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If it's of any help, everything you just said exactly applies to me as well, in exactly the same way you said it. Spared me from writing this comment I guess,

• _jal 8y ago
  Ditto. I'm awful with names and much of what the grandparent wrote applies to me. Couple of things that sometimes help, thought not as much as I wished they did - In meetings, I have a notepad out and write them down. Or ask for business cards. Sometimes with cards I can't remember which belonged to whom, but it narrows the possibilities way down, at least. Sometimes if I can quickly think of someone else I know with the same name, it will anchor it a bit for me. Without repetition I'll just forget it later, but it gets me through a conversation.