Nothing focuses the mind like remembering.

People remember best the first part and the last part of your talk. It’s the middle that can get rather blurry. Your introduction sets the tone and people decide how much they want to listen to you. Your ending strongly shapes how people remember you. 

Meet and repeat.

When you get someone’s name, don’t just nod and continue the conversation, try to plug the name into what you’re saying. For example, if the man in front of you says his name is Mark, say, “Hi, Mark, nice to meet you.” Or ask a question with his name at the end, “How long have you been working in IT, Mark?”

It’s highly worthwhile to invest some time to develop an energetic ending to your talk. 

At the very end of one memorable speech I heard, the speaker encouraged his audience to "fasten their seat belts and get ready for an amazing ride." (Or something to that effect.) 

He ended with a surge of energy. You could feel the excitement in that one little sentence.  

• Consider these typical tools for concluding speeches. There’s no such thing as a shortcut to success. People who sell you such crap are just smart jerks trying to steal your time and money.a quotation
• a question
• call to action (indispensable for sales)
• a story
• a surprising fact or statistic 

You want to end with something that has personal meaning for you. 

You really catch people’s attention when you announce you’re about to conclude the talk. They now know it’s about to end so they’re encouraged to listen more closely.  

(Hopefully you’re leaving them hungry for more.) 

After telling the audience this fabulous talk is about to be over. SHUT UP. That’s right. Pause for a few seconds. A pause adds drama. Then they’ll be sitting on the edges of their seats. 

And here’s a really powerful secret. No matter what you’re afraid of, no matter how you feel, act like this is the most fun talk you have ever given. 

If you act confident, your audience will assume you rocked. Your energy is contagious! 

Now sock it to them. Knock them over. End with a bang!

You remember what you were wearing at your best friend's wedding, but can't recall what you wore last Wednesday.

You are ... What we do know is that a lot of people struggle with remembering things, and in many different ways.

 Perhaps ... To properly encode a memory, you must first be paying attention.

Think about what you had for dinner last night. Now, think about what you were just doing ten seconds ago. I bet you were reading this article.

Our short-term memory helps use store information about what happened in the past 15 to 30 seconds.

After that, those memories are transferred to our long-term memory. Long-term memory is where we store the things that we learn and experience over time.

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Thank you …Different parts of our brain help us with our memory. One of these is a parts is called the hippocampus, which helps convert short-term memories to long-term memories. It also holds our memory of spaces and maps.

If you put on a blindfold and walked around in your bedroom, you would probably still know where your bed is in the room because your brain helps you remember.

To recall a memory, we reactivate connections from many places in the brain, forming a complex web and rounding out the whole memory.

The rhyming and catchy tunes of advertisements can help our brain make more connections and help us better remember what we hear. The number of times you watch a commercial also plays a part in how well you might remember it.

If you are exposed many times, it’s harder to forget the advertisement.

You can try to test out your memory with the list of words. Look at the list of words for 30 seconds and to try to memorize as many as possible. Then cover the list and write down as many words as you remember.

At first, the words will be in your short-term memory. The more times you see the list and visualize an image of the objects in your head, the more you might be able to remember.

Want to add word or two?  

Are you the type who blanks on a person's name, before you've even finished shaking their hand?

Do you spot acquaintances in the grocery store, and run the other way because you can't quite remember who they are?

If you have trouble remembering names and have moments like these happen to you on the regular, join the club.

Name recall isn't a strong suit for everyone, and it can be kind of embarrassing when a familiar face approaches, and your brain lets you down.

But don't feel bad. Some people are very good at it, while others are more challenged by it it's often just a matter of what your brain is good at, the same way some people are really great at remembering directions, while others get lost one street over from their apartment.

Your comment ….?  

Everyone's brain has a shortcoming or two.

There is good news though, because this whole name issue can be improved over time — if you're willing to try some tricks.

There are several mindfulness games you can play when trying to remember a name. Try to use their name in conversation. Make associations that are visual. If there's a Jyoti, see that person in your mind's eye with a Jyoti that you know. See them together. Little mind games like these can make their name stick.

That said, there are a few interesting reasons why you might not be able to remember names, apart from your brain's innate ability. Health issues, medications, and even how much the person means to you all play a role.

Many of us who are supposedly "bad with names" can recall them, if we have a good enough reason to. But let's be honest... that's not always the case.

If you think back to people that have changed your life or someone you fell in love with, you remembered that person’s name.

Why?

They were important to you. You’ll likely always remember your first boss, or your first crush. But the name of that random guy who lives down the street? Might not stick.

Even though it may have felt like you were paying attention whilst being introduced to someone new — you were looking at them, shaking their hand, etc. — you likely weren't actually listening to what was being said.

You were looking at them, observing them, noticing them, and your visual senses were overriding your auditory senses. In a similar vein, it's easy for the brain to get bogged down by too much information, leaving nothing leftover for name recall.

We are often distracted by our own memory reserves. We may have too much on our mind and as a result, their name simply doesn't have room in our memory storage. Again, this is even more likely to be the case when someone doesn't register as important to you.

It's never a good idea to jump to conclusions when it comes to big health issues like dementia, but if your memory issues have become a problem, don't be afraid to ask your doctor about ways to improve the health of your brain.

While there is no cure for the 'worst case scenario' Alzheimer's, there are activities and foods that slow it down. And, when it comes to the brain — an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Thus, be sure to eat a brain-healthy diet.

There's some truth to the old saying "use it or lose it." And that can help when it comes to remembering names, too. So take care of your brain, and pay attention when meeting someone new. You might just remember them the next time you meet.