This is Steva Robbins. Welcome to the Get It Done guys quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

I once went to church with a friend of mine, and he introduced me to his pastor, and then we went back again.

About 10 years later. We walked in the door, the pastor took one look at me and said,

Hey, Steveer, I hope all is well with you. Mind blown. When someone

remembers your name ten years later, they have obviously proven themselves a person of

discriminating taste and high expertise. So, if you want to make that impression, there's no better

way to do it than to master the art of remembering people's names. And there's no better way to learn

to memorize than to turn to a master. That's why today's episode is based on an interview with

memory expert Jonathan Levy. You can visit get itdungai.com slash remember to learn more, but for now,

I'll try to give you the rundown. I'll start with what you already know, that remembering people's names is a simple act

that can do a ton of good for new relationships.

But when we're meeting people, names can often go in one ear and out the other.

Just like when our parents used to tell us that chores needed to be done when we were teenagers,

in one ear, out the other.

If we want to remember names from introductions,

we need a better plan than just hoping for the best. Jonathan Levy says that we need to stop

and engage our memory based on how it evolved to work. Now, my human brain is so incredible and

awesome that when I meet a new people, I'm able to remember their face and body language for years.

And yet, I'm also able to forget their

name mere seconds after they introduce themselves. This is because handling images took center

stage in our brains for tens of thousands of years of human evolution. So the average human

is far more likely to remember images than sounds, or smell, or taste, or pretty much any other type of information

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