Comments on: How to remember names and faces http://nathanbowers.com/hacks-how-tos/how-to-remember-names-and-faces/ Demystifying design and technology Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:28:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Nathan Bowers http://nathanbowers.com/hacks-how-tos/how-to-remember-names-and-faces/#comment-646 Nathan Bowers Mon, 26 May 2008 03:28:18 +0000 http://nathanbowers.com/?p=424#comment-646 Thanks for the tips Havi. You use rhymes, so if you're a verbal learner you'd probably take to the number remembering trick in that book. It involves substituting numbers for consonants to make words and sentences. Thanks for the tips Havi. You use rhymes, so if you’re a verbal learner you’d probably take to the number remembering trick in that book. It involves substituting numbers for consonants to make words and sentences.

]]> By: Havi Brooks http://nathanbowers.com/hacks-how-tos/how-to-remember-names-and-faces/#comment-645 Havi Brooks Mon, 26 May 2008 01:00:55 +0000 http://nathanbowers.com/?p=424#comment-645 When I was a bartender (years ago), the way I remembered names was a. motivation (remembering that remembering names = tips), b. intention (consciously focusing on the person) and c. making up a little rhyme with the name, the goofier the better. Of course anyone who drinks scotch neat is worth remembering just for that. Actually, (going stream of consciousness here) pretty much everyone remembers your name when you're the only woman working in a bar, but it's also important to know that any experienced bartender will answer to absolutely any name that is spoken in a slightly raised voice with a question mark at the end. Bottom line: useful skill. When I was a bartender (years ago), the way I remembered names was a. motivation (remembering that remembering names = tips), b. intention (consciously focusing on the person) and c. making up a little rhyme with the name, the goofier the better.

Of course anyone who drinks scotch neat is worth remembering just for that.

Actually, (going stream of consciousness here) pretty much everyone remembers your name when you’re the only woman working in a bar, but it’s also important to know that any experienced bartender will answer to absolutely any name that is spoken in a slightly raised voice with a question mark at the end. Bottom line: useful skill.

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