Anchoring for Confidence and Enthusiasm Anchoring is a technique where you use positive experiences that have happened in the past as a way of ensuring positive experiences for future events.
Start by selecting an event in the future where you want to feel 'better' - perhaps more confident, more resourceful or more enthusiastic. Next choose two anchors (actions) that you will use to 'switch on' the desired feeling or feelings. One should be a simple physical action such as pressing your thumb, making a fist or clapping your hands; the other should be a word that you can say either out loud or in your head. Make sure that both the action and word are appropriate to the situation in which you will be using them - making a fist or shouting something out when being introduced to a person you want to impress may not give out quite the right signals! Carefully select exactly the feelings you want to have for this future event. Now think back to a time when you had those feelings about something else (it doesn't matter what). Remember that past experience very clearly. Notice the sounds, colours, textures and your feelings at that time - really see what you were seeing, hear what you were hearing and feel what you were feeling at that time. As soon as you can see, hear and feel the experience fully, activate both your anchors. Release your anchors, focus on something in the room and count down from 10 to 1. Now repeat steps 5, 6 and 7 several times, really letting the memory develop fully in your mind. Each time you do it make the images stronger, clearer and louder. Then, just as you get to the point where the feelings are most intense, perform your anchors. This will link the physical action with the remembered sensation and feelings. Once you have made the connections you will be able to recall your desired feelings and sensations whenever you trigger your anchors. The more you use your anchors the more your mind will associate the desired feelings with those particular anchors. And the more you practise the easier it will become. Anchoring can be useful in many different situations. If you would like to explore how you could use anchoring to improve your life and discover what else you could achieve with me as your life coach just click here .
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