When you learn and try out your NLP skills, you are opening the doors to taking complete responsibility (or maybe that should say response-ability) for your life. Not only can your NLP skills be applied to help you learn more effortlessly and improve your level of enthusiasm, but they will likewise allow you to develop into an excellent communicator. What’s more you will be ready to offer your skills to other people both in your private and business life.
One of the things you will often hear spoken about with respect to NLP skills is resource states. Imagine that you were able to feel any way you want to feel any time you like, and it is just as effortless as blinking. Now that would certainly be a skill worth having!
There are perhaps many instances when you would prefer to be in more effective command of your feelings, but as yet you have not been able to learn this ability. For instance, numerous men and women are really afraid of public-speaking. Even thinking about it ahead of time, we can turn ourselves into quivering wrecks. We remember when we have been nervous in front of groups before, and we might also use our imaginations to think about everything that could go awry. And you know what, we are correct.
You can notice from the example that we actually practise getting into undesirable resource states, such as feeling nervous, on a regular basis. Despite the fact that these states are not particularly useful, we clearly know well the practice of state induction and there is no reason why we should not employ the same method to bring on beneficial resource states.
Given your previously exhibited skill at resource state induction, how would you prefer to feel instead of anxious? The choice is yours, but it would most likely be helpful to be confident and calm. There have perhaps been a number of additional instances when you have encountered these feelings before. All you have to do, as before in negative situations, is to evoke all the instances when you felt serene and self-assured and make it as authentic as you can. Evoke everything about it, from how you was standing, how you were breathing, how you felt, what you observed and what you heard at that time.
In the unlikely event that you are not able to recall any events when you experienced the type of states that you are planning to access, then you possibly know somebody who is a role model for you, who you can impersonate. Perhaps you know them personally or they are a public figure, and you can easily picture how they would tackle your situation and act as they would. Notice, listen and sense as they would and replicate their behavior.
You may have noticed that sometimes that there little things that trigger memories and all the associated feelings you experienced at the time. Maybe, it is someone giving you a slap on the back that reminds you of how you felt when your father gave you a congratulatory one upon your passing an exam, or perhaps a whiff of a certain perfume brings to mind a romantic dance. These triggers are known as anchors, and as one of your NLP skills, you can choose an appropriate anchor and integrate it into the resource state that you are working on. So, you need to make your chosen state as big and bold as you can and then build in an anchor, such as scratching the tip of your nose. Then, whenever you do this action again, it will bring back the feelings of the resource state automatically.
You are most likely now realizing 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 ensuing states will drastically enhance your communication skills and have a great impact on the other individuals that you come into contact with.
