How to spot a leader in their handwriting | Jamie Mason Cohen | TEDxUBIWiltz

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  • @AtlisDe
    @AtlisDe 7 років тому +445

    I always feel like my handwriting varies in mood. if im stressed and anxious I have uglier hand writing, if im in patient its neat. if i have a lot to say my writing tends to lean forward.

    • @ruthbancy8565
      @ruthbancy8565 4 роки тому +1

      Same to me

    • @peachrossman1903
      @peachrossman1903 4 роки тому +11

      You know, that makes sense. When your panicky you might hold your pen to tight, or when your happy you might write larger. That is quite interesting.

    • @leelebirdsong8339
      @leelebirdsong8339 4 роки тому

      Tali De 🤗

    • @existentialreader5323
      @existentialreader5323 4 роки тому +1

      I am a lefty so I always tilt the paper, which makes my handwriting tilted backwards. Trying to fix it tho

    • @david3wiest679
      @david3wiest679 4 роки тому +1

      This is exactly my handwriting :)

  • @maricelfreire
    @maricelfreire 7 років тому +748

    I noticed this video received quite a negative reception (seen by the comments below). I think most people misunderstood his point- he wasn't saying that only those who cross their Ts high can be leaders, but rather he is saying to look within your handwriting to notice positive attributes within you that can 1) help you understand yourself better and 2) lead successfully by exploiting those positive qualities. This is unlike horoscopes, however, since it is true that distinct personalities write in different ways. Someone who is quite shy and soft-spoken will usually write in a much less intense and dark (ink wise) manner than a more dominant, confident individual. People reflect their personalities via virtually all they do- whether it is writing, speaking, or even simply lying still. It is not pseudoscience or gibberish, but rather part of an entire field of its own- Psychology...

    • @JamieMasonCohen
      @JamieMasonCohen 7 років тому +20

      Thank you for your support Mari Cari!

    • @mitaliraykundlia9199
      @mitaliraykundlia9199 5 років тому +2

      Absolutely

    • @newtoninspired
      @newtoninspired 5 років тому +1

      Can you suggest a good graphology analysis book?

    • @nileshnath541
      @nileshnath541 5 років тому +7

      It is pseudoscience. Psychology is no less than pseudoscience itself.

    • @emilitious7886
      @emilitious7886 5 років тому +8

      People tend to have a handwriting that is similar to someone around them. People also unconsciously copy other people's handwriting. How you represent symbols on paper has absolutely nothing to do with your personality. People who are physically stronger tend to write with thicker markings than people who are not as strong. But physical strength and personality atr two different things

  • @payaswinibansal5923
    @payaswinibansal5923 8 років тому +817

    but my handwriting changes according to how I feel about something and my mood

  • @nekyia3405
    @nekyia3405 7 років тому +71

    "no one can extinguish your passion without your permission" i needed that.

    • @JamieMasonCohen
      @JamieMasonCohen 7 років тому +3

      Thank you for listening Toroiah, I'm glad you enjoyed the video!

  • @igorniedzielski1759
    @igorniedzielski1759 7 років тому +1821

    When you should be studying for a test but you watch TEDx instead and the first line is "Do you procrastinate"...

  • @5718824426
    @5718824426 7 років тому +29

    I've taken a handwriting class years ago. This is true! Very revealing. Taking cursive writing out of the elementary school is detrimental to being creative. Writing exercises the neurological pathways of the brain. Thank you for sharing.

    • @juliehwang8482
      @juliehwang8482 Рік тому

      oh.

    • @Real_Michael_Jordan
      @Real_Michael_Jordan Рік тому

      It has made zero difference, just made people feel like they're better than others because they took it in class, by no control of their own

  • @JetPackDino
    @JetPackDino 8 років тому +4417

    Fun, but seems about as scientific as horoscopes.

    • @Bluetomato666
      @Bluetomato666 8 років тому +55

      lol dude tedx is pretty much the organization that brings all of the WORLD'S greatest minds together and has them share their knowledge on things such as success, leadership, etc.

    • @Bluetomato666
      @Bluetomato666 8 років тому +161

      ok nvm continued this video and this guy is just being a complete scrub

    • @TourAbsurd
      @TourAbsurd 8 років тому +88

      Nah. Official TED talks do that. TEDx events are independently licensed events in the spirit of the TED brand. Quality is extremely variable.

    • @HitomiAyumu
      @HitomiAyumu 8 років тому +40

      Science is not the only gold standard. Consider mathematics and philosophy.

    • @giantmetaldog9153
      @giantmetaldog9153 8 років тому +79

      Fun, but seems about as mathematical and philosophical as horoscopes.

  • @DownWithBureaucracy
    @DownWithBureaucracy 4 роки тому +147

    "Everything you do, from the way you walk, to your handwriting, to the words you choose, is revealing your hand. Everything is a self portrait"
    -Alan Watts

    • @lbeezie13
      @lbeezie13 4 роки тому

      Yikes! Good quote to think about though.

    • @Soulja998
      @Soulja998 4 роки тому

      Can u explain more of this

    • @DownWithBureaucracy
      @DownWithBureaucracy 4 роки тому +7

      @@Soulja998 the quote or Alan Watts? Watts was a preacher who studied Zen Buddhism and then left the ministry and promoted the lessons he learned in a way that was easier to understand from a western point of view. The quote itself, as often happens with Zen teachings, is as simple and literal as you choose to make it. Everything you do, and the way in which you do it, reveals something of your character and of your intentions. I commented the quote because it would follow that handwriting reveals just as much as your choice of words

    • @Soulja998
      @Soulja998 4 роки тому +1

      @@DownWithBureaucracy thanks

    • @polar199
      @polar199 Рік тому

      and…..?it’s still nonsense.

