20 Advantageous Stuff About Being A Lefty

Left-Handed people were once being treated like they’re weirdos; the past can totally prove that. Luckily today, views towards southpaws are leaning more on the bright side. Lefties today are lucky because they won’t have to face insults and are now considered to be cool actually. I don’t get it why lefties were once seen as negative; In fact, there are a lot of advantages when you’re one. If you’re a lefty, read this beneficial list that would certainly make you feel good.    

 

1. More Creative

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Some really artistic individuals were known to be left-handed. Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Da Vinci were some of the most artistic lefties identified. Also, a great number of southpaws are really into and are artistically inclined.

2. Better sports players

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In sports as diverse as boxing, tennis, and baseball, left-handed people perform better than their right-handed counterparts. It’s not entirely known why, but it could be due to other players having less practice dealing with their moves.

3. Generally smarter

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Though only about 10% of the population are left-handed, 20% of MENSA members are left-handed.

4. Quicker information processing

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By using both sides of their brain more often, left-handed people can process more information than the more commonly occurring righties.

5. Faster recovery times

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Lefties have been found to recover faster from strokes affecting one part of their brain since they often have to use both parts in a right-centric world.

6. A dedicated holiday

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Yes, there’s even a day to celebrate lefties. International Lefthanders Day falls on August 13th every year.

7. Make more money

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For men who have gone to college, lefties earn 13% more than righties.

8. Better memory

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Not specific to only lefties but to those who come from largely left-handed families, some people have better episodic memory (the ability to remember events) better than righties.

9. Multitasking

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Since a left-handed person’s brain thinks more quickly, they can handle more tasks at once.

10. Shorter waiting times

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Lefties tend to go to lines along with their dominant hand (left) which is often times shorter than the right line.

11. Faster thinkers

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In lefties, the left and right sides of the brain communicate more quickly – another point for left-handed people being more intelligent!

12. More visual

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Left-handed people lean more towards visual rather than written fields. They land up more in areas like photography and painting than in law or writing.

13. Better drivers

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Lefties tend to pass their driving tests (on the first time) more than righties, at a rate of 57% to 47%.

14. Better astronauts

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Well, this one might be a bit disputed as to why, but it is true that 25% of the Apollo astronauts were lefties.

15. Better video game players

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16. Lefties are royals

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Though there are plenty of right-handed royals, a disproportionate amount are lefties, including Queen Elizabeth II and Prince William.

17. Faster typists

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On a standard QWERTY keyboard, left-handed people can type significantly quicker – only about 450 words can be typed with only the right hand in comparison to about 3,400 words with only the left.

18. Aquatic ability

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Another feature whose cause isn’t exactly known, left-handed people better acclimate to being underwater.

19. More likely to get elected

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Four out of the last seven U.S. Presidents were left-handed. They include Barack Obama, Bill Clinton, George H.W. Bush, and Gerald Ford.

20. Better warriors

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