How to Remember Names and Faces Without Memory Techniques?

by Marko Martelli
remember names with an app

How to remember names and faces for good?

I mean, without intricate memory systems or fancy mnemo techniques?

Here in this article, you’ll find a simple yet effective method to remember names and faces easily.

If you’re like me, you’ve tried special memory techniques to improve your memory for names and faces… but very likely, these techniques were either too abstract or too difficult for you to apply.

You can take a different approach….

Remembering Names and Faces
With Anki

In our case, we won’t use any abstract mnemonic devices. Instead, we’ll use the famous flashcard app called “Anki.” This 100% free application will help you to remember all the names you want to remember… and… you will never again forget names ever again.

What’s the exact strategy?

Follow the steps below:

Installing Anki: First, please go to Anki’s homepage and install their software on your computer or your phone.
(Anki is 100% freeware and, of course, it’s free of ads, or anything else unwanted.)

Adding Names: When you’re done installing, open it up, go to “default,” and add a new card. In the “Front” field, add some information about the person you want to remember.

Describe here in a few keywords where you’ve met that person, how he (or she) looks like, characteristics, style, hobbies, etc. In other words, you want to add sufficient information to trigger your memory for the name.

How to Remember Names and Faces with Anki

Once you’ve added your flashcard, Anki will automatically quiz you at perfect intervals using the spaced repetition method.

enhance memory for names

Quizzing: When you’re going through your cards, try thinking about the person’s appearance, recalling the very moment you’ve met. This will reinforce your memory and remind you of that person’s name.

Depending on how easy (or difficult) it felt for you to remember a particular name, you can determine when you’re going to be quizzed about it again.

names and recall frequency

 

Conclusion

From now on, every time you meet someone you’d like to remember, simply add his/her name and his/her details into Anki. The only thing you have to do now is to check your Anki lessons for the names to recall on a daily basis. This will take you 5 minutes or less, but it will serve you a lifetime. Guaranteed. This can’t get any simpler.

I’ve been using this very method successfully for years.

Below, let me know how it works for you.

 

Sincerely,

Marko

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