myself blessed.

Sometimes, I just need to tell him to put a lid on it ;)

]]> By: Joe Plemon http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-54949 Joe Plemon Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:34:20 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-54949 Kevin, Yes, bad news can definitely bring out the Eeyore in us. How do you fight that inner eeyore? Kevin,
Yes, bad news can definitely bring out the Eeyore in us. How do you fight that inner eeyore?

]]> By: Kevin@InvestItWisely http://christianpf.com/are-you-a-tigger-an-eeyore-or-a-pooh/comment-page-1/#comment-54929 Kevin@InvestItWisely Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:15:51 +0000 http://christianpf.com/?p=8745#comment-54929 I sometimes need to work to keep the eeyore from becoming too dominant, what with the constant bombardment of bad news from all corners ;) I sometimes need to work to keep the eeyore from becoming too dominant, what with the constant bombardment of bad news from all corners ;)

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