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NLP Skills: The Way To Anchor Valuable Resource States

Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) supplies a whole range of approaches and methods for effecting change in both your life and the lives of loved ones and everyone else too. If you exercise your NLP skills ongoingly, then you will begin to find that the quality of your relationships and your interactions with other people will improve significantly. Additionally, your NLP skills will help you to be equipped to do things much better and faster.

The subject of this article is resource states, as talked about in the context of NLP skills. Imagine you could wave a metaphorical magic wand and feel any way you wish to feel, as soon as you like. How good would that be!

There are probably countless instances when you would like to be in more effective control of your emotions, but as yet you have not been able to master this skill. For example, a lot of people are very scared of public-speaking. We do not even have to be in the situation. Simply thinking about it can easily bring us out into a cold sweat. We recall occasions when we have been anxious in front of others previously, and we might also use our imaginations to think about all the things that might go awry. And you know what, we are not wrong.

Actually, this is a great example of how skilled we are at state induction. It is something that we have practised over and over, and have got it down to a fine art. However, the resource state we produce is counter-productive.

So, what kind of emotional state would be useful in this circumstance? You would probably like to be peaceful and self-confident. Well, you do already know what it is like to be like this. All you have to do, as previously in negative situations, is to recall all the times when you felt peaceful and self-confident and make it as real as you can. Recall everything about it, from how you was standing, how you were breathing, how you felt, what you noticed and what you heard back then.

Now, if you are imagining that you can’t do this because you have not felt this way previously, then envision how a person who is calm and self-confident would stand, breathe and feel. Maybe this is a person you admire for being this way. When you have achieved the desired state, ramp it up to make it as vivid and appealing as possible. This is where one of your other NLP skills comes into play. This is called anchoring. In this case, an anchor is a trigger for the state change. So, when you are fully experiencing the state such as calm and confident, that you want to re-induce in the future, you could, for example, scratch the back of your neck or squeeze together the thumb and index finger of your right hand; it is your choice. In this way, the chosen action becomes part of the calm and confident state. So, when you do the trigger action again, for example, as you think about or enter the situation where you would previously have been nervous, you naturally enter the desired resource state.
You are almost certainly now recognizing the importance of practising the NLP skills of creating resource states and anchoring. These are NLP techniques that you can apply to all areas of your life. Of course, the benefit of perfecting these skills is that the resulting states will greatly boost your communication skills and have a good impact on the other people that you come into contact with.

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Applying the Art of Learning to Everyday Life

Better jobs and a wealthier lifestyle awaits the man or woman who is prepared to keep learning well after they’ve secured a diploma. All that’s required is the ability to keep an open mind to absorb new knowledge.

The first step to learning lies in disciplining your mind so you can focus on the subject you want to remember. The minds of many people are composed of a jumble of random thoughts. It’s impossible to learn if your mind is wandering through a list of worries and fears.

Many people stop learning. They feel they know enough and don’t need to learn anything new. But this attitude is sure to turn them into antiques, of little use to employers looking for the employee who keeps abreast of the latest developments that concerns his career. To improve learning skills, you simply must be prepared to keep learning.

Repetition is what burns new knowledge in the mind. Book learning is certainly useful. The mind doesn’t retain information easily. If what is learned isn’t being reinforced through repetition, most of that information is lost. Not only do you need to pay attention, but you need to reinforce what you learn through repetition.

In order to learn better, the act of learning must be made fun. Children learn very quickly as they use their imaginations to compare what is being learned to what they already know. A subject that comes across as dull and boring does little to improve your memory and learning skills. In order to retain any new knowledge, you need to be using your imagination and creativity in interesting ways.

Application is an important key element in the learning process. Much like repetition, it means applying what you learn in real life. If you want to learn any skill, book learning isn’t enough. You need to apply what you learn to real life situations.

Many people have limited learning skills, since they limit what they learn to what they feel is most relevant. This is fine to a point, but life demands that you expand your circle to include other subjects. You should be reading and not just in your field of expertise. Learning means broadening the mind through reading and being curious about subjects that don’t pertain to your field of expertise. In a world where the average citizen is likely to change careers three times during a lifetime, it’s necessary to keep learning to keep ahead of changes.

If your diet consists of high carbohydrate foods laced with sugar, fat and calories, your mind will be sluggish and you won’t be able to learn very effectively. If you hope to advance in your career, the best thing you can do for yourself is to eat a healthy diet to keep your mind sharp and ready to learn. The same goes for exercise. The brain, like your body, can’t function effectively if it doesn’t get the oxygen it needs. Exercise stimulates the circulation and helps to improve memory and concentration.

Improving your learning skill means periodic analysis of your progress. If you don’t learn something new every day, you are stagnating. All successful people are constant learners and that’s one of the major factors that made them wealthy. There’s no reason why you can’t improve your life skills by improving your ability to learn.