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Chapter 20:

How to Finally Start

Remembering Names?

T he ability to quickly and permanently remember

peoples’ names is an extremely underrated skill and

a must-have feature of anyone who wants to

communicate effectively and smoothly! Remembering names

will allow you to make an awesome first impression and save

you lots of trouble after forgetting someone’s name after five
minutes of conversation.

Some time ago, remembering names was a great challenge

for me. Usually when two or three people told me their names,

I forgot them after about a few minutes. I really wanted to

remember them, but they would just vanish rapidly. It very

often held me back from making a good first impression and
from succeeding at job interviews, during the first days at a

new school, university, in a new company, during business

meetings or even during nights out with friends when I wanted

to meet new people. From what I noticed, this is quite a

popular problem. My dear friend almost lost the chance to
have a date with the love of his life because he forgot her

name and after one hour of talking, called her Jennifer instead

of Jessica. It ended up in a painful but funny (for us, not him)

face slap since she is a rather fiery and impulsive kind of girl.

Luckily, I eventually managed to convince her that he’s a very
good man, just a little bit forgetful. I’m going to show you a