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I attended the second session of the Dale Carnegie Course this evening. We spent much of the evening dialoging with the instructor and others as we learned about and put into practice methods to remember critical information.

At one point we paired up and shared a bit about ourselves. The guy I was sharing with kind of looked at me funny when I said I enjoyed basketball as a hobby. He said, “But white guys can’t jump, right?” To which I quickly responded, “Yeah, but I play big.” We had a good laugh over it. And if you know me, you know how I have a tendency to think I’m bigger on the court than I really am - so there’s some truth in that.

At the end we went around the room and each person had to share their name and a memorable picture with which to associate that name. After each person had shared their names and pictures, we numbered off and had to write down the name that went with each number. About four people got all of the names (36 people, first and last), and though I didn’t get the spelling right on a few names, I was in that four. Hopefully I can build on that and keep remembering names well as the weeks go on.

All in all I enjoyed the session, and I’m able to be more intentional now as I remember names.