It means: You're a leader Yes, someone actually "studied" this: If you munch on a gingerbread man's head first, you're a natural-born leader, according to an informal analysis by Alan Hirsch, MD, of the Smell & Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago. Start with the legs? You're sensitive. Bite on the left arm first, you're creative; go for the right, you may be pessimistic.