The list of successful people with powerful memories is long and varied and includes such famous figures as George Washington (who was reportedly able to call every soldier under his command by name), Franklin D. Roosevelt, General Charles de Gaulle and General George Marshall.
Winston Churchill it is said could recall so much of Shakespeare’s work from memory that when he went to see a play he would often recite the lines from the audience and distract the actors.
The poet John Milton, who was blind, composed “Paradise Lost” in his mind 40 lines at a time and then recited them to a scribe.
Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft, has been known to amaze his colleagues by remembering hundreds of lines of source code from the original basic programming language he developed.
Julius Caesar’s memory was so sharp that he could dictate four letters to his secretaries simultaneously.
But it’s just not famous people who’ve benefited from learning to harness the power of their memories. Many people that you and I have never heard of have achieved incredible success and riches because of their ability to remember important information.
There’s the restaurant owner who continues to draw huge crowds night after night because he can remember the first name of each of his patrons.
And then there’s the doorman in New York who earns large tips because he remembers every returning guest’s name.
Or what about the woman who is her company’s top salesperson because she remembers not only her clients’ names but personal information about them and their families.
The bottom line is the world is filled with people who went farther in their careers and made much more money than they originally dreamt possible because they trained their memories to remember names, numbers, faces and other important information.
It’s true. Getting older doesn’t have to mean becoming more forgetful. Actually, as you age your memory can become better because you have more experience and knowledge to connect with new information and thus make it easier to remember.
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