  • @billstebler5686
    @billstebler5686 7 років тому +306

    Many of the comments seem to dismiss what he is saying as non-scientific, but years ago I read a few books on handwriting analysis that provided a detailed description of the theory illustrated through hundreds of examples. Handwriting analysis is essentially a recognition that personality characteristics exhibit themselves through our writing style just as they do through how we walk, talk, gesture, etc. Analyze enough handwriting samples and common patterns emerge that appear to have a strong correlation with personality traits. While it is compelling to think that a person's signature alone can accurately illustrate these traits, signatures are often stylized and practiced to have a certain 'look', so a larger sample of a person's handwriting is typically required for any sort of accurate analysis. At it's root, handwriting analysis is pattern matching. I wouldn't doubt that computer algorithms already exist in this area. I suppose the only problem is that very few people actually write these days, but I would bet that analysis of how we hit the keys as we type would reveal more about us than we'd like to think.

    • @attaulmomin
      @attaulmomin 5 років тому +2

      what if I was a born computer-like handwriter ?it's true.

    • @prakrutivarma8741
      @prakrutivarma8741 5 років тому +7

      @John Peckham but so is Eistein's Theory of Relativity.

    • @hanguyenthu9691
      @hanguyenthu9691 5 років тому

      Future teacher here, loves writing (not writing novels, simply the act of pen and paper), and the sound of chalk hitting the board

    • @hanguyenthu9691
      @hanguyenthu9691 5 років тому +3

      Actually, theories and hypotheses are two different things. Anyway, I get your point, correlation does not necessary implies law, but it does imply an underlying mechanic. Of course a high T or a simple O do not necessary means much, but a style of writing surely implies what the writer enjoys their writing looks like - and utterly their personality.

    • @0422Juls
      @0422Juls 5 років тому +2

      Except this guy's specific analysis is actually complete bull.
      And it's very clear.

  • @pyarkaaloo
    @pyarkaaloo 5 років тому +81

    What a genuinely good, kind man. You can tell he means well n truly aims to inspire. He’s quite a feeling sensory type.

  • @edwardsarchive8134
    @edwardsarchive8134 8 років тому +3076

    Can't help feeling like i'm watching a tarot reading

    • @fabiennecoenders
      @fabiennecoenders 8 років тому +52

      My sentiments exactly.

    • @unclevova3582
      @unclevova3582 7 років тому +42

      Yeah, especially the random sample at the end. He made up some things based on random letters. Asked the guy to stand up, asked his job, said non-specific things that all people would like said about them and without a response asked him to sit down. 16:00 looks to me like a guy who doesn't think he's pulled it off yet and is waiting for the soothing applause. Not to mention his mother went around randomly "analyzing" writing to give people hope. "Lifelong student of handwriting analysis" doesn't equate to someone qualified to do this job.

    • @scurvypete
      @scurvypete 7 років тому +35

      Or a horoscope in the newspaper.

    • @clairee4939
      @clairee4939 7 років тому +23

      Honza M. Yeah; there may be some truth in handwriting analysis but this did definitely seem rather quackers! And no, I am not going to underline my signature as he told me to, in order to demonstrate self-sufficiency thanks, my signature is perfect the way it is without needing his advice. How deeply ironic was that!!! :-)

    • @MalawisLilleKanal
      @MalawisLilleKanal 7 років тому +10

      Yeah, looked very much like cold reading.

  • @dafunkychickenrecords1149
    @dafunkychickenrecords1149 5 років тому +63

    Here's the problem when people who hire you want creativity and innovation; When you show those traits, you often get in trouble and are told to do only what you were asked to do. I find that sad.

    • @clairebremner5437
      @clairebremner5437 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah when they say they're open to suggestions but get mad when you make one

    • @trevorfenlon4920
      @trevorfenlon4920 3 роки тому +1

      “We live in a society that will send us to prison if we make use of time-honored sacred plants to explore our own consciousness. Yet surely the exploration and expansion of the miracle of our consciousness is the essence of what it is to be human? By demonstrating and persecuting whole areas of consciousness, we may be denying ourselves the next vital step in our own evolution.”
      -Grandham Hancock.
      Interpreted to this meaning.
      “We live in a society that will send us to prison if we make use of our mind to explore our own consciousness. Yet surely the exploration and expansion of the miracle of our consciousness is the essence of what it is to be human? By demonstrating and persecuting whole areas of consciousness, we may be denying ourselves the next vital step in our own evolution.”
      Sound familiar?

  • @saeorwss1670
    @saeorwss1670 7 років тому +213

    What do I do if I have like 15 handwriting styles

    • @user-iz2oj8dd6j
      @user-iz2oj8dd6j 7 років тому +14

      lovelive addicted Then you are probably a creative genius. maybe not a genius, but you are pretty darn creative if you have so many writing styles

    • @emilycave754
      @emilycave754 6 років тому +7

      So creative,that you can take on so many personality, You can be Bono, Michael Jackson, and Frida Kahlo all in one.

    • @Lilinhati5678
      @Lilinhati5678 5 років тому +7

      Or you actually have 15 different personalities

    • @mooniesjaja7074
      @mooniesjaja7074 5 років тому +1

      Same

    • @lorimav
      @lorimav 5 років тому +7

      Go to a therapist and start working on your multiple personality disorder. 😂

  • @marypoppins1368
    @marypoppins1368 7 років тому +29

    You can actually tell personality traits through writing. I can read writing to a certain degree and it does show who people are especially if you've just met them. This isn't fake stuff.

  • @scottw5658
    @scottw5658 9 років тому +21

    As a graphologist (handwriting analyst) in my own right, I was impressed very much by this speaker. He knows his stuff on the topic, but I give him extra points because I only heard one verbal pause during his speech. The best speakers eliminate UHs and UMs from their speaking, because they care about the impression they leave their audience with.

    • @JamieMasonCohen
      @JamieMasonCohen 9 років тому +6

      +Scott W Scott, I appreciate your response to the above. You not only took the time to speak truth to trolling but you also know your stuff as a graphologist. They say when you see the best in others you are reflecting what is in you -- this is one such case. I'm also going to post an interesting article or two about why thousands of companies around the world as well as police departments and justice systems still employee handwriting analysis in their fields. Have an excellent day. Jamie

    • @Nagasari666
      @Nagasari666 5 років тому

      Finally! An actual graphologist giving us the tea about this Ted Talk. Thank you sir!

