subject: Build Self Confidence With Nlp Anchoring [print this page] NLP anchoring is a way to help build a good, strong sense of self-confidence. Anchoring is sort of like conditioning and conditioned responses, although they're technically different. An anchor can happen with one time significant emotional experience.
We all have anchors, and more than likely our level of confidence or lack thereof is due to some sort of significant emotional event or events that either raised our level of confidence or shattered it.
We can correct that sort of thing by remembering a previous experience of confidence, then as you remember, actually step in to that event, and feel what you felt, see what you saw, hear what you heard, notice any body sensations you had at the time, and set a trigger, like squeezing your thumb, or picture you mentally repeat on the inside.
The kinesthetic anchors work really well, so whatever other method you use, make sure you also have that kinesthetic one. The anchor needs to be set AS the state is reaching the peak, so you set the anchor while the state is still increasing.
Then you test the anchor by going in to a neutral state and triggering that anchor to make sure you go back in to that feeling again. You have to make sure the pressure is the same!.
Setting those anchors up ahead of time is a real good way to wire in what kinds of responses you want to have, and to do mental rehearsal of your wanted behavior, to prepare ahead of time for your intended outcome.
The anchoring exercise we just went over, though, is an example of preparation and using the imagination. You take that anchor and attach the feelings of confidence to your intended outcome. Keep in mind, though, that there are additional ways you can mentally rehearse your success.
