"Remembering a large number of names connected to faces requires a different approach. Suggestions abound: [[Tom Weber]], who calls himself The Memory Guy, advocates a version of the picture method: if you meet someone called Barbara, he tells people at his memory workshops, ‘think of a barbed-wire fence. Now picture her wrapped in barbed wire.’ I suppose so. But how do you remember which of the people you met is meant to be the one wrapped in barbed wire? Another approach is to use a name frequently the moment you learn it: ‘Great to meet you, Tim. Glad to hear it, Tim.’ **This has the benefit of making you sound like a timeshare salesman, thus reducing the size of your social circle and, accordingly, the number of names you’ll have to remember.**" --- **Tags** -- [[quotes]], [[juicy-sentences]], **Source** -- [[20241114100017 - B - Help!]]