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Remembering essential tools might mean you have an entire truck filled with basic carpentry tools or it could mean that you have a briefcase filled with notes and reminders. Either way, it's very important to your job that you always remember to have those tools on hand because without them, you'll end up spending a fair amount of your time (clocked) in seeking out the tools you do need to complete the task.

Remembering trivial items like a specific customer's favorite restaurant or even their favorite color could have a huge impact on your career. And, even more importantly, remembering the customer's situation and personality can be beneficial to keeping the customer for a long time. If I don't remember that my customer is going through a divorce and happen to ask how his wife is after he's specifically asked me to hold off on the subject, then I've made a big boo-boo.

Remembering feedback is just as important as these other elements for advancing in your career. When someone notices something you've been slack in noticing yourself, remember and change that area. On the other hand, when someone gives you praise for a specific area, remember that too and continue to provide the results hoped for.

I believe a good memory is helpful, not only as a means of advancing in your career, but in your entire life as a whole, emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually. Remembering that a particular task needs to be completed at work is essential, of course, to advancing in your career, but there are a number of other areas where a good memory will be helpful, too.

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