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These tips might help you to remember names

Warning: it does take some concentration.

NOTHING MORE EMBARRASSING than forgetting the name of someone you were introduced to just five minutes earlier.

Or worse, forgetting the name of someone you’ve been introduced to several times.

These tips from our friends at Business Insider might bail you out. Our favourite is number 7 which makes someone else do all the work for you.

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These tips might help you to remember names

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