Winter 2008
Dear Analyst,
I am having a hard time feeling comfortable at business gatherings. It is important to my job to be able to talk with people and network. I don’t feel like talking and I leave early. Is there a simple quick way to change that?
-- Cecil, NY
Dear Cecil,
Indeed there is. You probably had to wear a name tag and my guess is that you wrote your name close to the left side of the tag. This would indicate a withdrawal of self, a feeling of shyness. Make a conscious effort to remember to boldly write your name without hugging the left side of the paper. Yet another possibility is that your t-bars may be crossed too low. Before going to a party, practice writing your t-bars slightly higher then you normally write. You may notice a shift in your behavior to be more outgoing.
Dear Readers, Having a hard time keeping that New Year’s resolution of reaching a goal such as organizing your home office or losing weight? If you are like most people, you eventually give up. But what if there was a simple technique to help you complete your project? First look and see if your lower case f’s have the loop of blind persistence. That is where the lower loop meets the baseline and swings left before moving forward to the right. If it does then you are fighting an upward battle. It’s like beating your head against a brick wall. Instead, by removing that movement back and then forward in the
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loop you create the window of opportunity without effort. Sometimes trying too hard can have the exact opposite affect. Practice by bringing up that lower loop and touch the baseline completing the loop and move forward to the right. Write the f’s in a succession on a piece of paper every night. Another stroke to watch out for is the incomplete lower loop that doesn’t even reach the baseline. You may be subconsciously sabotaging your efforts with this stroke. Again, practice bringing your lower loops to reach beyond the baseline. You may feel different soon after beginning this routine, however graphotherapy does not usually change your habits that quickly. It could take months or even a year before you notice the changes.
Dear Analyst,
What does it mean when a person retraces their letters – writing on the upstroke and then retracing it on the downstroke?
-- Maria, NM
Dear Maria,
According to Irene Levitt’s book, Brain Writing – Enrich Your Life Using Handwriting Analysis, this represents repression. One may say that they were taught to retrace but unbeknownst to the writer, the method used causes one to repress feelings. When one makes the effort to retrace, they are actually slowing down the writing process and thus the thinking process. The ability to think freely is inhibited. Repression in writing indicates unconscious fears that can prevent the writer from reaching his/her full potential. By retracing, the writer is preventing themselves from self-expression and freedom of thought. Repression is not always a negative trait. It can be helpful when life is difficult but it is usually only temporary. However, over time, repression can create a dull mind, carelessness and even cause physical problems. Once retracing is removed from the writing, the mind moves faster and hence increases the ability to learn.
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