  • @aquirkyaggressivegurr2132
    @aquirkyaggressivegurr2132 4 роки тому +81

    jamie: "Do you procrastinate?"
    me: *allow me to introduce myself*

  • @JimmyKurz
    @JimmyKurz 7 років тому +625

    Damn everyone is roasting this dude while I was lowkey enjoying it lol

    • @aladinhegic3306
      @aladinhegic3306 5 років тому +2

      @Space_lia like a fried chicken

    • @justicebeginstoshine8069
      @justicebeginstoshine8069 5 років тому +1

      Me too I like the guy looks like he could be a soap 🌟 lol

    • @JudiChristopher
      @JudiChristopher 4 роки тому +6

      When people do not understand something, then they shun it...
      Because they don't understand it... they mock it.

    • @LisaMaryification
      @LisaMaryification 4 роки тому +3

      That's because they realise without a doubt that they are not leaders. lol.

  • @shadeshadow2347
    @shadeshadow2347 7 років тому +286

    Me: has a half legible scrawl
    So... I'm gonna definitely become a doctor, right?

    • @abijahdixon2771
      @abijahdixon2771 5 років тому +11

      There is a disorder called dysgraphia where people have poor handwriting, however, bad handwriting can be a sign of intelligence, as you are too busy to slow down and worry about the neatness.

    • @sussanalee430
      @sussanalee430 4 роки тому +3

      Might be, they probably don't have to carve a straight line either..

    • @sovietmarshmallow1283
      @sovietmarshmallow1283 4 роки тому +7

      I write fast and sacrifice neatness for speed so I can put my thoughts on paper as they happen.

    • @mikeb8682
      @mikeb8682 4 роки тому +1

      @@abijahdixon2771 Does that go for spelling too? :-)

    • @causeeffect7624
      @causeeffect7624 4 роки тому

      a mind doctor in your mind

  • @dajitag8550
    @dajitag8550 8 років тому +358

    he didn't even confirm that that was the guys personality traits. He just told him who he was and told him to sit his ass down.

    • @-Floydimus
      @-Floydimus 8 років тому +11

      Dajita g Hahaha I came here to write the same thing.

    • @BariumCobaltNitrog3n
      @BariumCobaltNitrog3n 8 років тому +14

      The guy was nodding, but it would have made it legit to hear him confirm (or deny) what Mr. "It's A Science" said.

    • @RONANAWAY
      @RONANAWAY 7 років тому +9

      Yea, he was trying not to be rude.

    • @pedrochao
      @pedrochao 7 років тому +3

      Exactly! You must cross your T's and dot your I's while you roll your eyes and R's at the same time. As keen observers usually do.

    • @veradietz7191
      @veradietz7191 7 років тому

      Pedro Chao lol

  • @clascaulfieldjr3653
    @clascaulfieldjr3653 5 років тому +17

    Handwriting analysis is actually a legit field. It's used in forensic work. This guy just seems like more of a hobbyist.

  • @joshitheyoshi2533
    @joshitheyoshi2533 8 років тому +1526

    So unscientific. Instead, randomly pick a sample of world leaders, THEN analyze their writing. Don't go around trying to find leaders with high T's and lines under their signatures. Guaranteed you'll find many successful people with varied signatures.

    • @robertmugabe7330
      @robertmugabe7330 8 років тому +15

      Precisely. In fact blinded trials have been conducted.

    • @zelamorre1126
      @zelamorre1126 7 років тому +26

      A lot of famous people also develop an "Autograph" signature that they use for signing autographs and the like. It's still their hand writing, but I've yet to see anybody who signs a check or memo with a squiggle. Different signatures for different times.

    • @sirijaw
      @sirijaw 7 років тому +6

      Joshi The Yoshi it's Graphology, it's not an exact science.

    • @lexwolfhale1729
      @lexwolfhale1729 7 років тому +18

      Graphology as analysing handwriting to see personality traits is not scientific at all! Handwriting analysis on the basis of comparing general trends and authenticity in penmanship is a different thing based on the comparison between examples from the same person's handwriting and is the only scientific analysis of handwriting per se, not including physics and chemistry. All of this talk is pseudo-scientific bs.

    • @charlesfederico9772
      @charlesfederico9772 7 років тому +22

      Thats just not right lmao, you cant judge someones leadership skills based off of handwriting, everyones different

  • @JudiChristopher
    @JudiChristopher 4 роки тому +14

    I love this video... and you are Spot ON!!!
    I have been a Graphologist (Handwriting Analyst) for over 22 years... I am also a Teacher,
    I have worked with the police on murder cases... Handwriting is Amazing...
    Thank you for sharing this GREAT Video...

  • @bruzanhd
    @bruzanhd 8 років тому +1183

    This was all over the place, not up to TED standards IMO.

    • @SolarShado
      @SolarShado 8 років тому +78

      TEDx is *way* less consistent from what I've watched. There're still a lot of good talks, but there's also stuff like this...

    • @bruzanhd
      @bruzanhd 8 років тому +8

      ***** Guess I have been lucky with what I've seen.

    • @dafedora7327
      @dafedora7327 7 років тому +24

      TEDx is independently organized and is only related to the official TED talks through name and general guidance, however the content of the speeches is entirely up to the organizers of the TEDx event (TEDx can be hosted by a group of students or it could be hosted by an art gallery hostess in new york). That's why it doesn't meet your normal TED standards.

    • @josin007
      @josin007 7 років тому

      Da Fedora post this in the main comments section.

    • @starkiss77
      @starkiss77 7 років тому +7

      I think the point of this was that this guy a shy boy is speaking in front of an audience. I think that's the greatest achievement because I know I couldn't do it and never will.

  • @MegaWatcher35
    @MegaWatcher35 6 років тому +1

    Hand writing is something that is quiet difficult to fake. It is like something within. like confidence, belief, conviction, etc.. Hand writing analysis on signatures is a science.

  • @elgransick
    @elgransick 9 років тому +77

    "How do I know this? Am I making this stuff up? The answer is: it's in their writing. Both of these men, sometimes, crossed their tees to the left"
    So you _are_ making this stuff up. Thanks for clarifying and saving me 17 minutes.

    • @anaidkc
      @anaidkc 8 років тому +2

      +James Passmore Your point lacks major education, if you knew that there is a science to this method of analysis, its not random made up. You should further look into topics yourself so you don't embarrass yourself on here as being stupid from not knowing.

