How to Remember Anything: The Proven Total Memory Retention System by Dean Vaughn Page B
Authors: Dean Vaughn
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your attention. Even if the president of the United States were to walk by at that moment, you should not notice. The most important thing in your life for those moments must be what that person has to say.
4. Enjoy the opportunity to meet and remember people. Let them know that you want to remember their names. Tell them that you are studying the art of remembering names. You will be surprised at the number of people who will give you an easy way to do it—especially if they have a difficult name.
The people who remember names well are usually the ones who become the most popular. There are so few who can do it well that those who can do it are held in high regard. It is said of Napoleon that he knew all of his 10,000 officers by name. President Franklin D. Roosevelt continuously amazed his staff and associates with his remarkable ability to remember their names.
Follow all of the rules of remembering names because they work! Your reward and your excitement will come when you see the system working for you. I promise you it will happen—very soon.
AUDIONYM CARDS
You may want to use three types of cards as an integral part of a system for remembering names:
1. Audionyms for first names.
2. Audionyms for last names.
3. People I know.
The audionym cards for first and last names are extremely valuable. By having a deck of 3-by-5 cards for the audionyms you create, you can measure your progress as your vocabulary of audionyms increases. Psychologically, this is rewarding—especially when you reach the milestones of 100, 200, 300, or 1,000 audionyms that you confidently know. Also, the audionym cards can be used as a set of flash cards to:
1. Look at the name and try to remember the audionym.
2. Look at the audionym and try to remember the name.
The cards can be filed alphabetically by name so you can continue to add newly developed audionyms in an organized manner as you create them.
Few hobbies are as exciting and practical as collecting audionyms for use in remembering names. The audionym cards let you see your collection as it grows. As your file grows, so will your interest and enthusiasm for your new hobby.
The “people I know” cards would include names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people you know and could include where and when you met and any other pertinent information.
The use of the audionym cards will serve as a well-organized system for documentation, practice, reference, and accumulation of data. I urge you to immediately use audionym cards as you begin to learn audionyms for names!
You should always carry some cards with you to record any new audionyms that you develop during the day, to record the pertinent data of the new people you meet, and so you can store the cards in your permanent file when you return home. The use of audionym cards as outlined above will be the key to your immediate, rapid, and continuing success in this exciting new endeavor. It would be most practical to enter the information into an electronic database on your computer.
You can remember names if you have a sincere desire to do so. The ability to remember names has to be developed. It will take some effort on your part, but it will be worth it. You will be surprised to discover that your ability to remember names can develop remarkably fast.
One of the secrets to remembering names is that every name must be changed into something you can see—a tangible object. Don’t use action words or words descriptive of action. For example, if we were to form an image for the name Harris, one system would have you use the word harass. Well, what does a harass look like? When trying to recall the word later, we might confuse it with worry or annoy. One major problem with adjectives and verbs is that they can have many synonyms—words that mean the same thing, but sound different. The object of memory training is to organize our thoughts—not to add to the confusion. I believe that a good audionym for Harris is hairs. You
4. Enjoy the opportunity to meet and remember people. Let them know that you want to remember their names. Tell them that you are studying the art of remembering names. You will be surprised at the number of people who will give you an easy way to do it—especially if they have a difficult name.
The people who remember names well are usually the ones who become the most popular. There are so few who can do it well that those who can do it are held in high regard. It is said of Napoleon that he knew all of his 10,000 officers by name. President Franklin D. Roosevelt continuously amazed his staff and associates with his remarkable ability to remember their names.
Follow all of the rules of remembering names because they work! Your reward and your excitement will come when you see the system working for you. I promise you it will happen—very soon.
AUDIONYM CARDS
You may want to use three types of cards as an integral part of a system for remembering names:
1. Audionyms for first names.
2. Audionyms for last names.
3. People I know.
The audionym cards for first and last names are extremely valuable. By having a deck of 3-by-5 cards for the audionyms you create, you can measure your progress as your vocabulary of audionyms increases. Psychologically, this is rewarding—especially when you reach the milestones of 100, 200, 300, or 1,000 audionyms that you confidently know. Also, the audionym cards can be used as a set of flash cards to:
1. Look at the name and try to remember the audionym.
2. Look at the audionym and try to remember the name.
The cards can be filed alphabetically by name so you can continue to add newly developed audionyms in an organized manner as you create them.
Few hobbies are as exciting and practical as collecting audionyms for use in remembering names. The audionym cards let you see your collection as it grows. As your file grows, so will your interest and enthusiasm for your new hobby.
The “people I know” cards would include names, addresses, and phone numbers of the people you know and could include where and when you met and any other pertinent information.
The use of the audionym cards will serve as a well-organized system for documentation, practice, reference, and accumulation of data. I urge you to immediately use audionym cards as you begin to learn audionyms for names!
You should always carry some cards with you to record any new audionyms that you develop during the day, to record the pertinent data of the new people you meet, and so you can store the cards in your permanent file when you return home. The use of audionym cards as outlined above will be the key to your immediate, rapid, and continuing success in this exciting new endeavor. It would be most practical to enter the information into an electronic database on your computer.
You can remember names if you have a sincere desire to do so. The ability to remember names has to be developed. It will take some effort on your part, but it will be worth it. You will be surprised to discover that your ability to remember names can develop remarkably fast.
One of the secrets to remembering names is that every name must be changed into something you can see—a tangible object. Don’t use action words or words descriptive of action. For example, if we were to form an image for the name Harris, one system would have you use the word harass. Well, what does a harass look like? When trying to recall the word later, we might confuse it with worry or annoy. One major problem with adjectives and verbs is that they can have many synonyms—words that mean the same thing, but sound different. The object of memory training is to organize our thoughts—not to add to the confusion. I believe that a good audionym for Harris is hairs. You
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