Hello, this is Keith Livingston, welcome to "Learn NLP in a
Flash."

These free, brief, educational segments provide you with solid,
usable NLP techniques you can apply to your life right away. Each
segment explores the basics of an important and practical NLP
technique.

Today's subject is Anchoring...

What if you could help people feel any way you wanted them to
feel; excitement, love, comfortable, fulfilled? Would that be
useful to you in your business or personal life? What if you
could get that state back at will? Anchoring is a tool to help
you do just that. Think of the possibilities. 

Perhaps you've heard of Pavlov's dogs. Ivan Pavlov was studying
the digestive systems of dogs when he discovered something
fascinating. He would ring a bell just before the dogs ate.
Eventually, the dogs would begin to salivate at the sound of the
bell - even if there was no food! The dogs linked the sound of
the bell to food.

We can use that same linking principle with people. If we get
folks to feel an emotion and then link that emotion up to
something, we can get them to feel that emotion again - whenever
we want! You can also anchor yourself. Let me give you an example
of how that might work...

Say you're having a good day. At a time when your positive
emotions are extra strong, briefly touch the thumb on your left
hand to your little finger on the same hand.

Now, each time you have a positive experience, touch that thumb
to that little finger - it's called an anchor. Repeating the
anchor during strong positive emotions reinforces it. Later on,
when you need a boost of positive energy you touch the thumb and
finger together and recreate those emotions almost instantly. 

You can also set anchors on other people with your voice, a
particular movement or with a touch.

Back when I was a recording studio engineer and record producer I
used anchoring to help musicians recreate peak performance
states.

That's it for today's "Learn NLP in a Flash" segment. If you'd
like to learn more about this subject, go to the URL below.

http://www.hypnosisnow.com/nlppower.htm

Until next time, this is Keith Livingston.