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Your Psychological Anchors
When you want to make a change in your life become aware of the
existence of anchors. Anchors are unconscious signals to feel a
certain way or perform a specific action. Anchors can be something we
see, hear, feel, smell, or taste. Most of the time the anchors are
visual, auditory, and kinesthetic (feelings).
How do they work? You're probably aware of Pavlov and his dogs. He's
the guy who conditioned dogs to salivate every time he rang a bell. He
did this by ringing a bell every time he put food in front of them.
Eventually they salivated just from the bell. It turns out that we
aren't to much different when it comes to conditioning. Smokers are
one of the more obvious examples of this. An amazing thing about
smokers is that they never schedule their cigarettes in a daily
planner and yet they manage to smoke the same number of cigarettes
every day. What is even more interesting is that they usually smoke
them at the same times, places, and in the same situations every day.
Now what happens is that the morning coffee gets linked to the
cigarette and becomes automatic, then it gets linked to the car ride
and becomes automatic, and so on. Now they don't schedule these or
even think about them because once they get linked with a specific
stimulus (coffee, car, after dinner, etc) it becomes automatic and
they don't need to think about it anymore.
So when you want to make a change in your behavior begin to look for anchors that are tied to that behavior. As soon as you sit on the sofa do feel that you need to eat, if you get in a fight with your spouse do you feel like you need a drink, when you see that the clock says 12 PM do you feel that you have to eat regardless of if you're hungry or not. Becoming aware of your anchors will greatly improve your chances of success in making a change.
Jim Katsoulis is a Master Hypnotist and Weight Loss Expert. He has conducted over 2,000 weight loss sessions and has helped clients of all ages to create the body and lives they want.
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