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People like to be remembered. It gives off a feeling of relevance. Remembering the names of people is one way of making them feel relevant.
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There's a certain young man I have had to reintroduce myself to over and over; three times now. I was berated the third time. 
I had to tell him point blank that I wasn't happy with the fact that he kept forgetting not only my name but my face.
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Someone said I probably had not left a deep impression on him. However, I think three times is an encounter too many to remember a person by and for, notwithstanding how shallow the impression made by the person may be. Unless of course, the person is a ghost!
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I realized recently that calling a person by their name had this impact that could earn one a favour. Let's take an instance:
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'I go to visit the senior partner of a firm and then when the receptionist asks,  I say I'm there to see the senior partner. I may be asked many other questions as my response obviously reflects a lack of personal knowledge of the partner.'
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However, a mention of the partner's name would earn me a better opportunity to see him or her.
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Remembering people's names is a herculean task for many. I may be a hypocrite to have been berated at Mr X for never remembering my name as I myself find it very difficult remembering the names of new people.
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Perhaps, the fact that I meet many new people everyday and thus have too many names already stored in my head is a perfect excuse. 
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It is at this point that I should forgive Mr X and overlook his forgetting my name by making up this same excuse for him.
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Nonetheless, this does not undermine the fact that people love to be remembered. By their faces. By their names. It indeed gives off a feeling of relevance.
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Today, make it a point of duty to remember people. Go out of your way to especially remember the names of people you meet. You never know what favour you'll be earning as a result.
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                                                      - Chizaram Opara

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