NLP Email Training 12

Quote

“If you do what you've always done, you'll get what you've always gotten.”

Anchoring (1)

Definition:
An anchor is a stimulus to which a person responds in a certain way, depending on a past experience with this stimulus.

Background:
The concept is based on the work of the Russian neurophysiologist Pavlov, who studied the salivation of dogs. One day he noticed that the dogs would salivate just by hearing the footsteps of the keeper who always fed them shortly after. Apparently, the dogs had become so accustomed to being fed shortly after the sound of the keeper's footsteps that the salivation response was automatically triggered. What happened next is world-famous and earned Pavlov the Nobel Prize... he rang a bell before the dogs were fed, and after several simultaneous pairings, the dogs began to salivate whenever the bell rang. Does this work with humans too? Absolutely!

Examples:
Certain songs trigger specific emotional states in you.
Images trigger feelings, e.g., the cross or a portrait of Saddam Hussein.
A certain perfume scent makes us think of a long-gone partner, etc.

Exercise for This Week

a) Create a folder, binder, or box with positive anchors. In my folder, for example, there are certificates from chess competitions, an old physics exam with 15 points, the bib number from my first marathon, a small chain from my first girlfriend, etc. Whenever you could feel better, take out the box and look at your positive anchors.

b) Compile a CD with your favorite music. Listen to the individual songs and note what they trigger in you, what they remind you of.

c) Now let's focus on images. Are you ready? Get your photo albums and let the pictures take you back to your past. What emotions arise when you look at the pictures? What inner images do you have and what do they trigger in you?

Supplementary links

What is an Anchor? »»»
This audio file explains with examples what an anchor is.

Anchoring Self-Confidence »»»
In this exercise, you can set an anchor for yourself that you can use when you need self-confidence.

Anchors in Everyday Life »»»
Here you can read how images, melodies, and scents can trigger emotions.

Metaphor of the Week

One day a man couldn't find his axe anymore. He searched and searched, but it was gone. The man became angry and suspected the son of his neighbor of taking the axe. That day he watched the neighbor's son very closely. And indeed: The boy's walk was the walk of an axe thief. The words he spoke were the words of an axe thief. His whole being and behavior were those of an axe thief. In the evening, the man found the axe by chance behind a large basket in his own shed. When he looked at the neighbor's son again the next morning, he found nothing in his walk, words, or behavior that resembled an axe thief.

Book Recommendation

New Paths in Brief Therapy: Frogs into Princes
Authors: Richard Bandler & John Grinder

Short Description:
This book offers a lively overview of the basics of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP). It is based on transcripts of an introductory seminar led by Bandler and Grinder and vividly conveys the communicative brilliance and methodological clarity of the NLP founders. Readers gain practical insights into therapeutic change processes and the mindset from which NLP originated.

The book can be ordered here.

General information

Archive

We have created an archive with past lessons and links. There you will also find this lesson again as a webpage in HTML. There are always some email programs that display strange characters and do not receive clean emails in either our text or HTML format. Use the online archive to read the lessons in this case. Use the archive also if you are quickly looking for a link, have lost one of the previous lessons, or have not received a lesson. HERE is the link to the archive of past lessons

Further NLP seminars

Of course, we also offer real seminars with personal encounters. This starts with our free NLP evening seminars in various cities in Germany and goes up to entire twenty-day trainings: Practitioner, Master, Trainer, and Coach.

You are receiving this email because you or a friend of yours ordered it directly from me. If you no longer wish to receive the email training, please use the link provided at the very top above the logo to unsubscribe. There you can also change your email address.

You are receiving this email because you or a friend of yours ordered it directly from me. If you no longer wish to receive the email training, please use the link provided at the top above the logo to unsubscribe. There you can also change your email address.

info@landsiedel-seminare.de
Stephan Landsiedel