Ben Zander is the well known conductor of the Boston Phil and a speaker on Leadership. If you are not familiar with his energetic style, this TED talk is worth watching (it is worth watching even if you are familiar with him).
His Bio on TED reads as follow: “Since 1979, Benjamin Zander has been the conductor of the Boston Philharmonic. He is known around the world as both a guest conductor and a speaker on leadership — and he’s been known to do both in a single performance. He uses music to help people open their minds and create joyful harmonies that bring out the best in themselves and their colleagues.”
Apart from the delight of experiencing his witty style, this video is interesting as it presents a beautiful example of what in NLP we can ANCHORING. Toward the end of the video (about 2/3 into it), he plays a piece by Chopin (‘Shopping’ as he recalls one of the children he was playing for called him a few years ago) and asks his audience to think of someone they love but is not in their life anymore as they listen. Anchoring is a process of stimulus-response: when a certain stimulus (touch, sound or picture) is associated with a certain response (in this case, the person they love), the same stimulus will bring out the same response.
Anchoring is used in many different contexts, public presentations, changing emotional response to past events, even learning. We learn about anchoring (amongst other things) during the NLP Practitioner, Coach & Hypnosis certification course. Click here to the schedule of all courses for more info.
And try it for yourself, Ben Zander is a wonderful poet, musician and story teller.
He also wrote a book that I recommend with Rosamund Stone Zander, : The Art of Possibility.