How to Stop Forgetting Names

Jim Kwik teaches the MOM method: Motivation connects emotion to the name, Observation uses a physical cue like placing your fist on your chin to stay focused, and Mechanics are the drills that train attention. Memory is the art of paying attention.
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I'm gonna call you on your BS as a coach, right? Your belief systems, your BS, right? You can remember a name. We're just not wanting to. If we're really real, if I'm gonna call you as a— not as a lecturer, but as a coach calling you on your stuff, you can remember a name. You have the most amazing supercomputer on the planet. It's one word, right? But are you really connecting to the purpose? So the first M in MOM stands for what? Motivation. What's your motive for action, right? Because it has to go from your head to your heart to your hands. Everything is head, heart, hands. You could visualize things, set goals here. If you're procrastinating, not using your hands, right, doing action, check in with the second H, which is your heart. The key for memory is information and emotion becomes long-term memory, right? So you have to add that emotion and create the reasons. Ask yourself, why do I wanna remember a person's name? Maybe it's to show some respect. Maybe it's to practice these things I learned. Whatever it is, right? Maybe get a referral, make a sale. That will help you remember names. The O in MOM— I'll do this. Shake out your dominant hand, make a fist, put it to your chin. Where's your chin? The O in MOM is observation. You're not forgetting the name, you're not hearing the name. Let's just be real. Because what are you doing? You're talking to yourself. You're thinking about what you're going to say. You're looking around the room seeing who else is here, right? The art of memory is the art of attention. The art of learning is the art of attention, right? So that's why we're gonna do a lot of focus drills tomorrow. And then finally, the last M in MOM are the mechanics, the methods.
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