@frayo
Why We Forget Names So Easily 🧩
It’s not that your memory is bad it’s that your attention was never fully there.
When we meet someone new, our brains are flooded with information faces, body language, surroundings, first impressions.
Names are just one small detail among all that data, so if your mind is busy analyzing rather than focusing, the name slips right through.
Psychologists call this the “next-in-line effect” you’re so focused on what you’ll say next that you miss what’s being said now.
So next time you meet someone, pause.
Repeat their name out loud, make eye contact, and connect it to something familiar.
It’s not memory magic it’s mindfulness in action
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