    • @starkbotha1129
      @starkbotha1129 8 років тому +1

      +Anaid K.C. credible sources and citations needed, please.

    • @mathewkollamkulam6369
      @mathewkollamkulam6369 8 років тому +1

      +Stark Botha Here is a list of peer-reviewed studies published in non-graphological journals which supports the claims made by graphology: www.igc-grapho.com/Research.html . It is certainly not akin to reading tea-leaves.

    • @starkbotha1129
      @starkbotha1129 8 років тому +1

      +Mathew Thomas K. Kudos to you for actually posting a link. Though i'm sorry to say that that source of yours is heavily biased. The articles are unreachable and claim no educational authority. Seems, unfortunately, like a load of bunk. Doing a quick search on the internet reveals the overwhelming amount of articles against graphology. One such example is this: www.quackwatch.org/01QuackeryRelatedTopics/Tests/grapho.html

    • @mathewkollamkulam6369
      @mathewkollamkulam6369 8 років тому

      +Stark Botha I do not understand you. They are all papers published in respected peer-reviewed journals such as Perceptual and Motor Skills, Neuropsychologia etc. Any researcher should have access to them through ResearchGate etc. The quackwatch article by Beyerstein is what I would call heavily biased. Criticisms of his "review" of graphology has been written by psychologists and handwriting psychologists such as Dr. Teut Wallner. I would like to refer you to 'The Beyerstein Book: A Critical Examination' by forensic handwriting expert Marcel Matley. It is clear that Beyerstein is highly biased and has blatantly ignored several supporting studies.

  • @carysleung1917
    @carysleung1917 7 років тому +4

    Grasping at little pieces of clues to finding another persons personality, it may not be true or accurate, but it does give you confidence after hearing this. He said IF you have this in your signature or that then your a leader, smart or cautious. Doesn't matter if it's really true or not, what matter is that fact that you can motivated, maybe even a little happy, that you have those personality.
    You might be thinking that fake hope is bad and just pointless... But it can lead you to somewhere that you may not have even to do if you didn't have that 'fake' hope.
    Thanks for reading.

  • @cryomancer20x68
    @cryomancer20x68 8 років тому +514

    I heard a lot of generalized fortune teller stuff in this talk which could be carefully applied to anyone or any situation to seem true.

    • @zararoyce319
      @zararoyce319 7 років тому +2

      Brett Manous yeah I like the girl who got the job when she wore her traditional dress, that did not have anything to do with the remaining true to herself that had more to do with her marketing this, Miss exotic Indian girl card, I know a lot of women from other cultures really play up the exotic car when they go to get jobs, and on top of that people are impressed by them because they think it's cool that there's this poor lady from the slums of India or whatever they imagine and she's here trying to be an awesome powerful modern independent woman, so when you combine that together it's just a way to charm people, Think about it, I like dressing comfortable in pajamas, I'm not getting a job as a white girl if I show up to work in my pajamas LOL I driving through to myself, but no can-do

  • @cyn9458
    @cyn9458 4 роки тому +1

    Hand writing analysis is Fascinating! I had a friend whose mother was a graphologist and she analyzed my writing and it blew me away- I was 12 years old . I was hooked afterwards. Great talk !!

  • @seanwestbrook2071
    @seanwestbrook2071 8 років тому +536

    Wow. That was. Complete nonsense. Like I'm not even sure this dude knew what he was talking about. This is the same thing as reading someone's palm. All you do is say this person is *insert basic human personality trait here* and they'll be like "omg that's so me!". Yeah for sure. Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs, and Gandhi were all great leaders... because they put their T's... high? I'm not even sure he even knew what he was saying.

    • @porpoisepork
      @porpoisepork 8 років тому +16

      This dude is so high. He just winged it.

    • @nobrubgp
      @nobrubgp 8 років тому +2

      just like that...

    • @bottlecap6169
      @bottlecap6169 8 років тому +9

      No, he's saying Nelson Mandela, Steve Jobs, and Ghandi all put their t's high because they were great leaders. Although I agree this guy was pretty bullshit, there are a lot of personality traits that show through your writing.

    • @ThatManAdrian
      @ThatManAdrian 8 років тому

      TRUE

    • @MMOplayeerr
      @MMOplayeerr 8 років тому +6

      Ofc ts high sure wont make you a leader, but graphology isnt bullshit.

  • @Sunflower-og1lm
    @Sunflower-og1lm 5 років тому +3

    My signature changes as I grow mentally, I can not deny hand writing does not define personality, I know wherever my heart is in which place, my signature change.
    That could also indicate creativity as you regonise yourself changes so is the next thing that people have an impression of you without seeing you first is your signature.
    Leaders are often creative people, deep thinkers and most likely are intuitive.
    I also agreed with him on the T, I don't know about the other example such as the O and W, although I have it in my signature, I just never felt anything strongly about it, but I know my T means exactly what he saids in this clip. I'm a big dreamer and quite confident in myself to achieve in anything I set myself to. When I did my signature or sometime in my writing, my T has always have a big long line across, and whenever I did that, I felt like I had a strong personality. Which is very true to that too.
    So I don't doubt this man, he also speaks with so much integrity, not everything are scientific but rather intuitive, you can't deny intuition, we all has it but some people just don't listen to themselves.
    What a great talk, I loved it!

  • @Aeiouaaaaaaaaa
    @Aeiouaaaaaaaaa 8 років тому +148

    This was fun but also worth taking with a little grain of salt.

    • @ericahoang9030
      @ericahoang9030 8 років тому +3

      E Lee "Little" is an understatement

    • @Aeiouaaaaaaaaa
      @Aeiouaaaaaaaaa 8 років тому +50

      Edit: a handful of salt.

    • @teaganp964
      @teaganp964 7 років тому +7

      shit I'm gonna burn with that salt

    • @Wildcat5181
      @Wildcat5181 6 років тому

      E Lee With a mouthful of salt.

