Have you ever spent half a day chatting to a person and not remember what their name was? I sure have.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve forgotten a person’s name right after being introduced to them. Not only that, I would hear their name once or twice again, and still not be able to remember it. It drove me nuts! Of course, I could ask them to repeat it once again, but after having heard it so many times, I felt too embarrassed to do it. As a result, if I needed to speak to them, I would have to wait until they would turn their head towards me. Awkward? Just a bit.
Because of my frustration with not being able to remember names, I looked into mnemonics, a system of techniques aimed at improving the memory. They are listed below.