How many times have you met somebody for the first time, only to forget their name within seconds of them introducing themselves? It’s a frustrating (and embarrassing) situation many of us have found ourselves in – but according to a memory expert, there are a few simple techniques we can employ to ensure we never suffer those awkward moments again.
California-based Chester Santos, known as the ‘International Man of Memory’, firmly believes no one has a ‘bad’ one – rather, they simply don’t have the right skills to make theirs work as effective.
Remembering things is a skill,’ he told FEMAIL. ‘Most people don’t have any technique, any way of committing things to memory. They just think they were born with a good one or a bad one. ‘Using these sorts of techniques, you are activating more areas within your brain and building more connections in your mind to the information than you normally would, so you’re likely to retain more than you would.’
I call Chester in Miami from my desk in London – has not started off on the best foot after I, ironically, forgot we had an interview scheduled. Consequently I wasn’t too optimistic that Chester would be able to transform my goldfish brain into the sort of eidetic mind possessed by the character of Mike Ross on Suits.