  • @Solarlube
    @Solarlube 4 роки тому +1

    I learnt from an early age to print, it wasn't till my parents moved us interstate from New South Wales to Queensland Australia that I was made to write in cursive. But I had learnt from the start in grade one about writing on a 45 degree angle our teacher said it was a sign of creativity and intelligence and success. That was when I was 6 years old. I latter met a fellow when I was in my twenties he was studying to become a hand writing expert. HE analysed my hand writing but left before he told me anything. That was almost forty years ago, and I have wondered ever since if knowing what his analysis was would it have made a difference to my life.

  • @matildecavicchioli4012
    @matildecavicchioli4012 7 років тому +6

    I found this super interesting and true. I have a friend who works as a graphologist and she once analized my handwriting and then made a description of my personality and WOW it was so accurate and amazing! I believe this stuff.

  • @Gceelow
    @Gceelow 5 років тому

    I don't know how the people in the audience kept a straight face while listening to this. I'm in stitches listening to his outrageous logical leaps.

  • @waynechen5639
    @waynechen5639 8 років тому +922

    imagine that man saying " i disagree"

    • @wolololer
      @wolololer 7 років тому +26

      that would never happen, he only said nice things to him, he even ask his job and creates analogies for what he said before he could do that to any job and any person

    • @ladyred6994
      @ladyred6994 6 років тому +28

      I was actually curious to know if the older gentleman would say he was correct or not, kinda disappointed that we didn't get to find out.

    • @crowrebirth
      @crowrebirth 6 років тому +13

      That would have been very direct of him

    • @Jeremy-rg3bg
      @Jeremy-rg3bg 6 років тому +2

      Sorry
      .i call b.s.

    • @teresaskinner816
      @teresaskinner816 6 років тому

      Lion and the sheep ?

  • @kathhollandful
    @kathhollandful 5 років тому +3

    Love your talk. I’m also passionate about graphology, or ‘brain-writing’ as I prefer to call it. So much revealed in that moment between thinking and placing that mark on the paper. It is a little understood subject and very undervalued. If people believe that body language can be so revealing, this is the same thing.

  • @mikestoneadfjgs
    @mikestoneadfjgs 8 років тому +191

    >gives a talk about handwriting
    >only talks about signatures

    • @turboking95
      @turboking95 8 років тому +3

      You do realize that one's signature is the epitome of their unique handwriting? Everyone is singular; studying the signatures of people is the best way to apply graphology to real-world personality analysis.

    • @mikestoneadfjgs
      @mikestoneadfjgs 8 років тому +7

      Jeriel Baker This assumes consistency in writing. Graphology must compare signatures with enough 'regular' handwriting data. But i'm not ragging on handwriting analysis, its just frustrating to see it presented in such a pseudoscientific way.

    • @hatthomas555
      @hatthomas555 8 років тому +4

      www.wikihow.com/Analyze-Handwriting-(Graphology) "There's probably a grain of truth in this - we can all imagine what "energetic" or "careless" handwriting looks like, for instance. However, since *these claims have failed every scientific test,* scientists consider graphology pseudoscientific and ineffective.[1][2] At best these correlations are informed guesses with many exceptions. They're fun to find, but don't use them to judge job applicants or alter friendships.

    • @Nesuniken
      @Nesuniken 8 років тому +8

      I doubt signatures are a good representation for a person's regular handwriting. Signatures are the only place I write in cursive, so I'm out of the picture. Even if someone regularly writes in cursive, it becomes very hasty while writing signatures, especially with check and legal papers. Not to mention there are plenty of people who develop a unique style for their signatures, but stay more practical everywhere else.

  • @moocrazytn
    @moocrazytn 5 років тому +31

    A recent Ted talk said confidence and competence are assumed to be correlated but often aren't.

  • @bettyl
    @bettyl 7 років тому +17

    A series of "one-size-fits-all" descriptions of LITERALLY EVERYONE, to some extent, and at some stage in their life...

  • @traceb2232
    @traceb2232 4 роки тому

    I believe it. I see it. I live it. I love it. My handwriting speaks truth of me. Fascinating! Thanks.

  • @LukeSoro_MM
    @LukeSoro_MM 8 років тому +50

    This guy is pretty crazy. There's so many experimental variables in this theory....

    • @betterhealthbetterlife4912
      @betterhealthbetterlife4912 8 років тому +2

      Until we know everything about everything, theories will continue to evolve and develop. There are so many things we can not explain yet we know they exist. Just because we don't have all of the information yet, and just because we have not perfectly interpreted every si for bit of that information yet, doesn't mean we won't one day :) Be well, have a great day :)

    • @SteffiMarshall
      @SteffiMarshall 5 років тому

      I call b.s. too

  • @mrssethcohen
    @mrssethcohen 7 років тому +2

    Honestly, I love the hell out of this. I've loved graphology (hand writing analysis) since I was a kid. I had a notebook I would have people write notes in to later analyse. I think it's fascinating - and slightly less insane than astrology. Graphology is actually used in business and cases. Astrology is yet to be.

  • @TheInvader123
    @TheInvader123 8 років тому +89

    I dot my i's with broken hearts. Does that mean I'm heart broken because my ex girlfriend cheated on me last year. Probably.

    • @smilefenn4813
      @smilefenn4813 6 років тому +1

      IsaacArghnpiano well that got dark

    • @tegmahipkaur5169
      @tegmahipkaur5169 5 років тому +1

      Well, some of us never got in any relationships....no pun intended

    • @imovedtoanotherplaceuwu9355
      @imovedtoanotherplaceuwu9355 5 років тому +4

      Grateful For Life did you just said no pun intended to make us think that there is a pun to begin with but there isn't really?

    • @tegmahipkaur5169
      @tegmahipkaur5169 5 років тому +1

      @@imovedtoanotherplaceuwu9355 no, I was literally being serious. Although, I do like the play of words.

    • @TheInvader123
      @TheInvader123 4 роки тому

      Mrry W. No I’m a girl

  • @MFJL760
    @MFJL760 7 років тому

    his speech is designed to make everyone watching feel like they have some leadership traits. but the fact it that everyone has SOME leadership traits. it's the people that have ALL the traits necessary for a leader that change the world.

  • @herman_h
    @herman_h 8 років тому +28

    ....I am a little embarrassed that I started watching this.
    "Sometimes Nelson Mandela wrote capital T's....sometimes he wrote lower case t's....spooky right? It means he was a practical visionaryyyyy!!"
    Here I thought it meant that sometimes he started a sentence with T, and sometimes he had a t in the middle of his sentence. Silly me.

