Are you a Winnie the Pooh or an Eeyore?

Last week I mentioned to the boys that our family home was burgled on the afternoon our youngest son was born. That was some 24 years ago. We lost a lot of electrical gear, cameras and jewellery, along with two of the favourite toys of our older children - Winnie the Pooh and Eeyore.
More importantly, I asked the boys to consider the personalities of these two beloved A.A. Milne characters and whether they are more like Winnie the Pooh or Eeyore? Do they have a strength mindset, or a deficit mindset? Do they have a growth mindset that works on growing their strengths and the strengths of others, or are they always concentrating on their own weaknesses and faults, and the faults and weaknesses of others?
Winnie the Pooh: Growth Mindset
Although Pooh humbly confesses to be a bear of 'very little brain' we can learn a lot from his insights on wellbeing, growth mindset and resilience (or 'bounciness' as Tigger might call it).
He:

• builds capacity.
• releases potential.
• nurtures competence.
• intends to have a great day.
• commits to try new things, as often as you can
• understands and accepts who he is, quirks and all.
• does not have the expectation that he has to be brilliant at everything.
• plays to his strengths.
• concentrates on what’s right with people.
• chooses a perspective to 'live purposefully' and enjoy life.
• wants to GROW and GIVE.