The Fondness Of Names

It is amazing that how attached people are to their names . Andrew Carnegie - America s biggest steel giant had said that remembering people s name is one of his biggest asset . This asset had helped him to win new friends and close many business deals.When u call people by their names the next time u meet they immediately get closer to you . They start forming the positive opinion abt the person . The sweetest words to each person is to their name . And this name is to be pronounced without any change in the stress and accent the way people pronounce it .

When I was in American School in my city to teach chess one of my students pronounced his name as "Yang Shi Ho ". I heard it differently and called him Hang Chi Ho . Its needless to say that i could not build rapport with that student . I do have problems remebering the Indian names . I asked people their name once and make it a point to repeat it twice. Even then i could not recollect them after ten minutes . I guess Its cause i find them insignificant in my life . I always remenber the names of people i admire . So I should start admieing each people and attach a significance to every person i meet afterall each and eveyone are unique in their own way .

And again its importatant to call just the way people wan ted themselves to be called . For example I want myself to be called as " viju ". When my friends start cal;ling "vijuboy" i get irritated . Though the notion of my friends is to express some fondness for me by calling me "vijuboy" . Perhaps they want to show their closeness to me . They donot want me to call the same way as others call me (" Could b that they are making fun of me by attaching the name boy inorder to remember that i am one " :-)). One of my friends -rushy also was not happy when i satarted calling her names other than "rushy" . To her she is rushy and attaches herself very closely with that name . She hates being called with other names . Thats how people are .

Remembering people s name and calling it exactly the same way they like it will win their heart at once .It may look simple to say .But not many people take strain to do that . One more issue regarding names - I am thinking myself of a good nickname like BOFI - ZORROW ..geek ..Zeus ..signifying any quality positive in me ..If u can think of any help me out ..