.word可编辑.Lesson 31Denise: On the contrary, I dont agree at all with people who say graphology is all nonsense. I think that at last it is beginning to be taken seriously as a proper science and not as some kind of fairground entertainment. Leo: How did you start to become interested in graphology? Denise: Ive always been fascinated by people and what they are like, and then one day I was just looking at a book about different styles of handwriting and I got to thinking that it must all mean something, because we all have a different and individual style of our own. So thats how I began. Leo: What exactly is the connection between the way we write and the way we are? Denise: If you think about it, our handwriting, and our doodling too, are all products of our braina kind of extension of ourselves on paper, so, consciously or unconsciously, we are giving a kind of computer printout of what we think or feel when we write. As the brain is where our thoughts and feelings lie, there is every reason to assume that our character is transmitted into our handwriting. Leo: Now I know that a number of European firms have used graphology to evaluate potential employees for some time now, but I believe its catching on in America too. Denise: Im now running my own San Francisco-based consultancy firm, which I started a decade ago, and now over two hundred firms come to me for advice on would-be employees. Leo: How does it work out, then? Do they show you samples of an applicants handwriting? Denise: Yes, most companies nowadays require their new job applicants to provide at least a one-page writing sample which is then passed over to me for interpretation. Leo: How long does it take you to analyse a sample? Denise: Oh, anything from three to eight hours, depending on the amount of detail required by the client. Leo: And what can you tell from the sample you get? Denise: A whole range of personality traits can be assessed, such as enthusiasm, ambition, imagination, diligence, sincerity, secretivenessjust about everything, in fact. Leo: Can you give us some tell-tale clues about the way we write? Im sure our listeners will all be dying to hear something. Denise: OK, you just write the letter t, not a capital but an ordinary t, please, Leo. Leo: All right. There you are. Now what can you tell me from that? Denise: Mmm . well, the t youve written, which is more or less straight up and crossed with a diagonal stroke from south-west to north-east, as it were, indicates an optimistic kind of character to me. Would you describe yourself in that way? Leo: Mmm, yes, I think so. Can you describe any other kinds of t for the benefit of our listeners? Denise: Yes, of course. If, for example, you had written a t but crossed it only with a stroke on the left of the vertical stem, which didnt even reach it in fact, that would indicate a procrastinating character, someone who puts things off until tomorrow. Inefficiency can be identified by a t where there are two vertical strokes in the stem, reaching up to a rounded point, and then crossed right through. Mmm, what else can I say? A thick cross on the left of the stem, tapering to a point on the right of the stem, tells me that the writer is a sarcastic kind of person. Another thing is that a very practical sort of person always crosses his t halfway down the letter, whereas a t crossed high up the stem shows a dreamer. The letters m and n are also indicative of personality, depending on whether they are rounded or wedge-shaped. Leo: I see. Thats most interesting. Denise: One little success story of mine, which I must tell you about, concerns Royal Office Products of New York. They once took a big chance on my analysis of an applicants writing. His name was Harry Benson, in fact, and he was after an executive job, and he was a person they would never have taken on otherwise . because he came across very badly orally and in his appearance. However, on the strength of my interpretation of his writing they took him on, and now, only a few years later, hes already President of the company. Leo: Id like now to turn to doodling because most of us doodle away merrily, quite absentmindedly, and hear what you have to say about that. Denise: Oh, you can tell a great deal about people from their doodles as well as their handwriting. The doodle, to my mind, is a message straight from the subconscious. The reason you are feeling the way you are is always written in your doodles. Leo: Can you give us some indication of what you mean? Denise: Take, for example, very angular or tangled horizontal lines . Now, if a person when doodling does a lot of them, it is very indicative of hidden anger and frustration. Arrows, when drawn, stand for ambition, and when they are aimed in a lot of different directions, this will mean confusion in reaching goals. Leo: Befo