Anchoring And Future Pacing
Sid Jacobson highlighted this to me. As a seasoned NLP Master Trainer, Sid has a way of making complex things simple. We have a number of different ideas floating around, including the concept of connecting anchoring with future pacing. When I learnt this, it was just so intruiging, I tested it out.
Anchoring is really the process of conditioning a stimulus-response pattern. You want to re-connect with positive emotions more, and anchoring is one way to get it done. However, couple it with future pacing, and you end up with a technique that basically puts people in the right resource state to accomplish something in their life, and see themselves reaching it.
Take for instance the need to deliver a presentation. Why is it that people in the Patterns of Excellence program have no public speaking training but go up on stage and speak like pros (well, some of them)? It’s because they have in them an anchored sensation of safety and comfort. As a result, speaking is natural and comfortable. So, to consistently do this, all you really have to do is to bring yourself into the future with this feeling. Use the anchor to connect with the achievement of doing what you need to do and visualize that happening.
Right now, get yourself into any resourceful state that could be useful for you. Think also of something you need to accomplish that will need this state. Once you are in that state, step into the future and imagine yourself accomplishing it.
That’s the first step. Now, what you will have to do is to think of a myriad of different things that you can accomplish with the resource state that you presently have. This basically connects you with a feeling of achievement for the outcome. Fire off the anchor and you might find yourself having a lot more drive to accomplish the things you need.
The key difference is the submodalities you have. You’ll need to convert submodalities from “not yet accomplished” to “already accomplished” and detect the differences there. When you come back into the real world, make sure your submodalities are of “not yet accomplished” so you will work towards “already accomplished”.
Regardless, the technique is useful also to help people who have lost confidence in themselves and engage them in a more compelling future.










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