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It Pays to Remember Facts about People

It is the common wonder of all men, how among so many
millions of faces there should be none alike.
—Sir Thomas Browne

yes, fortunately, there are no two faces exactly alike. If all
faces did look alike, we couldn't remember them, or the
names, memory system or not. I have been challenged many
times, to remember the first names of a set of identical
twins. So far, I have always been able to spot one difference,
however minute, in their faces. It is to this difference that
I would associate their names. So, as the French say, "Vive
la difference!"
If you have studied the previous chapters on how to
remember names and faces; and if you have tried the
methods, you should be greatly improved by now. Although
in most cases it is the second, or family names that most
of us want to remember, some of you may be interested
in remembering first, or given names as well. This too, can
be done with a conscious association. You can use a substi-
tute word for the first name, and get that into your original
mental picture; or, you can picture someone you know very
well, having the same first name, with the person you wish
to remember.
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