Sorry, What's Your Name Again?

Written by Eric Plantenberg


You're at an event and a prospective client you have been hoping to work with for a while introduces herself. You shake her hand and no sooner doesrepparttar handshake than - whoops! Her name vanishes into thin air. You could not rememberrepparttar 101361 name if somebody paid you. Frustrating? Embarrassing? Costly? Yes, yes, and yes. Let's explorerepparttar 101362 reasons and resources to eliminate this and other memory challenges. Dale Carnegie, in his all-time bestseller How to Win Friends and Influence People, says, "the sweetest sound inrepparttar 101363 world isrepparttar 101364 sound of a person's own name." Even though most professionals recognize this, it is undeniable that most people are plagued with forgetting names at one time or another. How could something so simple be so tough? The top reason for memory challenges is that most professionals have never learned how to train their recall abilities. Everyone hasrepparttar 101365 ability to make huge improvements in his or her recall ability. Rather, it is a "trained" and "untrained" memory. Your recall is not a talent - it's a skill that can be learned and improved. If you want to improve your recall of important client information, points to cover in presentations, answers to objections, technical information, and other critical data, try some ofrepparttar 101366 simple strategies below to improve your memory skills. Remembering Names

1. Slow down and listen. Names that you forget immediately you never heard at all. The first 15 seconds of a relationship arerepparttar 101367 most critical - so when meeting someone new, make sure to stop, clear your mind, and invest a few seconds just paying attention. It saves time and frustration. 2. Repeatrepparttar 101368 name aloud...two or three times. Do not overdo it, but when someone says her name is Mary, for example, introduce yourself by saying: "Mary?" Then you will know you heard it correctly. "Nice to meet you Mary." Be conversational but conscientious about your introductions. Using somebody's name withinrepparttar 101369 first few seconds of you meeting locksrepparttar 101370 name into your mind - plus it makes a great first impression.

Purchasing a Tiffany Lamp

Written by MaryAnn Linden


By MaryAnn Linden © 2005 http://www.tiffany-glass-etc.com If you publish this article please supply a link to http://www.tiffany-glass-etc.com

When selecting a Tiffany lamprepparttar primary consideration you must look for, after deciding on a particular design, isrepparttar 101360 use ofrepparttar 101361 glass inrepparttar 101362 lamp. So then begsrepparttar 101363 question; what makes one lamp shine with beautiful color and ambient light and another withrepparttar 101364 same design looks completely flat? It isrepparttar 101365 type of glass used.

Avoid Dull – Colorless Glass

Once you have seen a Tiffany lamp that hasrepparttar 101366 dull colored glass you will be able to spot them a mile away. Whenrepparttar 101367 lamp is not litrepparttar 101368 lampshade looks quite dull and almost colorless. For instance, you thinkrepparttar 101369 color is blue or green but there is no intensity torepparttar 101370 color ofrepparttar 101371 glass. A Tiffany lampshade should be just as beautiful unlit as lit.

Textured Glass in Tiffany Lamps

Another thing to look for inrepparttar 101372 glass isrepparttar 101373 character or texture of it. Even in pictures of Tiffany lamps you can see that they have variegated or different hues of color in each piece of glass. Also, clear glass is notrepparttar 101374 glass of choice. It is used as a design element, because it will makerepparttar 101375 lamp sparkle whererepparttar 101376 light comes through. Most timesrepparttar 101377 clear colored glasses are textured too to give more depth torepparttar 101378 picturerepparttar 101379 lamp is trying to convey. Because that is what a Tiffany lampshade is, a rounded picture put on a lampshade. If you look at it that way you will then be able to see right awayrepparttar 101380 lamp that doesn’t have anything to show. It will just be a mishmash of glass slapped together trying to pass itself off as a Tiffany lampshade.

Copper Foiling in Tiffany Lamps

The next thing to look for isrepparttar 101381 howrepparttar 101382 copper foil interruptsrepparttar 101383 flow ofrepparttar 101384 lamp. I say this because ifrepparttar 101385 copper foiling process, which is what holdsrepparttar 101386 pieces of glass together, is so obvious and thick that your eye is drawn to it, then you have a bad copper foil job. I rarely run across a lamp with this problem, but when I have it was very obvious, even online. And, these wererepparttar 101387 same lamps that had colorless dull glass, and for some reason also used a lot of clear glass too. I thinkrepparttar 101388 manufacturer realized thatrepparttar 101389 lamp was going to be so dark that they neededrepparttar 101390 clear glass to give off some light.

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