Taylor Brain Blip

One of my worst brain blips occurred after I had attended a workshop purported to help a person learn how to recall people’s names by associating them with a familiar object that sounded similar to the name you wanted to remember. It seemed like a good idea at the time, and I practiced every chance I got. The week I purchased a new Simmons hide-a-bed, a new vice president came on board. You guessed it. Name of Simmons. Blithely I pictured his head rolling around on my new Simmons hide-a-bed. Several weeks later at a rather important meeting—and trying to multitask even though I know better—I introduced the vice president as Mr. Bed, proud of myself for recalling my mental picture. There was a moment of dead silence as I realized what I had done. Apologizing profusely, I attempting to explain my error, which only compounded things. The harder I tried, the harder the attendees laughed. Mr. Simmons thought it was a hoot. Even asked me how I liked my “Simmons hide-a-bed.” (His wife was not amused!) I decided to search for another way to remember names.

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