Push the button: A simple guide to using triggers to change behaviour

A trigger: an act that sets in motion some course of events

Sometimes defined as:

an object, a symbol, a gesture, or a movement and turning it into a trigger. It’s programming yourself to react or feel a certain way when an event is triggered. It’s part power of suggestion, part power of intention. And it works.

So how do we install these triggers?

1) Find a quiet spot where you can stay uninterrupted.

2) Choose an emotional state you want to access. It can also be a certain attitude: Happy, resourceful, calm, relaxed, sleepy, whatever the state you want to anchor is, the method remains the same. But attention, because it must be something you have experienced in your life.

3) Create a Positive Resource Anchor?
Recall a time in the past when you have felt the way you want to feel when your Anchor is fired. As you vividly remember that time, remembering everything you saw as if you were seeing it again, back through your own eyes, hear what you heard and feel the feeling you had at that time. When the feeling is at its strongest, “anchor” it by making a gesture, or gently pressing or squeezing an appropriate and accessible part of your body, e.g. making a fist, pushing the palm of your hand etc.

Break your state by jiggling your body or moving in some way then repeat the above using a different and equally positive memory from the past, then anchor that. Repeat this several times to make the anchor strong.

Then test how strong your anchor is by breaking your state and then firing it off. Notice how great you feel!

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Originally posted 2009-01-05 22:56:10.

8 simple ways to be more decisive … I think?

Being decisive means knowing what you really really really want. When you have crystal clear clarity of what you want to accomplish, you will most certainly achieve it.

Anthony Robbins … A real decision is measured by the fact that you’ve taken a new action. If there’s no action, you haven’t truly decided.

1. Get started

Ask yourself: ‘Can I resolve this here and now?’ If so, do it now. If not, follow Einstein’s approach: ‘Make it as simple as possible, but no simpler’.

2. Define the problem

Write down what the crux of your problem is in one sentence. If you’re being headhunted do you actually want a new job?

3. Explore what’s involved

Who and what will be affected? When and where will the outcome be implemented? Why do you need to make the decision? Delve deep so nothing is overlooked.

4. Consider different perspectives

What would your competitor do? Get creative: how would a doctor or a five-year-old child view the dilemma? Approaching the problem from different angles will help you understand the facts objectively.

5. Visualise

What does your ideal future look like? How can your choice bridge the gap between where you are now and where you would be ideally?

6. Make sure your decision is foolproof

Whatever your decision it will affect other people. Have you checked if everyone involved wants the same as you or not, or if it is even feasible?

7. Just do it

Nothing can ever be 100 per cent so after careful consideration make your decision by simply going with the best-looking option.

8. Make it happen

Be flexible and strike a balance between planning and adjusting. Whatever you do it is not the end of the world. Respect your decision but don’t be beholden to it.

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Originally posted 2008-08-09 15:13:29.