  • @kathhollandful
    @kathhollandful 7 років тому

    I'm so sorry there are so many disparaging comments below. Graphology is a huge subject which is difficult to do justice to in such a short time, but this was so interesting and well presented. Good to see someone getting the subject out there.

  • @mrgalindo22
    @mrgalindo22 8 років тому +34

    Anyone can be a leader but to be a great leader takes more than looking at their handwriting.

    • @hatthomas555
      @hatthomas555 8 років тому +5

      Wrong! I am going to write like this guy says and he just promised me I could be a great leader, and that's not fair, no it's not! .....smh.....Sorry, but no, not just *anyone* can be a great leader. But I would agree with everything you said after "but."

    • @spazmaticaa7989
      @spazmaticaa7989 6 років тому

      Hat Thomas Nevr said anyone could be a great leader. He said anyone could be a leader but being a great leader isn't determined soully on handwriting.

    • @selimcontigo-nastor2487
      @selimcontigo-nastor2487 6 років тому

      I just dont like your hands you put in your pocket...it is somehow lousy. That one hand of yours...it is disturbing

  • @MrHardbody2009
    @MrHardbody2009 4 роки тому

    The study of handwriting is now a science. I have studied it and can tell things about people once I see their writings. I learned a few things. I am one that underlines his name.

  • @liverslices
    @liverslices 7 років тому +12

    This gives off a horoscope feel... I finish this video unconvinced

  • @marksteve8373
    @marksteve8373 4 роки тому +10

    He should've asked the man to confirm his analysis and whether or not he got things right😎

  • @SpyderKing34
    @SpyderKing34 8 років тому +239

    What if you took 3 years if writing specific letters certain ways so that you have your own style of writing

    • @SpyderKing34
      @SpyderKing34 8 років тому +6

      +Daniel Garcia ok but mine isn't. It took me a year or so to get certain letters to just naturally be written certain ways. Like me E's are actually backward 3's my A's are written the same way it is in typing with the curve on top my T's always go up and loop back down with it extending straight down then I start the rest of the word. I naturally write that way and have to think about it to write letters normal

    • @SpyderKing34
      @SpyderKing34 8 років тому +1

      +Daniel Garcia I'm right handed also. Your right handed but left hand writer. But this video is about just natural writing. But like I said I spent a year developing a specific kind of writing which is differant from just natural writing.

    • @betterhealthbetterlife4912
      @betterhealthbetterlife4912 8 років тому +5

      Perhaps ambidextrous:) I suspect I would be left handed without the pressures of coforming as a youngster since I disk many things left handed. When I try to write with my left hand it comes out decently! With practice I'm sure I could easily write left handed. I sometimes draw with both hands as well :)

    • @SpyderKing34
      @SpyderKing34 8 років тому +2

      +Better Health Better Life ambidextrous means you can do every thing left or right. You only write left handed cause you was tought that way and you do every thing else right handed I think you said so that makes you right handed

    • @drmichael82
      @drmichael82 7 років тому +2

      Chris Edmister i know i spent years relearning my letters from an uncorrected childhood creative flair with my letters. does that mean i can't be seen by the world that i can't connect? no!

  • @bexg2902
    @bexg2902 5 років тому +1

    All the negative people obviously missed the point. This is meant to be inspirational. He's basically saying that EVERYONE has the ability to lead. It's just not the same for everyone and not everyone will lead in the same manner.

  • @corbysloan7934
    @corbysloan7934 8 років тому +36

    I'm a Libra. What does my handwriting say about my fortune cookie?

    • @SteffiMarshall
      @SteffiMarshall 5 років тому

      Lol. I'm a Libra too. And I bet your handwriting is not gonna mean anything but you know how to write.put letters from leaders together yourself. You will see this is b.s. they are getting short on good tedshows🤔

  • @CherieDeDieu
    @CherieDeDieu 5 років тому +2

    I am a natural leader and all this is true. I have compared it to my signature and handwriting. Wow! ❤

  • @DeepakKumar-bm1ce
    @DeepakKumar-bm1ce 8 років тому +11

    What about those who don't know how to write. Judgement based on handwriting is completely abstract. Handwriting can be changed in a year or two. So, does that mean they change, their thinking change?

  • @MONICAANICA
    @MONICAANICA 5 років тому

    Inspirational. It is all ....right there, only waiting to be unveiled

  • @rahxephon52
    @rahxephon52 9 років тому +7

    This is a great talk, thank you.

    • @JamieMasonCohen
      @JamieMasonCohen 9 років тому +6

      +rahxephon52 Thanks so much for taking your time to watch.

  • @RishabhSawant
    @RishabhSawant 6 років тому

    nice one TEDxTalk! can't wait to watch how to spot a leader based on their horoscope

  • @WateryIce54321
    @WateryIce54321 8 років тому +44

    This is bogus. Graphology takes course over several natural handwriting samples due to external influences such as emotions, illness, writing utensil, stationary, etc. And to be analyzing a hasty signatures of all things kills me. I still remember a fellow who struck a horizontal line for his signature. There's very little that can be accurately extracted from them.

    • @hatthomas555
      @hatthomas555 8 років тому +2

      I had a guy sign his credit card slip with a smiley face once when I used to deliver pizzas, haha

    • @catalin3407
      @catalin3407 8 років тому +2

      Hahah, that means he is always trying to be in a good mood ?

  • @josephg.eokello794
    @josephg.eokello794 5 років тому +1

    "no one can extinguish that passion without your permission"....wow!

  • @diosaa
    @diosaa 7 років тому +3

    I love changing my handwriting styles all the time

    • @marywellnitz9161
      @marywellnitz9161 4 роки тому

      Which would show flexibility, spontaneity, mindful thought, and imagination.

  • @cyn3ticc.777
    @cyn3ticc.777 7 років тому +1

    He tells people the things they want to hear.

  • @AlexBooster
    @AlexBooster 8 років тому +129

    This should be titled: "How to talk about horoscope-y horse cr@p on TEDx without anyone noticing".
    And the subtitle should be: "Ideas NOT worth sharing".

