Remembering
Names
Soft Skill Builder For
The Workplace And Life
Question?
 Have
you ever run into someone that
you have met before and can't
remember that person's name?
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It can be an awkward situation for
both you and the other person.
Reason
 When
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We're telling him, "you're important."
 When
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we remember someone,
we forget a person,
We may leave the opposite impression.
Think…
 You

want great service at a restaurant?
Call the waitress by name when you place
your order.
 Want
to be the center of influence at a
party?

Introduce people you just met to others at
the party.
 People

love to hear their own name.
“A person's name is to that person, the
sweetest most important sound in any
language."
Dale Carnegie, (1888-1955),
Author and motivational speaker on
self-improvement, salesmanship,
and corporate training
How To Remember
1.
Look and Listen—
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Look at the person.
Get a strong mental image of the person.
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What characteristics make the person unique?
Is the person large, small, tall, thin, lots of hair,
no hair?
Listen clearly to the name.
Ask the person to repeat his/her name if
you do not hear the name clearly.
How To Remember
 Mind
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Picture—
Associate the person's name with a picture
that is easy to recall.
 The full name should create ONE picture.
 The person whose name you have made a
picture of should be in the picture.
Difficult names may need to be broken down
into syllables to create memorable pictures.
 Example: Staneart (Stan-irt)-Picture me
STANding up to my waist in dIRT.
How To Remember
 Exaggerate—
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The more exaggerated and colorful the
picture, the easier it will be to remember.
Make the picture larger than life.
Make it funny.
Add a little danger.
 Repeat—
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Repeat the name silently to yourself a
few times.
Try to use the name in conversation.
Introducing the person to others can be
an easy way to repeat the name without
drawing attention.
Remembering
Names
 Methods
are fairly simple and obvious, but
are quite powerful.
 Association either with images of a name or
with other people can really help recall of
names.
 Repetition and review help it to sink in.
 An important thing to stress is practice,
patience, and progressive improvement in
remembering names.