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How to Remember People's Names
Have you ever been introduced to someone and realized that within
seconds you have forgotten their name? This can be a problem in
business where much of success is based on your ability to connect
with people. You can’t connect with a prospective client if you have
forgotten his or her name.
One of the reasons we forget people’s names is because our brain is
receiving input from too many sources when we meet them. Brain
researchers have discovered in the last few years that your internal
dialogue occupies the same auditory nerve as external sound. It’s
hard to remember a name when you are having an internal
conversation with yourself about what you are going to say next or how
you are being perceived.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a master at recalling names. Asked how he
did it, he said he saw the person's name written out on their forehead.
Over the years simple memory techniques involving sensory
integration have evolved to improve name.
1. Stay externally focused on the person speaking – no self talk. It
distracts the memory.
2. Sight – Picture the name of the person written on their forehead in
your favorite color of magic marker.
3. Sound – Say the name over in your mind and then out loud. “It’s very
nice to meet you, Jason.” Use the name three times in a conversation.
4. Touch – Move your finger in little micro-muscle movements as if you
were actually writing the person’s name or in your mind’s eye, see and
feel yourself writing the person’s name.
5. After you leave a meeting, write down the names of the people you
want to remember with a distinguishing note about each. Since you
already have imagined their name on their forehead, tie the note to a
distinguishing part of their face and list other relevant information on
why they are important to you.
If you are meeting large groups of people the technique of “chunking”
is helpful. Most people learn information by chunking it down. Think
about your social security number and telephone numbers.
When it comes to remembering large groups of people, you can group
the names into clusters. Repeat their names back in groups of four or
five as you code each one of them into your memory through your three
primary senses of sight, sound, and touch.
Practice will refine these techniques into habit. Start now!
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Have you ever been introduced to someone and realized that within
seconds you have forgotten their name? This can be a problem in
business where much of success is based on your ability to connect
with people. You can’t connect with a prospective client if you have
forgotten his or her name.
One of the reasons we forget people’s names is because our brain is
receiving input from too many sources when we meet them. Brain
researchers have discovered in the last few years that your internal
dialogue occupies the same auditory nerve as external sound. It’s
hard to remember a name when you are having an internal
conversation with yourself about what you are going to say next or how
you are being perceived.
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a master at recalling names. Asked how he
did it, he said he saw the person's name written out on their forehead.
Over the years simple memory techniques involving sensory
integration have evolved to improve name.
1. Stay externally focused on the person speaking – no self talk. It
distracts the memory.
2. Sight – Picture the name of the person written on their forehead in
your favorite color of magic marker.
3. Sound – Say the name over in your mind and then out loud. “It’s very
nice to meet you, Jason.” Use the name three times in a conversation.
4. Touch – Move your finger in little micro-muscle movements as if you
were actually writing the person’s name or in your mind’s eye, see and
feel yourself writing the person’s name.
5. After you leave a meeting, write down the names of the people you
want to remember with a distinguishing note about each. Since you
already have imagined their name on their forehead, tie the note to a
distinguishing part of their face and list other relevant information on
why they are important to you.
If you are meeting large groups of people the technique of “chunking”
is helpful. Most people learn information by chunking it down. Think
about your social security number and telephone numbers.
When it comes to remembering large groups of people, you can group
the names into clusters. Repeat their names back in groups of four or
five as you code each one of them into your memory through your three
primary senses of sight, sound, and touch.
Practice will refine these techniques into habit. Start now!
Get Mary Lee’s new FREE e-book “Make Your Wheel of Fortune Spin
on Balance" by clicking here.
Follow Mary Lee's career tips on Twitter.com at StartingOverNow.
For the FREE Worksheets: “It’s Not Who You Know It’s Who knows
You” and “10 Interview Questions that You Ask that Scream, "I Get the
Big Picture!" go to Mary Lee's web site at: http://www.startingovernow.
com/Articles-and-Tip-Sheets.html
Mary Lee Gannon is a career advice coach and expert who went from
being a stay-at-home mother with four children to divorce, poverty and
then on to become a newspaper reporter, trade association executive
director, public relations consultant, and foundation president and
CEO. View Mary Lee’s free career tips, worksheets and Blog on her
website at www.startingovernow.com. Her book "Starting Over - 25
Rules When You've Bottomed Out" hold many tips and exercises for
those wanting to reach their potential. Contact Mary Lee at
info@startingovernow.com.
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optimize your environment and wipe out fear and doubt. Make it fun =
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business. Start now! For a FREE introductory coaching session via
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to help you:
1. United States of America's
primary source on career
information:
www.onetcenter.org
2. Wage Estimates
www.salary.com and Bureau of
Labor and Statistics
3. Organize Your Job Search -
Post a Question etc.:
www.cvtips.com
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m
6. Self Improvement:
www.selfgrowth.com.
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Advice and Resources:
www.careerbuiler.com
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plans, competitive analysis,
start up costs and more:
www.score.org/business_toolbox
.html
9. Federal/Sate/Local
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