I had a few people who asked me to do more on handwriting analysis as I had done on doodle analysis. I want everyone to understand a few important facts though. They are:
1. Handwriting patterns do not predict or foretell the future.
2. No single pattern should be taken out of context or interpreted alone.
3. Handwriting analysis has different meanings with different combinations although basic traits tend to remain constant for the writer.
4. Handwriting analysis only has validity when the writing is consistent and has repetition.
5. Even positive personality traits tend to become negative if used in excess or unwisely. Too much of a good thing can become a negative.
6. It takes more than a line or 2 of writing to analyze a personality.
7. I am only going to give you specific traits here as examples but again remember traits can take hundreds of twists, turns, and variations. A single trait seen must be viewed as a fluke and has little significance to that personality. Therefore for a trait to have merit, it must be seen consistently in natural writing.
8. Everyone has good days and bad days, days when they are tired or cranky, and days when they are hurried, in pain, use a pen they don't like, etc. Your handwriting will change from day to day and even during the day.
Okay, that said, one of the very first things I do when I am evaluating a medical practice for someone is to give every single person a plain unlined sheet of paper, a pen, and in their own writing, they are told to write down their job duties on one side of the paper. Then on the back they are to write each person's name that they work with and what they think that person's job duties are. They are then to sign their name at the bottom.
Just that little bit is so informative. I find offices with little communication between the front office and the back office to have no idea even who the names of the people are in the other area let alone what they do. I also find they tend to write down every single little thing they do while generalizing what the others do. I also analyze if they followed directions (one evaluation had a girl go get a lined piece of paper to use and then didn't even know anyone else's names in the entire office and she had been with the company for over 10 years - yes she was the first to be fired).
When I interview employees, I have been known to have then do this but to answer the following questions instead: 1. Why you think you are qualified for this position? 2. What you hope to accomplish in the next 6 months? 3. Sign the sheet. I have never used this personally but have trained offices on using it. Personally I go by my gut and just interview the person. I have never gone wrong when I listen to my gut but you have to understand that I used to run a home care agency that had over 1000 employees. I have probably hired and fired about the same amount so I know non-verbal and verbal traits to look for and usually within 10 minutes of meeting someone I can tell what type of person they are.
Okay here is what you need to look for on that paper and what it means:
1. Size of the writing:
a. Large writing thinks big, sees the big picture, is expansive, extroverted, comfortable in large groups, is social, ambitious, is a generalist, and bold.
b. Small writing is detail-oriented, focused, introspective, modest, has a scientific aptitude, is shy, is a specialist, and concentrates.
2. Slant of the writing:
a. A right slant means the person is extroverted, friendly, social, empathetic, emotionally responsive, future oriented, takes initiative, trusting, animated
b. A vertical slant means the person is calm, independent, objective, neutral on good judgement, fair, is a realist, practical, factual, skeptical, and cautious.
c. A left slant means the person is traditional, calculated charm, self-control, introspective, past-oriented, reserved, cautious, withdrawn, distrusts.
d. A mixed slant means the person is lively, vivacious, versatile, impressionable, unsettled, flexible, agitated, moody, erratic, unpredictable.
My personal handwriting varies from hour to hour. I am primarily a right handed person but am able to use my left hand even with cursive writing. I vary when I use my right hand or left hand just to keep both parts of my brain functional. My handwriting tends to be more of a right slant from my right hand most of the time. When I am stressed or am doing something very detailed, I tend to use a vertical slant right handed. When I use my left hand I vertical slant more often than I right slant. I have been told that is because I am primarily a right handed person and thus when I use my left hand to write, I am concentrating more therefore I am exerting more self control over myself to write with my left hand. Interesting enough in my journals, there have been times during and after grade school I would left slant with both my right hand and left hand. The times I usually did that corresponded to periods of my life that I had a lot of emotional conflict going on within myself or my family. Even today I can tell in my journals just by looking at the style of writing I used on any particular day, how I felt that day and sure enough when I would re-read that entry, I was either depressed, frustrated, unhappy, and withdrawn when I left slanted.
Lots more to come so stay tuned!
