employ this weapon in your arsenal to easily and subtly gain someone’s attention.Psychology tells us there is a simple, two-step method to get people to pay attention to you: Simply use their name, and ask them a question.If you doubt me on this one, just think back to the last time someone couldn’t remember your name because they’re “bad with names.” To me, it happened today.
Names also get mispronounced, shortened to nicknames, and just left off because people are afraid they’ll get it wrong.Simply by committing to remembering names, you’re already ahead.
Kai Stabell, founder of the Consortium for Conversational Conflict Resolution, says that we’re conditioned to the sound of our own name.
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