26 ANCHORING
People tell me I’m lucky, but I’ve noticed
the harder I practise, the luckier I get.
Gary Player
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When you brought your thumb and fingers together and whispered
One.Two.Three. Relax. Relax.’ (Confidence Builder No. 169) you were,
in fact, installing an anchor.
Practise this every day until you are able to calm yourself down
simply by taking a deep breath, placing your thumb and fingers
together, breathing out slowly and saying ‘One. Two. Three. Relax.
Relax.’ This will take a couple of weeks to perfect, but it’s well worth it.
It’s a priceless skill.
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Install an anchor which energises you.
Relax your body, and either recall or imagine a situation in which
you felt 100% charged and at your best. Bring to mind all the associated
sights, sounds, smells and physical sensations as vividly as possible.
Then ‘anchor’ those feelings. Choose a gesture you wouldn’t
normally use (not the thumb and fingers, your subconscious associates
this with calm). I use a clenched fist. Make the gesture and whisper a
phrase such as ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’
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Keep practising and, within a few weeks, whenever you clench your
fist and say, ‘Yes! Yes! Yes!’ you’ll feel a surge of energy, physical and
emotional.
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