Know and Remembering the Name of the Person Seated Beside You

Written by: Daniel Richard

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Today being a Saturday, meant that it was my church day (service doesn’t always fall on a Sunday)! And I was humbled by one incident that stuck in the back of my head till now, and I’d share with all of you which will tremendously make an impact in your life and in building people and friendships.

Familiar people, new faces

Being in church, it would be natural to see new faces coming in to join us for the weekly services, and even in our own connect groups that are growing in a healthy rate, there will be people who’s names I would not be able to remember after one day’s outing.

Today, I sat down beside two people, one of whom I saw before during an outing, while the other is a totally new person to me.

I turned to the one I’m familiar with, and as I shook hands with him I had wanted to greet him but could not get past the “hi”.

My mind turned blank!

I could not recall his name, and that was totally not cool at that point of time.

1 tip that is valuable in life: Remembering Names

It was only after an awkward moment of silence before I surrendered to the fact that I couldn’t remember his name before I asked him politely again for that short intro again as a refresher for my mind.

Thankfully, he was okay with that as he re-introduced himself to me.

This would be the one simple tip that is valuable in our lives, and that would be remembering names.

Frankly speaking, I am not exactly the type of person who would proudly claim that I can remember all the names and faces of everyone I meet on the streets. Heck! There were 2 other times today where I had bumped into 2 different friends, once while I was walking around one estate after a meeting, while the other was in the evening when I was doing some window shopping at the mall with my dear friends after the service, and I could only recall both the face and name of the 1st one, while I can only recall the face of the 2nd except for his name.

Exercising that tip and applying it immediately

It was after that incident in church when I decided to make it a point to remember the 2 names of the people who were seated beside me, and get it to still stick in me even at the end of the day before I go to bed.

You might want to try doing that after going for a meeting or a social event after knowing a few new people, and getting acquainted with maybe a handful. Get to remember their names and faces and get them to be in my head even after the event ended.

One method that I use to do that is to do a genuine introduction after a firm handshake.

If time allows, maybe the elevator pitch might come in handy for such a situation, that extends the introduction to more than just giving your name and a warm greeting.

Going one step further and pray for them / building them up even when they aren’t there

Here’s one that I just thought of while writing this entry, which is to pray for them at the end of the day even when they aren’t in close proximity.

Winning Everyone is into building people up! One way we can do that is through prayers. What better way to get one friend closer into our lives than to pray for him or her right at the end of the day (or during your set devotional time)?

That is one good excuse to actually talk behind a person’s back, which is to speak words of encouragements or pray for the person’s week ahead for a smoother journey or for interesting change to see more positive signs appearing in his / her day.

Even if you might not get to see that person again in a few months or years time, it is definitely better to leave a powerful blessing (approval) over the life of that new friend you made, by acknowledging the time spent was well worth it and that you can empower them from afar through prayers with strong words of affirmations or encouragements.

This would be one great way to build someone up too!

I am going to do that last point now. Hope that you have got hold of something out from this article.

Shoutout to the 2 friends who I was seated with during church service this afternoon! Zijie and Gabriel, I remembered your names! Glad to have seen both of you there today, and do grow stronger and shine in your school, both as good friends and students in your respective classes or co-curriculum groups.

And to all of you who are reading it now, go have a wonderful Sunday ahead! Thanks for the read and remember to share it with your friends too!

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