use people's names when I greet them

Let’s try the one-per-day again… it didn’t work so well last time.

....I think alzheimers has set in, as the more I try to do this, the harder it is for me to remember people’s names!! What usually happens is that I just say “hi” and then in the first or second sentence of conversation, I sneak their name in somehow….but that initial greeting I miss it just about everytime!! So, still doing badly….one thing I AM starting to do is to train my kids to do this. I’m thinking that if I had been trained to do this when I was younger, maybe it wouldn’t be so hard for me now….

....I’m going to make a conscious effort to do this-more-today!

Edited a few days later. I am not just really bad at this, I’m probably the worst at this! I see this on my list at the end of the day and I just cringe that I didn’t do this today…..I need to write myself a note and keep it in my planner, or SOMEWHERE!

Bad, bad, bad….

Everyone likes to hear their name said when being talked to so this makes you seem a lot more friendly towards them and charming.

Ok… I’ll make sure I greet one person by name each day until it becomes routine.

Connecting with people on an emotion level is a hard thing to do. As a close-up magician, I meet new people all the time. I shake their hand and they tell me their name while I say mine, yet I don’t “hear” the name they speak.

I don’t like it and it seems like I can’t help it. It’s not a disease, I should be able to overcome this. I’ll keep you updated….

This one came out naturally… I don’t know why.

Though it was a conscious effort.

I used one. It was totally natural, too! Hurrah!

It’s about having balls. I’ve grown some balls… time to use them.