Daily blog (audio): "Jon's good at names" [I didn't use to be]

<p>"Jon's good at names" [I didn't use to be]</p> <p><br> <br> We're on a mission to help one million people RISE by 2030 - join the movement at <a href="http://www.myrise.co.uk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.myrise.co.uk</a></p> <p><br></p> <p>You ever met someone at a party………..</p> <p>Been introduced to them………..</p> <p>And seconds later, not been sure what their name is?</p> <p>I’m sure we all have.</p> <p>I used to think “I’m not very good at names”.</p> <p>Which might surprise members at RISE.</p> <p>Who, over the years have told me (and the other coaches) that “You’re good at names”.</p> <p>Because, like any good skill, the harder we work at it the more natural it looks.</p> <p>To the point where it’s easy to not even realise it’s a skill at all.</p> <p>I’m good with people’s names because I came to realise that I just wasn’t making sufficient effort when I thought “I’m not very good at names”.</p> <p>No real attempt to remember the name I’d just heard – kinda just hoping it would stick automatically when it hadn’t before.</p> <p>Since then, I’ve made an effort.</p> <p>Every time.</p> <p>If I’ve met you in person then the first time I met you I would’ve been repeating your name back in conversation.</p> <p>“So, tell me NAME……..”</p> <p>“Hey NAME – you’ll need XYZ for this Session”</p> <p>I’ll have been repeating it back in my head.</p> <p>In Sessions I would’ve be working round the room repeating everyone’s names in my head until they all came to mind instantly.</p> <p>Checking who was booked in for that Session for any names I was unsure about.</p> <p>Doing finishers that involved me saying everyone’s name in turn so I had the pressure of making sure I’d learned them all by the end of the Session.</p> <p>And so on.</p> <p>Not a natural thing.</p> <p>A skill developed with practice.</p> <p>Again, like most things.</p> <p>Things we don’t always realise are skills.</p> <p>When we say things like;</p> <p>“I’m not a good cook”.</p> <p>“I’ve never been very good at exercise”.</p> <p>“I find tracking to be