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

TAP INTO YOUR INNER POTENTIAL: ANCHORING 205

THOUGHT PROVOKERS

1 What state do you typically have in the following situations and
what state would you like to have?
Situation Current state Wanted state
Giving a presentation
Saying what you want
Refusing personal
requests
Appraising or being
appraised
Going for an interview
Exercising
Dealing with aggression
Having your ideas
challenged in public
Add your own situations

Choose one of the above situations and use either the self-
anchoring, the collapsing anchors, or the chaining anchors
technique.
2Write down the state that you would like to generate in yourself
and in others in the following situations.
Situation Own state Desired state in others
Appraising others
Giving feedback
Explaining what you
want
Clarifying technical
information
Running or contributing
to meetings
Add your own situations

Use either of the anchoring techniques to experiment with

generating a desired state in yourself and in others.