NLP Technique - Belief Change Pattern

Become an excellent learner

1. Find the belief that stands in your way of learning new thing easily. See, hear, and feel yourself trying but not accomplishing, your objective. You will probably be able to find many examples from when you were in school. Notice all the submodalities of underperformance, writing down your observations so you can be systematic in your work.

2. Find a strong and useful belief about something in which you already excel. It need not fall into the same category as learning the kind of skills referred to in this book; simply find something that you know you do really well. Examine its qualities, the same way as above.

3. Compare the two, noting the differences. Pay particular attention to the size of each image, their positions in your mental space, and whether or not either involves movement.

4. Push the image of the limiting belief off into the distance until it is little more than a pinprick, shift it across to line it up with your positive belief, and then snap it back toward you into you in its new position, shifting all the original submodalities to match those of supreme confidence and proficiency. See yourself dropping into a profoundly relaxed state in which you absorb information easily and are prepared to explore and practice your new skills with deep commitment.

5. Deepen the state by manipulating the submodalities, the step into that state of deep trance and pay particular attention to the feelings associated with being an excellent learner. When you have identified a particularly strong feeling, anchor it by firmly pressing a particular spot on your body, such as an earlobe or a knuckle, so that you can easily access the state at a later date by pressing or 'firing' you anchor and remembering as fully as possible the experience you created in Step 4.

6. Slowly come back into the room, bringing all the learnings you've made with you, and in the knowledge that you can repeat this.

From TRANCE-formation p101

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