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Happy Friday, kids! Do you have trouble remembering people's names? Today's Tip might help you with that, so scroll on down!
HOW TO REMEMBER NAMES
You can improve your ability to remember names if you follow these four steps:
1. Commit. Begin by making a commitment - a conscious decision - to remember people's names. Don't let yourself off easy, blaming a "bad memory." Forgetting names is due less to a bad memory than to a lack of application. Tell yourself - because it's true - that you can remember names if you want to and if you work at it. Before going to a meeting or a party or anywhere you might meet people, remind yourself of your commitment. And recommit yourself: "I will make my best effort to remember the names of the people I meet."
2. Concentrate. You can only remember what you observe in the first place. If you are distracted or if you aren't paying attention, you won't register the person's name so you can't possibly remember it. Concentrate, then, on 1) paying attention to the person's name when you first hear it, and 2) forming an impression of the person.
Listen to the person's name. If you miss it or find a few second later than you've already forgotten it, say, "I'm sorry I missed your name. Can you give it to me again?" If you still have trouble with it, say, I'm sorry, but would spell that out for me?"
Get a clear, detailed impression of the person. The more vividly you observe people's physical characteristics, the more likely you are to remember them. Use all of your senses to form the most striking impression possible.
3. Repeat. Repetition helps engrave the name in your memory.
Use the name immediately.
Repeat it silently to yourself.
Comment on the name, if possible.
Use it occasionally in the conversation without overdoing it.
Use it when leaving.
Write it down afterwards.
For the rest of the hints, here's the web site from when this post came: How to Remember Names
I have always been horrible at remembering names. A face yes, a name no. The thing that's worked best for me is to repeat it to them as I shake their hand... 'Oh So and So, it's really nice to meet you'. .... and then to match their name with something... So I think of the face with the hint I've given the name... might be the location of where we met, they look like an eggplant to me... I dunno... but I try to associate their name with something in my head... sort of like a picture password. lol This post probably only makes sense to me......
I have always been horrible at remembering names. A face yes, a name no. The thing that's worked best for me is to repeat it to them as I shake their hand... 'Oh So and So, it's really nice to meet you'. .... and then to match their name with something... So I think of the face with the hint I've given the name... might be the location of where we met, they look like an eggplant to me... I dunno... but I try to associate their name with something in my head... sort of like a picture password. lol This post probably only makes sense to me......
Makes sense to me, Coastal! It's pretty much what the expert said to do. If you follow the link to read the 4th hint, which has to do with association, there are some rather bizarre examples, but we have to do whatever it takes to help us remember those names. I'm terrible at it, and I do know I have to work harder at it.
Makes sense to me, Coastal! It's pretty much what the expert said to do. If you follow the link to read the 4th hint, which has to do with association, there are some rather bizarre examples, but we have to do whatever it takes to help us remember those names. I'm terrible at it, and I do know I have to work harder at it.
Well, at the rate my DYK says we're losin' brain cells, I don't hold out much hope of it working for me!!!!
Working in a long-term care/rehab facility, there's 55 rooms, Bed B and Bed A.
And there's always a turnover of residents in the rehab area I work.
I'm excellent at numbers, horrid at remembering names for any longer than 1 second, and when I have to tell the nurse someone needs some pain medication I merely say: 50B needs a pain shot.
And then, what happens when you run into a nurse who is very poor at numbers and superbly gifted with remembering names? You guessed it, a return trip to that patient's room to check the names outside the door!
And? If I'm distracted along the way, returning to the nurse, perhaps one more repeated trip!
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