I had to update my phone recently. It fell out of my hands one too many times, and the cracked screen didn’t allow me to read my messages easily. The new phone takes better photos.
These are daisies…perhaps African daisies, but my free iPlant app is correct only about 20% of the time so it is difficult to know. The name is not all that important.
That is so different from names of people. It is very important to get a person’s name correct. For some reason I am often called by another name. Common mistakes are Susan and Sharon. In fact, a few years ago when I looked in my baby book, my name was recorded as “Susan Louise” which is actually the name of a relative. I guess my parents were excited?!?!
I know there are some tricks to remembering a person’s name. The basic trick is to be sincerely interested in finding it out in the first place. Then repeat it so it sticks in your head.
Being someone whose name is often forgotten or mistaken, I am very much aware of the importance of using the correct name. I’m not always right, and I often have memory lapses but I know that it is worth paying to a person’s name.
Reflections 