NLP At Work : The Difference That Makes the Difference in Business

What happens? If you have set up the anchor

effectively you will recall the scene, the sounds, and the

feelings of the memory as if you were there. If this doesn't

happen, keep practicing. It may be you weren't fully

associated when you set the anchor. Check that you use

exactly the same anchor to recall the experience as you

used to set it up in the first place. The sensations in an

experience tend to rise and fade. Set the anchor just as the

experience is reaching a peak, and remove it as soon as or

just before the feelings begin to fade.

7 Now think of a future situation where you would like to have
the feelings you have anchored. This time as you imagine
the situation in the future, fire the anchor. What do you see,
hear, and feel now? When you do this successfully you are
transferring your desired feelings, your resourceful state, to
another and in this case future context.

Learn first to do this for yourself so that you can recall the
resources you want when you want them.
Remember the key factors in anchoring:

❏ Fully associate into the experience before you set the
anchor.

Key factors in anchoring

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Intensity

Time

Set the

anchor here

Remove the

anchor here