Op-Ed: Is the best of all possible worlds left-handed?
We were a band of four musicians who were a bit left-handed, and we were constantly told that it was a weakness. I don’t think we’ve ever felt that anything was better or more natural for us than right-handed, but I had seen a lot of left-handed people who didn’t seem to be any different from us in any way.
So I asked myself, is anyone who is left handed better than the right-handed? The more I thought about it, the more I realized that most people who say that left-handed people are just the way they are and don’t “achieve anything” or have a “weakness,” are basically making excuses for themselves. And even though that kind of thinking might be okay for your parents, I think it might not be okay for you.
The most important part of the exercise is not getting caught up in what other people say about you. That is the last place you want to look. What is most important about the exercise is not getting caught up in whether or not someone says you are “good” or you are “great” for being left-handed.
That’s just all in your head.
If you are not at your best with your left hand, it may be that you just aren’t using your left hand at all, but just the opposite. That kind of thinking can cause problems for you. And if you have a problem with your left hand, you have to figure out why.
If you are going to be left-handed, you have to figure out why you might find that you are not as good with your left hand as you are with your right — because you actually have a problem. For some reason, you are not as good with your left hand than you are with your right. You may even believe that you have a “weakness,” but that isn’t where you are going to get your strength.
Your weakness is where you need to be focused. The strength you need is all in your right hand. Right hand strength comes from your fingers becoming stronger and your hand becoming stronger and stronger through practice, and more strength comes from a strong left hand just like a strong, strong right hand. You have to build strength and
