Our 12 Spirit Animals - Travelstride Work Values Illustrated by our Furry and Feathery Friends

April 22, 2019

At Travelstride we love travel.

We also love animals. And working purposefully. And values. And fun ways to remember and reference our values.

Spirit Animals

So we put those together and came up with this helpful visual guide for ourselves on how we want to work as individuals and as a team. Silly? Perhaps. Awesome? You betcha.

Dive in and enjoy and tell us your favorite spirit animal in the comments section

Be like the Peregrine Falcon

Speed and Vision - have keen vision and look at problems and opportunities from a high vantage to get the full picture and carefully select targets.

Peregrine Falcon

Be like the Wolf

Coordinate with your team for hunting success. Think strategically, not relying on brute strength;  Have high emotional intelligence and be trustworthy.

Wolf

Be like the Otter

Play every day and find ways to make work fun - be curious, playful, use tools, flexible, amphibius, agile

Otter

Be like the Ant

Carry multiples of your body weight. Always do more than your fair share and find ways to do more with less. Support the group.

Ants

Be like the Bee

Think beyond yourself. Go for the group’s goals. Create positive externalities (pollinate!)

Bees

Be like the Beaver

Build ecosystems (beaver ponds) that help us and our partners; Build to last - not forever, but for long ‘enough’

Beaver

Be like the Elephant

Don’t forget, write things down and share them with the team. Don’t reinvent the wheel.

Elephants

Be like the Badger

Never give up. Persist against adversity.

Badger

Be like a Caterpillar

Eat, grow, have faith and use hard work to transform yourself and your projects into something extraordinary

caterpillar

Be like a Dolphin

Be friendly - great customer service. Start with a smile.

dolphin

Be like a Rat

Be resilient and adaptable. Thrive in many harsh environments that others would perish in.

rat

Be like the Mongoose

Be a strategic risk taker with secret superpowers. (eats snakes thanks to its partial immunity to snake venom)

Mongoose


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