Remembering Names Essay

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Remembering Names (This article is related to Chapter 6, Part1 - The Mind: A Memory for All Seasonings) Back in chapter 6, we learned about some famous mnemonists and many different ways to improve our memory. We were also convinced that we can all advance our memory with hundred hours of practice. As an extension of this subject, this article will deal with various methods to remember people’s names easily. We get so embarrassed when we forget someone’s name. We get even more embarrassed when the other just told his/her name and we’ve already forgotten it. This problem is common to many people. In fact, some people have hard time approaching someone whose name they have forgotten. Eventually many of them became unsociable and miss out on great opportunities such as business contract. Remembering names is the easiest task to show people that one appreciates the others. Whether one’s in the school, at the work, at a conference, or at the grocery store, if one remembers people’s names, it will be more valuable to one than gold. In the following sentences, we will talk about diverse processes to go through to help remember names. First of all, we have to pay attention when we hear the name. If we don’t hear it clearly, then we have to ask to be told it again straight away. We will notice that a person is flattered when we take an interest in his/her name. After that, we would better try to use the name in our first few words of conversation and listen consciously to ourselves saying the name. While conversation is going on, it’s highly recommended to find out as many details about the person as we can such as what his/her interests are, what he/she do for a living, etc. It’s also important to study a person’s face carefully and link the facial feature and substitute words in an unusual image. For example if one of our girl friends has a dimple in her chin and
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