Jim Kwik
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We can make errors. We can hurt a relationship. But on the other side, memory is a magnifier. It can make you more money or create more meaning when you can easily remember client information or product information. Give a TEDx talk from memory when you can remember facts and figures. I mean, we live in this expert economy where everyone listening is
It's not like thousands of years ago where we're paid for our brute strength. It takes our brain strength. It's no longer our muscle power. It takes our mind power. There's three keys to a better memory. You can remember MOM, M-O-M. I'll make an acronym because it's easier to remember. Let's say you want to remember something like names. important.
It's not like thousands of years ago where we're paid for our brute strength. It takes our brain strength. It's no longer our muscle power. It takes our mind power. There's three keys to a better memory. You can remember MOM, M-O-M. I'll make an acronym because it's easier to remember. Let's say you want to remember something like names. important.
It's not like thousands of years ago where we're paid for our brute strength. It takes our brain strength. It's no longer our muscle power. It takes our mind power. There's three keys to a better memory. You can remember MOM, M-O-M. I'll make an acronym because it's easier to remember. Let's say you want to remember something like names. important.
Let's say you have a coaching business and you want to be able to create relationships. It's hard to show someone you're going to care for their life or their finances, whatever coach you are or parent or teacher professional you are, if you don't care about that person. And what's the message we send to somebody when we forget their name, right?
Let's say you have a coaching business and you want to be able to create relationships. It's hard to show someone you're going to care for their life or their finances, whatever coach you are or parent or teacher professional you are, if you don't care about that person. And what's the message we send to somebody when we forget their name, right?
Let's say you have a coaching business and you want to be able to create relationships. It's hard to show someone you're going to care for their life or their finances, whatever coach you are or parent or teacher professional you are, if you don't care about that person. And what's the message we send to somebody when we forget their name, right?
So people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care, as the saying goes. So let's say someone has trouble remembering names, but we had a suitcase filled with money. And it was theirs if they just remembered the name of the next stranger they met. Who's going to remember that person's name? Everybody.
So people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care, as the saying goes. So let's say someone has trouble remembering names, but we had a suitcase filled with money. And it was theirs if they just remembered the name of the next stranger they met. Who's going to remember that person's name? Everybody.
So people don't care how much you know until they know how much you care, as the saying goes. So let's say someone has trouble remembering names, but we had a suitcase filled with money. And it was theirs if they just remembered the name of the next stranger they met. Who's going to remember that person's name? Everybody.
And so as a coach, as a brain coach, I have to call people as coaches do on their BS, you know, their belief systems. So it's not true. You can't remember names. The first M stands for motivation. And so we don't remember all names, but we don't forget all names either.
And so as a coach, as a brain coach, I have to call people as coaches do on their BS, you know, their belief systems. So it's not true. You can't remember names. The first M stands for motivation. And so we don't remember all names, but we don't forget all names either.
And so as a coach, as a brain coach, I have to call people as coaches do on their BS, you know, their belief systems. So it's not true. You can't remember names. The first M stands for motivation. And so we don't remember all names, but we don't forget all names either.
We tend to remember names of people who could be good for our work, people we might be attracted to, or there's some kind of emotion that's there. And that's one of the keys to a better memory. Information by itself is forgettable, but information when it's combined with that emotion becomes unforgettable.
We tend to remember names of people who could be good for our work, people we might be attracted to, or there's some kind of emotion that's there. And that's one of the keys to a better memory. Information by itself is forgettable, but information when it's combined with that emotion becomes unforgettable.
We tend to remember names of people who could be good for our work, people we might be attracted to, or there's some kind of emotion that's there. And that's one of the keys to a better memory. Information by itself is forgettable, but information when it's combined with that emotion becomes unforgettable.
I'm sure a lot of people listening, they could hear a song that could take them back to when they were teenagers. or maybe a food or a fragrance would bring back a memory of when you're a child. So the information by itself is forgettable, but adding emotion makes it unforgettable. And so how do you tap into that motivation? You know, I think it's important. We have a podcast.
I'm sure a lot of people listening, they could hear a song that could take them back to when they were teenagers. or maybe a food or a fragrance would bring back a memory of when you're a child. So the information by itself is forgettable, but adding emotion makes it unforgettable. And so how do you tap into that motivation? You know, I think it's important. We have a podcast.
I'm sure a lot of people listening, they could hear a song that could take them back to when they were teenagers. or maybe a food or a fragrance would bring back a memory of when you're a child. So the information by itself is forgettable, but adding emotion makes it unforgettable. And so how do you tap into that motivation? You know, I think it's important. We have a podcast.
We've had Simon Sinek on it three times, and he has a great book called Start With Why. And so just ask yourself why. You're meeting somebody, ask them, why do I remember this person's name? Maybe it's to show the person some respect or get a referral from my coaching business. Maybe it's to practice these things I learned on the podcast.