Are you good at remembering names / faces?

[treedimensional]

HOW DO YOU DO IT? I am seriously terrible at it and need help.

I meet a lot of people because of my work. Some are local citizens, but some are colleagues (which is ultra embarrassing).

It's horrifying when people come up to me and say "Hello Tree D. Good to see you AGAIN" and I have no clue who they are or how they know me. I had a speaking engagement yesterday and afterwards TWO people came up to me and said that!! I felt like an absolute heel.

ARGH, suggestions on how to get better with this?

[polarbearfans]

I am terrible at remembering names to faces. I just say "I'm so sorry, what was your name again?", or "I'm am terrible with names, what is your name again?

It is somewhat helpful to say their name upon meeting, and the everytime I see their face, across the room/table, I say the name in my head again several times lol. Now if a long time passes from a first meeting, no way will I remember.

[finally]

I am very good at faces but horrible at names unless they have a name tag on (which I know your clients don't have on!). I know you are supposed to say their name upon meeting but I can't even remember to do that!!!

[Deleted]

I am actually. The student teachers I supervise think it's pretty awesome my party trick is to memorize and remember a classroom full of names within an hour.

I say the name, look at the person, say the name in my head and then use the name in a conversation.
I also associate it with a characteristic (like Molly Blue Eyes).

[moolarkey]

my freshman english instructor in college. Heather Angus. First thing she did after telling us her name was to think of angus cows grazing on the heather. I never forgot her name.

[Deleted]

I'm very good with faces and voices, not great with names.

A lot of people say it's good to repeat the name several times in that initial conversation. "Hi I'm Jane Doe" "Hi Jane Doe, pleasure to meet you, I'm Sarah Smith". And then slip it in later "Jane, that's a great point. "Jane Doe is was great to meet you, have a good evening"

[Marmee]

I am, not as good as I once was but still good. I'm still good with faces but names are harder for me.

[sjh722]

Oct 26, 2014 19:05:09 GMT -5 @kcpokergal said:

A lot of people say it's good to repeat the name several times in that initial conversation. "Hi I'm Jane Doe" "Hi Jane Doe, pleasure to meet you, I'm Sarah Smith". And then slip it in later "Jane, that's a great point. "Jane Doe is was great to meet you, have a good evening"

This is what I do. It helps.

Then, when I get back in the car, I jot down their name on my showing sheet (if it's someone I've met for work, which is 95% of the names I have a hard time remembering). The physical act of writing it down helps me to remember too.

I also don't think there's anything wrong with a, "So good to see you again! I'm so sorry, I'm terrible with names, can you remind me...." 

[Deleted]

I'm not great at this so don't have a lot of advice. DH is brilliant at this. He can see an actor on TV and ID them from a movie 20 years ago in a half second. It's a little annoying. :-)

[treedimensional]

I guess I just have to try harder. I have heard these suggestions before, but clearly I really need to work on this.
I do try to repeat peoples' names as I speak to them, but I still don't remember them after we part company. It just leaves my brain. When I try to recall them later that day or week, I have forgotten. It just gets pushed out like a temporary memory.

[jillybean222]

I am not so good with names!!! Fortunately, I can usually pull it off b/c I know the people from a limited number of places and almost always having to do with my kids - school, sports, or some other kid activity.

[adhdfashion]

I suck at names. No help here. Lol

[Deleted]

Nope. I can remember what I ate and wore on any given day from like 1999 but you ask me to remember somebody's freaking name and it ain't happening. I can't remember people's name if my life depended on it.