How to Remember Names and Faces: The Original Modern Mnemonic Memory Approach

Howard Bradley Smith
The Father of the Modern Mnemonic Memory Approach

Howard Bradley Smith was many things, but foremost he was an educator. His eagerness for sharing knowledge was second only to his passion for learning. Of the many things he discovered throughout his life, and certainly his most insightful, was that people are more important than machines. As a business consultant he often told his clients, “the repair of any machine is simple compared to the repair of damage done by bad human relationeering.”

As Mr. Smith studied people closely, he noted how their hearts were warmed by those who respected them enough to remember their names. He became sensitive about his own shortcomings in this area and began to make a serious study of the psychology of remembering names. Along the way he discovered the memory work of noted psychologist, Dr. Carl Emil Seashore, who’s Natural Laws of Remembering formed the basis of Howard Bradley Smith’s timeless approach to remember names and faces.

The three Natural Laws were studied, incorporated and expanded upon by Mr. Smith in his five simple, sensible rules found here in The Easy Way to Remember Names.

This updated version of his classic book now includes two sections.

• Section One of the book is Mr. Smith’s classic instruction with only minor editorial revisions.
• Section Two offers a brief overview of Dr. Seashore’s Natural Laws of Remembering. Here you’ll discover the scientific foundation upon which Howard Bradley Smith built his Five Rules.

This timeless method for remembering names works as brilliantly today as it did when it was first developed over 80 years ago. The approach, found within the pages of The Easy Way to Remember Names, is why Howard Bradley Smith is regarded as the father of the modern mnemonic memory approach.