Bad Dog Needs Rotten Home

THE NEW HOME FOR THE BEST STUFF ON THE WEB.

TIPS TO REMEMBER PEOPLES NAMES

Added on: 16th Apr 2015

 

 

Prioritize people's names. It's easier to remember things

you consider to be important

introduction

 

 

Concentrate when someone introduces him/herself to you.

It's been proven that we often tend to forget people´s names

simply because we didn't pay attention.

introduction

 

 

Unfortunately, introductions often take place at extremely distracting

places such as clubs, bars, busy restaurants etc. It might be

challenging but try to suppress all the distracting elements during an

introduction. Focus only on faces and names, nothing else.

People drinking

 

 

Repetition is one the most important things when trying to remember

anything, not just names. Once you hear the person´s name, keep

looking at him/her and say the name in your mind a few times.

Business people

 

 

Repeat the person´s name aloud as well. You can use something like:

“Pleasure to meet you, Leighton” or “How long have been working in

this company, Leighton?”

Business meeting

 

 

Remember to use the person´s name a few more times

throughout the conversation. This will help to link the person with

his or her name in your subconscious memory.

business meeting

 

 

If you happen to miss the name, don’t pretend to have caught it but

ask the person to say it again. You can never remember a name

you failed to hear correctly.

listening carefully

 

 

If you know another person with the same name as the one who

you have just been introduced to, associate him/her with the recently

introduced individual. Next time you see the newly introduced person,

the other, familiar person with the same name will come to your mind.

thinking

 

 

Take advantage of exaggerating the pronunciation. Take "Lia"

for example, prolong the syllables and say: “Leeee – aaaa!” The more

pronounced and funny, the easier it is to remember.

people having fun

 


View by Month