﻿- Hey guys, welcome to this video. In this video I'm gonna talk to you about how to remember
names and faces. Have you ever been introduced to somebody and you shake their hand and two seconds
later you can't remember their name? Well, I got good news for you. There is a way to remember
names and faces. At the USA Memory Championship, I memorized 155 names in 15 minutes. In this video
I'm gonna show you my process to remember names, and then give you a test and see how many names
you can remember. Check it out. Let's pretend like we're gonna meet a group of people here, and let's
see how good we do remembering their names. Let's meet this first person right here. What stands
out to you on this person? What's the unique feature? For me, the unique feature is her nose,
okay? Imagine she says to you, "Hi, my name is Lisa." I want you to imagine the "Mona Lisa."
Imagine we're painting the "Mona Lisa" on her nose. See the tip of her nose right there.
You got your red and your blue and all your color paint, and you're painting the "Mona Lisa" on
her nose. Nose, "Mona Lisa," Lisa. And let's see the next lady here. This next lady, what stands
out to you on her face? I think we all will agree she has a really nice smile, nice teeth.
Even if she talks, we're gonna notice those pretty white teeth. So let's use her teeth,
it's real distinctive. Her name is Wendy. I want you to imagine through her teeth is wind.
A cool breeze running through her teeth. Imagine whenever she smiles wind goes through her teeth.
You have wind on her teeth for Wendy. Go back and review the one before. On her nose we
have the "Mona Lisa" for Lisa. This next lady, what stands out to you on her? For me it's her
eyes. Look at those pretty blue eyes. Her name is Michelle. We have to turn Michelle into a picture.
I want you to see a missile. I want you to look at her eyes and see a missile, boom, shooting through
her eyes. Look at those eyes and missiles shooting off, wow! Go back and review the one before.
Mouth, what was on her mouth? Wind, Wendy. The one before, nose, Lisa. Go back and review
the one we just did. Eyes, missiles, Michelle. This next guy, what is his distinctive feature?
I think it's gonna be his beard, all right? That's pretty clear.
This guy, his name is Frank. What's a picture for Frank? I use a Frankfurter, like a hot dog.
So imagine in his beard you got a hot dog, and you got up all in his beard, you got hotdog all in his
beard, and you're like, "Hey man, I'm gonna have one of those hot dogs," and you reach in his beard
and you grab a hot dog. When you are meeting somebody, actually create these crazy stories.
Actually imagine I'm at a baseball game and he's sitting over there and he's got
hot dogs in his beard. Tell yourself a story. It's gonna help you remember it with more emotion.
Action and emotion, hotdogs in his beard. Let's go back and review the lady before.
In her eyes, what do you see? Missiles. The lady before, her mouth. Wind.
The lady before, nose, "Mona Lisa," Lisa. The guy we just did, ib his beard, frankfurters,
Frank. This next guy, what stands out? For me it's that bald head. On the top of his head,
I want you to, his name is Wayne. Wayne. What could a picture for Wayne be? I use
rain. Rain is Wayne. Wayne is rain. Rain is Wayne. Look at the top of his head and see rain beating
down on the top of his head. Rain on the top of his head. His name is Wayne. Rain and Wayne,
beating on top of his head. Go back and review the one before. In the beard, we had Frankfurters,
Frank. The lady before eyes, Michelle. The lady before, wind, Wendy, and the lady before "Mona
Lisa," Lisa. Let's just do a few more here. Her name is Karen. What stands out to you about Karen?
I'm gonna say her eyebrows. Her eyebrows stand out. Now let's imagine her eyebrows are made
out of carrots. Karen is a carrot. So you see carrots on her eyebrows.
You're chewing her eyebrows, all right, you're chewing her eyebrows. Eyebrows, Karen.
Go back and review. What was on top of this guy's head? What was his name? Rain for Wayne. This guy,
a Frank for Frankfurter. This lady, missiles for Michelle. This lady, wind for Wendy, and this
lady, "Mona Lisa" Lisa. Now let's go a little bit quicker and let's just say the names. Her?
Lisa. Her? Wendy. Her? Michelle? Him? Frank. Him? Wayne. Her? Karen. This guy right here now,
new guy. What stands out to you on him? You know what stands out to me on him? His hair.
And I want you to imagine in his hair that maybe you think of Dell computers? I know it might be
spelled differently, Dale and Dell, but it's the same thing. You might see a Dell computer in his
head. Why do I put it in his hair? Because that's a distinctive feature. That's what stands out to
me. When you are trying to remember somebody's name, you focus in on the distinctive feature.
Let's do one more here. This lady right here, her name is Claudia. Her eyes are her distinctive
feature for me. I imagine her eyes are made out of clouds, and I see puffy clouds inside those
eyes. And I imagine the clouds are just floating there in her eyes. Claudia, clouds. Claudia,
clouds. Look at her eyes, what's her name? Claudia. Going backwards, what's his name?
Dale. What's her name? Karen, Karen. What's his name? Wayne,
'cause it was rain. What his name? Frank, Frankfurter. What's her name? Michelle,
missile. What's her name? Wendy, wind. And what's her name? Lisa. The "Mona Lisa."
Let's say these really quick, last time here. What is her name? Lisa. Her name? Wendy. Her name?
Michelle. His name? Frank. His name? Wayne. Her name. Karen. His name?
Dale. And her name? Claudia. Guys, you just remembered eight people's names. You focused
in on their distinctive feature. You turned their name into a picture. Now here's where this might
get difficult for you. You might be in a meeting and maybe you meet 'em, and you can't think of
a picture on the spot. If this is occurring, if you're in a business situation or a social
situation and you can't think of a picture for their name, then stop, stop the memory system and
just listen to 'em, all right? People don't care how much you know until they first know how much
you care. And if you're trying to turn their name into a picture and you're not listening to 'em,
forget the memory system and just listen to 'em. Now here's the deal. When they leave, then ask
yourself what's a picture for that name? Maybe look at my book and see if you can see a picture
for that name. Then the next time somebody walks in and they have that name, every Steve use the
same picture, stove. Every Dale, you use whatever you decide. Every Lisa is the Mona Lisa. Every
Brian is a brain. Every Karen as a carrot. Every Claudia is a cloud, or whatever you decide you're
gonna use for that name. So if in the moment you can't create a picture for that person's name,
don't worry about it. But when they leave, turn that name into a picture and see if you can
remember the distinctive feature on their face and create a story when they leave. Do it right
when they leave. So next time you meet somebody with that name, and then you'll be prepared,
and that's the way you get good at this. Drive down the road, see names on billboards turn 'em
into pictures. When you see movie credits and you see names, turn 'em into pictures. When you see a
restaurant and the lady has a name tag on, turn that into a picture. When the bartender has a
name tag on, turn that into a picture. When you're at the bank and they they have their name tag on
the teller, turn that into a picture. Whenever you are at a conference and they have a name tag on,
turn that into a picture. If you will commit to me for the next 30 days, turn in every name you
see into a picture you're gonna get really good at this. It's gonna take about 30 days to get good at
names, and it's gonna take a lot of practice. But remember names is gonna take the most practice out
of anything that you need to do in regards to memory. But it's also the most rewarding. Zig
Ziegler used to say "People don't care how much you know until they first know how much you care."
When you can remember names, it's going to make a huge, huge difference. If you enjoyed learning
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