Welcome, UK Career Development. How to Remember Peoples' Names. Edit Article Edited by Kimberlydiep888, Nicole Willson, Ben Rubenstein, Rojo Don Poho and 28 others Having problems remembering people's names?
It happens to almost everyone from time to time but if it's a permanent issue for you, it's time to do your best to stop what is a bit of a bad listening habit. If you're shy, nervous, bored, or facing people who awe you, these can all feed in to your name forgetfulness but they're not an excuse; there are ways to remember names and to keep yourself in the social graces of everyone else. Using a person's name is a key to opening doors for you and to maintaining an initial rapport that could turn this person into a new friend for life or a lifelong business partner. How To Remember People's Names (Communication Skills)
This film will show you the basic tricks to remember someone's name - and what to do when you forget!
A great six step guide to make sure you have no embarrassing situations of forgetting names. Step 1: Repetition, repetition, repetition. When you are first introduced, repeat your new acquaintance's name - three times will cement it in your memory. "Tom, Tom, Tom. " The trick is to do this without them noticing.