  • @tyvin8
    @tyvin8 7 років тому +1

    I've always been of the opinion that handwriting does talk to the traits of a person. I have a specialized signature; many people do. I know how creative I am and he hit it right on the mark with me. I also don't use cursive when writing, just the signature with a big looping S that underlines the whole thing. Excellent lecture...

    • @JamieMasonCohen
      @JamieMasonCohen 7 років тому

      I'm glad you enjoyed the video Sharon Garcia!

  • @guyfawkes3940
    @guyfawkes3940 8 років тому +78

    Surprised he didn't say "That'd be twenty dollars, sir." afterwards

    • @psychoticserenity2588
      @psychoticserenity2588 6 років тому +1

      "For a limited time only, the first 5 people can have it at the amazingly low price of just....... $19.95!!"
      😏

  • @shinee_onew
    @shinee_onew 5 років тому

    For those who don't agree, I understand. But, that is why he said that analysing other people handwriting gives them hope. Hope that they might have that in them and its your confidence that helps you to achieve that. He uses the famous people signatures and handwriting is to sort of like a guide. This and that is what they have in common and that subconsciously you or in fact other people have it.

  • @think2086
    @think2086 7 років тому +22

    This is just like cold-reading type junk.
    He didn't say anything that guy would likely contradict about his personality/character.
    This was very unscientific. No claims to actual controlled studies of people's handwriting, etc.

    • @donovancronkhite2483
      @donovancronkhite2483 4 роки тому

      Think exactly what I thought, just like palm readers and fortune tellers

  • @sujaysukumar123
    @sujaysukumar123 6 років тому

    The speaker delivers his thoughts clearly. Interesting insights too

  • @jazwar7521
    @jazwar7521 7 років тому +3

    How cool to study what fascinates you! Way to go. What a brilliant talk. Thank you.

    • @JamieMasonCohen
      @JamieMasonCohen 7 років тому

      Thank you very much for enjoying the video Jaz War!

  • @residentgraphologist7876
    @residentgraphologist7876 5 років тому

    It’s not a parlor trick - I use it in investigations as a tool for ascertaining truthfulness, ethics, a bent toward deceptiveness: all kinds of things pertinent to actual events. When it comes to determining whether or not someone is cruel or even dangerous, it’s one of the absolute best tools we have available to us. And it has gotten well over 1 million views, getting closer to two million.

  • @frenchinsaneguy
    @frenchinsaneguy 8 років тому +15

    Was this the TED event with the astrologer and the card reader?

  • @veronicachristopher9321
    @veronicachristopher9321 5 років тому +1

    I wear my house slippers on the wrong feet a ton. I just slip them on without looking and whatever slipper lands on whatever foot is cool with me.
    I also write like a doctor (scribbles) because my mind goes so fast that my hand can’t keep up. My Ts are like that.
    But I am a born leader. I’ve led the pack since childhood. I didn’t need all this to confirm it; it just is ❤️

  • @axlrosea675
    @axlrosea675 8 років тому +47

    This is funny. Dude really thinks he has something to say and is all hyper.

  • @huuumeee6341
    @huuumeee6341 3 роки тому

    That Gandi story is apocryphal. It's actually an ancient Sufi tale that can be found in books written long before Gandi was born!

  • @Albanez39
    @Albanez39 4 роки тому +5

    I cross "T"s fairly high, and I write the first letter of my name incredibly huge compared to the rest, yet I'm a parasitic procrastinator with a lot of self doubt and social anxiety. Hurray for science!

    • @LisaMaryification
      @LisaMaryification 4 роки тому

      @Astral'o Pthecus You are also very self-aware, it seems.

    • @Albanez39
      @Albanez39 4 роки тому

      @@LisaMaryification We all are up to a point, most people are just ashamed of their true nature and tend to lie or withhold about themselves and their personality...(which makes them hypocrites)
      And I hate hypocrisy!

    • @LisaMaryification
      @LisaMaryification 4 роки тому

      @@Albanez39 Most people don't know their true nature because they are too busy blaming other people. I know people who went all their lives blaming other people for their failures. They even blamed their own children for being born and ruining their respective careers. Meanwhile it was them who threw away so many opportunities for happiness and joy - especially with their own children.

    • @nahidsyyed906
      @nahidsyyed906 4 роки тому

      You will be famous someday soon!

  • @sebastiancorrales8773
    @sebastiancorrales8773 7 років тому

    You may not believe me but, ever since I wrote the T with the right line going more right, my handwritten work has been credited more.

  • @919748420
    @919748420 8 років тому +22

    This went into bullshit-zone really quickly.

  • @shalugupta1491
    @shalugupta1491 5 років тому

    Thank you for this. It's crisp and All points are to the point. I am analysising my self and thanks for helping me to understand my own self more deeply and more authentically. Best Ted on writing analysis I have ever watch.

  • @__shifty
    @__shifty 5 років тому +11

    claiming steve jobs was a "great leader" ruined your whole presentation.

    • @velvetpaws999
      @velvetpaws999 3 роки тому

      I had that same thought, lol.... a fascinating personality, absolutely, but "great leader" ..... maybe not!

  • @rizvilalloo901
    @rizvilalloo901 4 роки тому

    Like many of us always do... take only what is needed... leave the rest. ‘Don’t look at the negatives’ take the positive and move on...

  • @bilkishchowdhury8318
    @bilkishchowdhury8318 4 роки тому +13

    Him: The leaders of the world all procrastinate.
    Me: Oh, really? I'll start procrastinating...
    tomorrow.

    • @vindhya8498
      @vindhya8498 4 роки тому

      Bilkish Chowdhury 👏🏻😂

    • @Ambigious
      @Ambigious 4 роки тому

      Bilkish Chowdhury
      2 out of thousands and thousands procrasinate,
      That should be a sign no to

  • @nintendo9231889
    @nintendo9231889 7 років тому +2

    When I was the title i thought it was bogus, like phrenology, but after watching it, there might be something to it. I wish the audience member had confirmed what he said.

  • @koshermal
    @koshermal 4 роки тому +15

    That felt like watching a medium tell horoscopes.

