What are anchors and how do I use them?

Hello readers! Today I will be talking about NLP anchors.

An anchor is a connection between a stimulus and an emotional response.
Let me give you an example. Imagine driving down a street and you come to a set of lights and it's suddenly green, you become happy or satisfied that you wont need to wait. If it turns red you become agitated or annoyed.
The good thing about these responses is that they can be programmed. You can easily create an anchor for yourself to become confident, happy or experience pretty much any emotion. The way you do this is pretty simple. And there are actually multiple ways of creating an anchor.

Way 1:  The next time you feel really confident or happy( maybe you won something, earned some money, or just felt really upbeat) you need to set an anchor. Which is a stimulus... The simplest way to do this would be to rub two fingers together. And if you do it a few times whenever you feel this way then It will be set.
From then on every time your rub together those two exact fingers you'll feel confident and happy. This pretty much works for any emotion. Test it out.

Way 2: This is the way to do it instantly without waiting for certain events in your life and it involves looking through some past memories. Remember a time when you were really happy and confident and pull it to the front. Start playing the memory and watch it like a movie through your own eyes. And while you're doing this keep rubbing two fingers together. Do this for a week a few times every day and voila. Instant confidence.

I have to say that this technique is a life changer. If you only try one technique from my blog, then make this one be the one you try.

Nejc