Comments on: What’s In A Name? http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/10/23/whats-in-a-name/ Illuminating The Path To Success For Small Businesses Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:22:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jordan Hunt http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/10/23/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Jordan Hunt Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:25:14 +0000 http://www.tecoris.com/?p=323#comment-21 This post reminded me of a guy i met almost 5 years ago and he never could remember my name. For years he would come up and introduce himself to me every time we were at the same social event. It always blew my mind how he could never remember me since we attended the same school, church congregation, and had many mutual friends. It drove me nuts! I always had a negative opinion of him even though he really could be a great guy. The lesson I learned was to always do my best to remember names and faces. And I agree 100% with the part that says we only cant because we told ourselves that. We CAN do anything we work hard at. As the Hispanics say, "Querer es Poder!" This post reminded me of a guy i met almost 5 years ago and he never could remember my name. For years he would come up and introduce himself to me every time we were at the same social event. It always blew my mind how he could never remember me since we attended the same school, church congregation, and had many mutual friends. It drove me nuts! I always had a negative opinion of him even though he really could be a great guy. The lesson I learned was to always do my best to remember names and faces. And I agree 100% with the part that says we only cant because we told ourselves that. We CAN do anything we work hard at. As the Hispanics say, “Querer es Poder!”

]]> By: awebb http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/10/23/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-20 awebb Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:12:59 +0000 http://www.tecoris.com/?p=323#comment-20 Like many of the principles in this blog, this one applies widely, not just in business. Treat other people with dignity and respect. Treat them how you'd like to be treated. Be fair and honest in your dealings with others. Give an honest day's work for an honest day's pay. Do well those things you undertake. It all applies to all areas of your life. It's not just about business, but it certainly applies there too. Thanks for pointing that out to all of us, Mark. I appreciate the insight. Like many of the principles in this blog, this one applies widely, not just in business. Treat other people with dignity and respect. Treat them how you’d like to be treated. Be fair and honest in your dealings with others. Give an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. Do well those things you undertake.

It all applies to all areas of your life. It’s not just about business, but it certainly applies there too. Thanks for pointing that out to all of us, Mark. I appreciate the insight.

]]> By: Mark Sorenson http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/10/23/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Mark Sorenson Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:45:41 +0000 http://www.tecoris.com/?p=323#comment-19 I try to apply the reverse of this principal and find that the similar outcomes result in trying to remember the names of the people who work at the places I frequent. Recently, our intramural volleyball team won our division II tournament. We played over 15 matches which were all reffed by the same referees. I made it a point to remember and call each ref by their name. "Hey Brandon. Good to see you again." I would say. After a few strange looks, the referees sensed my sincerity and started to call me by my name. Now, I'm not saying that we won our tournament because I remembered the referees' names. What I am saying though is that I never had to worry that the refs would call a biased game. Instead I knew that they respected our team and they knew we respected them. I try to apply the reverse of this principal and find that the similar outcomes result in trying to remember the names of the people who work at the places I frequent.
Recently, our intramural volleyball team won our division II tournament. We played over 15 matches which were all reffed by the same referees. I made it a point to remember and call each ref by their name. “Hey Brandon. Good to see you again.” I would say.
After a few strange looks, the referees sensed my sincerity and started to call me by my name. Now, I’m not saying that we won our tournament because I remembered the referees’ names. What I am saying though is that I never had to worry that the refs would call a biased game. Instead I knew that they respected our team and they knew we respected them.

]]> By: Mark Sorenson http://www.tecoris.com/index.php/2008/10/23/whats-in-a-name/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Mark Sorenson Thu, 23 Oct 2008 18:32:58 +0000 http://www.tecoris.com/?p=323#comment-18 Sometimes I try this effect in the reverse. I try to remember the names of the people who are at the places I frequent. I find that the results are the same. Recently, our intramural volleyball team won our division II tournament. We played about 15 or more matches and they were all reffed by the same referees. I made it a point to remember their names and call them by their name when I saw them. "Hey Brandon. How are you doing?" I would say. At first they would be a little weirded out that I would make such a point to call them by name, but in the end, they anticipated it and each learned my name in return. I'm not saying that we won the tournament because I remembered the referees names. We won because we played better than the other teams. You can read some lessons I learned on that team here: http://marksorenson.blogspot.com/2008/10/volleyball-lesson-learned.html What I am saying though is that if there were close calls on the court, I knew that the refs respected our team because we knew each others names, and I rested assured that each game was called fairly. Sometimes I try this effect in the reverse. I try to remember the names of the people who are at the places I frequent. I find that the results are the same.
Recently, our intramural volleyball team won our division II tournament. We played about 15 or more matches and they were all reffed by the same referees. I made it a point to remember their names and call them by their name when I saw them. “Hey Brandon. How are you doing?” I would say.
At first they would be a little weirded out that I would make such a point to call them by name, but in the end, they anticipated it and each learned my name in return.
I’m not saying that we won the tournament because I remembered the referees names. We won because we played better than the other teams. You can read some lessons I learned on that team here: http://marksorenson.blogspot.com/2008/10/volleyball-lesson-learned.html
What I am saying though is that if there were close calls on the court, I knew that the refs respected our team because we knew each others names, and I rested assured that each game was called fairly.

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