By: Norman J. Baratt

Website: http://www.revivebeingalive.com

Instant change with finger anchors -- a method of storing resourceful feelings

An anchor is a method of storing the resourceful feelings of a past experience for instant recall. Recreating those feelings enables you to more effectively handle a present situation.

It is a stimulus-response pattern. The stimulus is the signal you install, which, when fired, automatically produce the feelings you want to apply to the problem of the moment.

You anchor for use with present situations. There is no limit to the number of anchors you can install. You can also stack your anchors so that the whole is more powerful than each part, giving you master weapons with almost universal applicability.

Many people do not realize the power they can generate with simple finger anchors. This involves assigning and anchoring certain desirable states to the fingers of one's left and right hands.

How is this accomplished? For example, by recalling and replaying a past experience that evidences a specific state. At the peak of the experience, the thumb of one hand is pressed against the tip of the assigned finger, which installs the anchor.

There are usually enough experiences from the past to enable every assigned finger state to be stacked with the feelings desired. Stacking means installing the same anchor on top of the last anchor on top of the one before that and so on.

When you want to produce the good feelings you have anchored, all you need do to trigger the desired effect is to fire the anchor. This is ac- complished by repeating the finger protocol exactly as before. (Pressing the thumb against the tip of the appropriate finger).

Anchoring is one of the best ways to capitalize upon your Experience Index.

Every time you extract a past experience by association or by an excursion through your timeline, one that had a dramatically successful outcome which produced a positive feeling related to the substance of a particular anchor, it should be installed on top of the previous one in that category.

As time goes by, each of those stacked anchors becomes more powerful because of the constant reinforcement.

Here is a rundown of some of the states and feelings you might want to install as finger anchors.

The first anchor can be tied to tranquillity. Think of your favorite beach or water or mountain or urban scene or experience and anchor it, if it produced feelings of peace that were all-encompassing, or of deep relaxation and contentment.

Later, all you need do to instantly recapture those feelings is to press your thumb and the designated finger together in the same manner as you did when it was installed. For example, if during installation, you pressed your left thumb to the tip of your left forefinger, press the same way and hold for a second. The stresses of the moment should start to fade away.

Your second anchor might be energy. This will enable you, time and again, to hit the ground running, brimming with vitality.

Your third anchor could be persuasiveness. If you feel that life itself is frequently a sales or negotiating situation that transcends the traditional selling arena, then you will want to be sure you can produce the attributes of successful related experiences when they are needed.

Your fourth anchor might deal with positive attitude. There are situations in everyone's past where such an attitude saved or made your day. You had faith in yourself and you just knew that everything would turn out exactly as you wanted. Those are the experiences you should recall and anchor.

Your fifth anchor might be creativity. Everyone should be able to think of instances where creative solutions solved a sticky situation.

Perhaps creative arithmetic had been employed. Somethng was added, or something was subtracted, or something was multiplied, or something was divided or subdivided. Or something might have been combined, or something might have been simplified or reversed.

Your sixth anchor can be the problem solving one. These would be the experiences where analysis and deduction reigned supreme, instead of creativity. Or perhaps ones where you showed uncanny sleuthing ability.

Your seventh anchor might deal with assertiveness. This does not mean aggressiveness carried to an extreme. It is always necessary to toe the thin line between the two.

You might also want to install a general power anchor. This would differ from the other anchors by concentrating on stacking present moment experiences that produce feelings of competence, capability, and euphoria instead of past incidents.

You should use a different motion for this last anchor, since it involves what is happening now. For example, you might press your right thumb between the tips of both your middle and ring finger.

Keep in mind that it is not necessary to use your fingers to anchor. You can touch or press certain parts of your body discreetly and no one will be any the wiser. You can make certain sounds, internally or externally. The system even shows you how to anchor someone else's behavior and/or feelings in much the same manner as you do your own.

The techniques described above constitute just a very small part of the enormous arsenal contained in the sites you can access by CLICKING HERE or on any of the links at the bottom of the page.

About The Author:

Norman J. Baratt is a successful writer and publisher of articles and books on life improvement, mind management, self help, and personal growth. He has reviewed and analyzed hundreds of websites in this category to select the ten best.

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