Success & Achievement Traits - the Top Ten as shown in
Handwriting
We all read body language instinctively.
Only 7% of our understanding actually comes from the words a
person says. So body language plays a large part in our spoken
communication process.
No less so in written communication.
Handwriting is a form of body language, recognized as such - a
branch of Psychology - by the US Congress. We all form an
impression of the writer instinctively, when we look at the
written word. By studying handwriting in depth, the entire
personality is revealed.
Below are some quick handwriting analysis tips on the subject of
goal setting and goal achieving.
1. How high up the "ladder of success" do you set your
goals?
Look at how you cross your small letter "t."
The higher the t-bar, the higher your goals. If we want to
double our goals, we want the t-bar to be very high up or right
at the top of the t-stem. Still attached, but balanced right on
the top.
If your t-bar is floating in the air above the t-stem, you've
overdone it, and are in a world of unrealistic dreams.
The lower the t-bar, the lower the goals.
If your t-bar does not cross the t-stem at all, you cannot
estimate where you set your goals.
A variety of heights of t-bar crossings is normal. It indicates
different levels of goals in different areas of our lives.
2. How much of a self starter are you?
For this you have to look carefully at the cross bar of your
small t again. But this time where it is placed is not
important, but how heavy it is.
Compare the t-bar to the rest of your writing.
If the t-bar is heavier than the other writing, then you are
self motivated, a self starter.
The same heaviness and you have average ability to get yourself
going on something, whilst a t-bar lighter than the rest of your
writing - you could do with someone to give you a push to get
you going!
3. When the going gets tough, I ... (fill in the blank)
If your motto could be "if at first you don't succeed, give up
and try something else" then you probably make your lower
extenders (the downstrokes, below the baseline on letters y, g,
j) short or very weak.
If your lower extenders are an average length, with the same
strength as the rest of your writing, then your determination to
keep going will see you through in most cases - it is average.
But if your lower extenders are long, straight and strong then
you should finish the above sentence as "When the going gets
tough, the tough get going."
A curvy lower extended is a writer who may eventually arrive at
the finishing post, but will probably take a detour along the
way.
4. Do you put things off instead of getting on with them?
This trait of procrastination shows when the t-bar, on the lower
case t, is totally to the left of the t-stem, not crossing it.
In all my collection of famous people's writing, I have found
not one with procrastination. Successful people do not
procrastinate!
5. One trait that is always a winner is enthusiasm.
If your t-bar is long and sweeping, this is what it shows. The
longer it is, the more enthusiasm is shown.
6. Another winning trait is optimism.
The optimist always looks on the bright side of things, on the
"up-side." Correspondingly optimism is shown in writing by the
t-bar going uphill towards the right of the page, or lines of
writing doing likewise.
Tip: If you're feeling down one day, try writing several lines
of writing going "uphill" - slanting upwards towards the right.
Do your t-bars the same way. Just as smiling makes you feel
happier, optimistic writing makes you feel more cheerful. Try it!
7. It's all very well to be busy, but is it productive
activity?
The trait of confusion of interests indicates that there is much
going on, so much that probably no one thing is getting the
attention it needs. Usually the result is lots of activity for
very little outcome.
This is shown when lines of writing (when written on unlined
paper) run into each other causing "confusion."
8. Are you organized?
This shows when the upper part of the small "f" is the same
length as the lower part of that letter.
If confusion and organization appear in the same writing,
whichever appears most regularly, thus being the stronger, is
the one that will show most in the person's behaviour.
9. Initiative.
Excellent trait. The ability to spot opportunity and move
towards grasping it.
Shows where the small 't' at the end of a word, instead of
having a separately drawn t-bar, or in fact any t-bar which
crosses the t-stem, has just a stroke which swings out from the
baseline towards the right. It can make the letter t resemble a
"v." Initiative also shows in other strokes.
10. And lastly, self confidence.
If you set your goals high, you need self confidence to help you
get there.
A good sized personal pronoun "I," good sized capital letters,
and a signature a little larger than the rest of the writing
show self confidence.
If any of these are overly large it indicates showmanship, which
may or may not have substance behind it.