You realize full well the value of the ability to call people by name.
You have often wished that you had this ability. It is one of the
priceless assets in a successful business career, and to attain it is
to reach one of the high principles of mental development.
=The ability to remember proper names is not an exceptional gift,
but is an acquired faculty based upon the use of simple means and
of personal effort.=
Knowledge is power, but only when applied. All the knowledge in the
world is of no value to its possessor unless used. You are successful
in life just in proportion as you are using the knowledge which you
have.
A dependable memory for names as well as faces is within your grasp.
The knowledge imparted in this lesson, simple as it may seem, has been
used by thousands of business men to develop reliable memories for
Names and Faces.
You will have many opportunities to prove it in the next few days. Be
true to the method. Make a deliberate attempt in each case. Force your
mind to wake up and get on the job. Do not be content until you have
a definite association which you are going to use to remember each
particular name.
Under no circumstances allow yourself to neglect the review. Each
review adds new strength to the impression. Only strong impressions can
be recalled at will. Make it a part of your business to remember the
names of the people to whom you are introduced. Know every customer; if
the list is a long one, do not expect to learn them all in a week, but
do not let a day pass without fixing definitely in your mind the names
of several. Children should learn the names of every scholar in the
room and of all the teachers in the school.
The persistent use of this definite knowledge will accomplish results
that now seem impossible. It is the use of the knowledge that will
bring progress.
="He who learns and learns and acts not what he knows is like the
man who plows and plows and never sows."=
You may feel yourself handicapped in life because of a poor memory.
This shortcoming can reasonably be charged to a lack of right knowledge.
You cannot say as much for your children now. What will you do to
help them form the Memory Habit early in life? Do not wait for them
to do this for themselves; it should be done now. You are the child's
guide--you are largely his will power. The responsibility is squarely
up to you.
Nature's rewards are ample. You will both be fully repaid for every bit
of effort.
Nature's rewards are just. You or your children will never reap the
reward of a good memory until both have paid the price of effort.
Your child WILL grow--he cannot stand still or wait for your
convenience.
He will form the Habit of Remembering or the Habit of Forgetting--which
shall it be?
You can multiply the profits of his life by helping him to master his
Memory--otherwise it will master him.
Practice is the great need. Play the games and develop the brain.