5. Notice where those feelings are in your body. What colour would you give these feelings? Imagine spreading that colour/feeling up and down your body, amplifying feelings. When feelings are amplified, again squeeze your finger and thumb together to capture that feeling.

6. Break state. (Look around room or remember your phone number.)

7. Test Anchor: Squeeze your finger and thumb together. If you've done above steps correctly you should feel those feelings coming back. Congratulate yourself (This is very useful as it re-enforces idea in your mind that you can do these exercises and they will become even easier to do!)

8. Here's a great tip they don't often tell you in NLP books. Treat yourself and make a 'Super Resource State'? Go back to step one and stack another state on top of first one. Squeeze same finger and thumb together! Cool or what? (Example: Confidence AND Creativity.)

9. Now think of a specific situation where this supreme resource state would be useful.

10. Imagine what you will see/hear just before you want this state to kick in. Example: The boss's door, eye's of a specific member of opposite sex, a blank painting canvas, a tennis ball etc.

11. Now fire resource anchor by squeezing your finger and thumb together whilst imagining being in chosen situation, unfolding as you desire it too.

Well done, you can now look forward to that future situation even more. Where else and how else can you use above technique? (Hint: The possibilities are virtually unlimited!)

Each time you practice technique with another resource state/situation you will condition your mind to make procedure even easier next time...

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Now, close your eyes and imagine yourself 10 years from now. What does future you say is most important for you today? It's really easy to come up with what SHOULD BE most important (as defined by society) but resist urge to give into that voice. Take a deep breath and listen deeper. Trust that you have all answers inside.

Some find that it helps to ask this follow-up question: What ONE THING can I do today to significantly improve quality of my life? Don't concern yourself with size or magnitude of your answer. It changes. Some days it might be “apply to graduate school” and other days it might be “organize my office”.

Helpful Tips to Make It Stick To make this ritual “stick”, create a fertile “habit-forming” environment:

1. Fly solo. Use five minutes as valuable alone time to ground yourself. Once this ritual is second nature, then I invite you to use these three questions in conversation with your family, significant other, and even work teams.

2. Be consistent. Select a specific time and location to perform your morning ritual. For example, lying in bed from 7:30-7:35am or on your morning commute from 8:30-8:35am.

3. Take it lightly. Have fun. Unpleasant tasks don't become habits. The morning ritual isn't a task. It's a way of consciously looking out at your day. Set intention to create a daily ritual; to create a habit. But don't sweat it if you miss a day.

4. Start small. Stick to five minutes in beginning. Perhaps you’ll expand to 10, 15 or 30 minutes. Maybe not. A new program quickly gets abandoned when if feels like a burden, especially in morning!

5. Keep no secrets. Tell someone about your morning ritual and ask friend, coach, significant other or whomever to support you in keeping on track. This might sound like, "Terry, I've started a morning practice to keep myself balanced and focused on what's important during day. It would be really helpful if you asked me how it's going every now and then. It just really helps to have you know what I'm up to." Experiment and have fun. I’d love to hear how you’ve experienced ritual and any other morning ritual ideas that work for you!

Cheers! Laura

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Laura Lallone (pronounced Luh-lohn) helps people achieve their personal and professional goals more quickly and thoroughly. By asking questions, offering insight and providing action-oriented guidance, she helps you uncover your highest priorities and redirect your talents and energy to move towards your goals.