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Attitude Profile

What's Real to You?

WHAT’S MY ATTITUDE PROFILE

FRUGAL means:

Loves to hold and save money

Believes that money is security

Saves money because it provides some protection against uncertainties

Being good at budgeting, prioritizing, and waiting until things are on sale.

NOT IMPORTANT means:

Avoids money

Feels nervous about money

Rather spend time on things enjoy doing, such as hobbies, sports, outdoors

PLEASURE means:

Loves to spend money on whatever will make them happy

Doesn’t like saving

Being generous to themselves and others

Borrows money to spend now

POWERFUL means:

Wants to make things happen

Believes money is power, more one has more powerful he/she will be

Believes money makes one feel in control of his/her life

Takes risks to make more money

SUCCESS means:

Having money and “things” bring happiness

Thinks more money and things will bring more happiness

Believes that people can’t be happy without possessions

SELF-WORTH means:

Measures own value by how much money one has

Thinks people judge others on the amount of money they have

Values how much they have accumulated, not relationships with other people

Modified and reprinted from 4HCCS BU-07710 2002, Money Fun-damentals; “Money Personality Profile”. pages 3, 4 with permission of the National 4-H Cooperative Curriculum System, Inc.Ó(2004) 4HCCS