Association of Ideas - Introduction

How many times have you been in the following situation - you are introduced
to  someone at work or a social function but,  when you later try to  recall
his  or  her  name,  your mind seems to go completely blank ?   This  common
occurrence is usually described, incorrectly, as 'forgetting'.

When  someone says 'I forgot...',  the chances are that they didn't  forget,
really  -  they just didn't remember in the first place.   Think about  that
idea  for  a  moment - if you initially REMEMBER something ,   how  can  you
subsequently FORGET it ?

That  leads  us on to an important fundamental of memory training -  INITIAL
AWARENESS.  If you are Initially Aware of something, you will not forget it.
All  the  Memor