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Anchoring a calm state
The big picture
Russian psychologist Ivan Pavlov (1848–1936) carried out a number of experiments into conditioning of animals. In one experiment he rang a bell each day immediately before feeding his dogs. After several days he rang the bell on its own and the dogs rushed to their food bowl and salivated. He had conditioned them to associate the bell with eating. Many now call this kind of conditioning ‘anchoring’. Using a variant of this technique, you can ‘trigger’ a calm state in yourself in a fraction of a second.
When to use it
Any time you feel tense or stressed, you can instantly create this calm state.
How to use it
- Think of a small, unobtrusive gesture you can make, which is going to signal to you that you ...
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