Comments on: What were YOU doing two Thursdays ago? It’s tied to your social media success. http://naomimarr.com/2009/11/what-were-you-doing-two-thursdays-ago-it%e2%80%99s-tied-to-your-social-media-success/ A new box of crayons blog Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:28:48 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Naomi http://naomimarr.com/2009/11/what-were-you-doing-two-thursdays-ago-it%e2%80%99s-tied-to-your-social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Naomi Thu, 12 Nov 2009 21:06:42 +0000 http://naomimarr.com/?p=80#comment-18 Thanks, Pauline! And sorry for the delayed response. For some reason I missed this one until just today. I think people walk a very thin line between keeping track of "data" about a person and actually concentrating on the details of a person so you get to know them better. I'm referring to the latter. I used to get so frustrated with myself after having a great conversation with them when I couldn't remember their name or what school they told me they went to or the name of the company they worked for. It was a case where I knew we'd connected and it would be great to be able to respect them enough to remember details later. It was in these situations that I found if I really listened and concentrated then I could retain more. Often I'd find myself distracted and thinking about other things. It takes work to focus on the conversation in front of you. I hope that makes sense. I'm not sure I verbalized it all that well. Thanks, Pauline! And sorry for the delayed response. For some reason I missed this one until just today.

I think people walk a very thin line between keeping track of “data” about a person and actually concentrating on the details of a person so you get to know them better. I’m referring to the latter. I used to get so frustrated with myself after having a great conversation with them when I couldn’t remember their name or what school they told me they went to or the name of the company they worked for. It was a case where I knew we’d connected and it would be great to be able to respect them enough to remember details later. It was in these situations that I found if I really listened and concentrated then I could retain more. Often I’d find myself distracted and thinking about other things. It takes work to focus on the conversation in front of you.

I hope that makes sense. I’m not sure I verbalized it all that well.

]]> By: Pauline http://naomimarr.com/2009/11/what-were-you-doing-two-thursdays-ago-it%e2%80%99s-tied-to-your-social-media-success/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Pauline Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:12:44 +0000 http://naomimarr.com/?p=80#comment-17 Naomi - It comes down to trying to remember what is in it for them. I used to be really good at all this stuff... phone numbers, addresses, birthdays. I still remember most of my friend's and their telephone numbers from high school but, I can't remember my niece and nephew's for the life of me. I know when the roughly are in April and May. Can't tell you the dates. I think we get to an over flow of information. However, I will agree with you it is key to focus on remembering key things about a person to bring up in the future. I really try to do this. I leverage technology a lot to handle it. Whether it is notes in my iPhone or in my CRM system. That being said, I am still on the hunt for the perfect Garden Gnome for you. ;) Naomi – It comes down to trying to remember what is in it for them. I used to be really good at all this stuff… phone numbers, addresses, birthdays. I still remember most of my friend’s and their telephone numbers from high school but, I can’t remember my niece and nephew’s for the life of me. I know when the roughly are in April and May. Can’t tell you the dates. I think we get to an over flow of information.

However, I will agree with you it is key to focus on remembering key things about a person to bring up in the future. I really try to do this. I leverage technology a lot to handle it. Whether it is notes in my iPhone or in my CRM system.

That being said, I am still on the hunt for the perfect Garden Gnome for you. ;)

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