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Old 02-15-2017, 02:14 PM
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Most of the people I have met in life are just a "voice" to me. My job necessitated a lot of phone work, nationally and internationally, I got to know who the person was by the sound of their voice. I can still know immediately who is calling me if I know their voice. However, I have no recall of faces or names to go with faces. So I run into people here who call me by name and I have absolutely no idea who they are .......................

However, I have an acquaintance who has mastered the art of recognition .... if you run into him he says .......... "Hi .......... Bruce Archer, such and such Villa, Hemingway" and you immediately remember who he is. He has the knack of doing it so that you are not left looking stupid and in a fog. He was a top salesman in his real life and this is the trick he learned from an old salesman years ago. What a clever idea.
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