  • @DanHomeAtLast
    @DanHomeAtLast 6 років тому

    I got about 5 mins into this and realised that there is this obsession with people to be the biggest leader, the most creative artist, highest achiever, significant master, a cheif not an Indian, any of those things. But in reality we are all setting ourselves up to be a failure of the everyday, letti g down those who need basic needs in our lives, be triumphant in daily milestones, be the hero of the normal and the life you need to be in.

  • @meow-ht4xz
    @meow-ht4xz 6 років тому +22

    "Am I making this stuff up? Don't say no."
    ...so yes? You are making this stuff up.

    • @Louis-op4zj
      @Louis-op4zj 5 років тому +1

      😂😂😂😂😂😂 ded

    • @BRIDTA
      @BRIDTA 5 років тому +2

      DEADtalk

  • @unnatiu2557
    @unnatiu2557 6 років тому

    I didn't think it was as amazing as many other talks I've heard, probably because I didn't connect with the topic. But the man seems really good with the hope point, I loved the conclusion! And surprisingly the Gandhi storuly too

  • @TheGeneralJos
    @TheGeneralJos 8 років тому +16

    Seems like a lot of confirmation bias to me.

    • @starkbotha1129
      @starkbotha1129 8 років тому +1

      +Joshua Guillemette yeah exactly, i bet there are way more examples of "creative problem solvers" who DONT make bottom loops or whatever.

  • @zerubbabelthebuilder8039
    @zerubbabelthebuilder8039 5 років тому

    Good insight. I have also watched that sometimes when people write on a paper,the words do not touch the line below or above. Normally, it has to touch the line below. Instead, it hangs in between the lines.Sometimes,it is because there is a hindrance which is making them to "hang in the air" (not to touch the line below). It mostly could be a spiritual hindrance.

  • @gemini8158
    @gemini8158 5 років тому +3

    READ ME NEXT!!!🙋🏽‍♀️ I’ve always been interested in what he’s able to do.💚👍🏽

  • @erintakeda5879
    @erintakeda5879 7 років тому

    I tried this with a dozen people, accurate EVERY time! This was interesting. Thanks.

  • @ojaycandraw1945
    @ojaycandraw1945 5 років тому +6

    When it got to the creative part I was like SOLD

  • @claytosrepublic7858
    @claytosrepublic7858 7 років тому

    That bit about Gandhi; just proves that the Greatest leaders, lead by example!!

  • @macona.fortune3143
    @macona.fortune3143 8 років тому +6

    I am brutal, my t is high, my first letter is big and I make unnecessary loops twice in my signature. Haha, still this reminds me of horoscopes.

  • @AsfandiarTesla
    @AsfandiarTesla 4 роки тому

    Do it, then do it right, then do it better. Keep going.

  • @hukes
    @hukes 8 років тому +24

    "Leader", the buzzword that always sells, but nothing more than aspirational mumbo-jumbo.

    • @zararoyce319
      @zararoyce319 7 років тому

      hukes your leader is just the new word for manager or executive, it's just a matter of terminology that goes over better on people,

    • @amask4360
      @amask4360 7 років тому

      Words have meaning.

  • @starcakezz
    @starcakezz 4 роки тому

    I feel like writing, your handwriting is a developed skill and is just a reflection on the things you write for or want to do. Do you want to write calligraphy? do you want to put everything in neat little boxes? Do you rush and not care if anyone reads your writing? Are you writing for the sake of passing time or seem busy in class?
    Try writing with your non-dominant hand and compare that handwriting to when you first started writing. The handwriting would probably nearly identical. Your handwriting changes over time and is based on what you do or how you "train" your hand. Muscle memory.
    idk, this is just my personal experience and opinions
    edit:
    I honestly can't read most of the handwriting shown in the video, I'd have to assume it's because all those creative people were able to think of their own form of an O or M or V's that is recognizable to them and they find more joy writing their name like that and with those loops. Also, what Jamie said at the end...just write. Your handwriting becomes better with practice, it becomes better if you purposely work on it. I know a friend who has illegible handwriting when she doesn't like a class or find the information unimportant, but when she is happy or likes a class her handwriting looks like printed letters.

  • @hilarysvariety5839
    @hilarysvariety5839 5 років тому +108

    He never asked the man in the audience if what he said is true about him 😂 LMAO

    • @akeelahndou1949
      @akeelahndou1949 5 років тому +8

      Precisely! And then everyone clapped afterwards????

    • @gonza8824
      @gonza8824 4 роки тому +1

      what is he going to say? he said already he works for the government....haha.. tough to say: look you made a mistake it is all the opposite.. ha ha!!

    • @flowerblodgett1431
      @flowerblodgett1431 4 роки тому +1

      i mean via his job title id say its probably accurate but youre right he didnt

    • @marvelaturraz5405
      @marvelaturraz5405 4 роки тому +1

      Although the man who had stood up was in silhouette, I could see him nod to confirm the points as the speaker made them. Everyone there would have seen that even clearer than we do on this video. So there was no reason to formally ask the man if his points were correct, as the man was responding with his body language that it was.

    • @harrisonsummerell2265
      @harrisonsummerell2265 4 роки тому

      I watched other graphology programs and the guy in the audience has a dangerous g

  • @geriatricward
    @geriatricward 5 років тому

    My handwriting is really similar to the guy's at the end. And I gotta say, I am a direct person with a very small circle of friends, who doesn't let people in easily. A past boss once told me 'use your integrity, use your strength'. I like to tell the truth, and am unusually confident. So there may be some truth to all this.

  • @JesusisJesus
    @JesusisJesus 8 років тому +67

    What this guy is doing, is called "Cold Reading"
    Really Shit Psychics do it, Palm Readers, Horrible-Scopes, and so forth.

    • @hawkscratch
      @hawkscratch 7 років тому +12

      thank you jesus

    • @josin007
      @josin007 7 років тому

      armuth the southern magnolia tree I came here looking for this 😜😜😜

    • @papa_dawg
      @papa_dawg 7 років тому

      So true.

  • @alkeshachaudhary1866
    @alkeshachaudhary1866 5 років тому +1

    How simply this man has put across his views. That's Inspiring. 💫