Chapter 50 restaurant waiter with a great memory

Because he hated the foreman and was determined to take her place, he made up his mind to train his memory of what the guests ordered. Posen, a professor of psychology at the University of Colorado, took his son and daughter to Panana for dinner one day.When ordering food, the professor found that a waiter (named John Conrad) did not use paper and notes to record the meals ordered by the three of them, but just listened to the side, inserted a few words occasionally, and then left empty-handed.Soon, the professor saw Conrad standing at the adjacent table with empty hands. At this time, there were eight guests sitting at the adjacent table. He still listened and talked with empty hands, and then left.

In this restaurant, it is not easy to remember the dishes ordered by the brain alone, because the steak meal alone has eight different names, five different cooking methods, and four different salad ingredients. Three different starchy side dishes.When Conrad correctly delivered the dinner ordered by Professor Posen and his son, Professor Posen finally revealed his identity to Conrad, and expressed his great interest in his amazing memory, and asked him if he would Willing to go to the University of Colorado to accept relevant research and tests; Conrad readily agreed. Conrad has been serving at Panana Restaurant for several years. The guests are curious and amazed that he can remember everyone's order without using paper and pen, and his tips are much higher than other waiters.His highest record was to accept orders from a table of 19 guests at a time, and deliver the meals ordered by the guests to each guest without any mistakes.In several years, he made only one mistake.

According to the results of Professor Posen's research and tests on Conrad, he was not born with any special talent, but was formed by continuous training using various common memory enhancement methods, coupled with strong motivation.It turned out that when he first served at Panana Restaurant, the foreman was a woman he hated very much. He didn't want to take orders from this woman, but wanted to take her place. The only way was to become the most outstanding waiter.He spent a night thinking about it, and finally made up his mind to train himself to remember the dishes ordered by the guests without relying on paper and pen.A year later, he really became the foreman.And the extra tips given to him by the guests also strengthened his memory motivation.

Motivation is the invisible hand that moves everything.