Sorry What was Your Name Again? - 17th March 2007
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A
few weekends ago my village, Pleshey had a small craft fair and being new to the
village I thought it was a great opportunity to meet new people
So
I walked around the village hall with Louise and the Kids and
chatted with people
What was incredible was that everyone without fail asked my name at the start and then at the end said
“Sorry, what was your name again?”
Yes
everyone had forgotten my name in less
then 3 minutes, without fail!
Now
I used to do this all the time myself however now I have a little trick
that really helps
I
can’t say I never forget anymore, but I have to ask that awful question
a lot less often.
It’s
a simple technique call “first name
association” and I got it from the world memory champion
Dominick O’Brien
It
based on memory recall being based around the
ALI principle which stands for Association, Location, and Imagination
So
Here Goes
When
someone gives you their name simply visualise them in a location
A
location where you would expect someone with that first name to be
e.g
if they said one of your parents’ names perhaps you could visualise them
at your parents’ house
You
can use friends, colleagues or famous people and the more
hilarious the picture you paint in your mind the better
If
you always use the same location
for the same names it actually gets easier and quicker with practice
Now
when you try to remember the name (often 30 seconds later!) you
have a picture which should help you remember
If
you want to keep remembering just
re-think the visualisation every once in a while and hey presto
It
does take some practice
but quite quickly you won’t have to ask that embarrassing
question
“Sorry,
what was your name again?”
quite so often
So
have a memorable week, and achieve all that you can.
Regards
