Amping Up Optimism and Actuating Goals

By Ellen J. Nusbaum

(Final in a series. Here is the link to the complete LinkedIn article series on mastering career happiness through handwriting analysis: https://www.springboardcontent.com/in-the-news This series also offers insights into using handwriting analysis in hiring, recruiting and team building.)

This final installment of the handwriting series explores how you can modify your baseline and signature to amp up your positive attitude and propel you toward your ambitions.

First, let’s take a look at some signatures of extremely successful individuals.

What are some of the things you see in common with all of these signatures?

You probably noticed that all of these signatures are large and most angle upward. (We won’t talk about Red Flag or other traits specific to these signatures. For purposes of this article, we are concentrating only on size and positioning.)

In fact, the signatures here in most instances are:

• disproportionately large to the document or item they are signing.
• positioned on a strong upward slant.
• positioned to the right of center of whatever they are signing.

Now you’ll remember that with signatures, it is not important if the letters are legible or not.

The signature is more of a symbol. It’s your badge to the world and conveys how you want others to perceive you and how you perceive yourself.

What we know from the writers of these large signatures is that each and every one are or were wildly successful leaders in their respected fields. They seek the limelight. They want to be noticed. They believe to achieve.

Ascending baselines generally are a trait associated with optimism, and large upward pointing signatures are characteristic of highly ambitious individuals.

Consider the handwriting of Bill Gates, shown below, which presents a perfect example of an ascending baseline:

Mind you, the lack of the signature traits discussed in this article doesn’t mean one won’t be successful.

But a rising baseline is rooted in a positive outlook. And likewise, enormous and upturned signatures placed to the right of center are associated with optimistic and confident individuals who believe they are winners.

The actions writers with enormous signatures take are always centered on their goals and on an innate sense that they are worthy of their triumphs.

So, if you’re having trouble staying motivated, try gently lifting the baseline of your writing.

If that kind of writing does not come naturally, you can practice it with intention until it does come naturally.

And if you’re struggling with self-doubt, imposter syndrome, or you just want to juice up your self-confidence, then you can angle your signature, increase its size and end on a long flourish that will take you to the future you want to realize.