This is a technique that you may try out if you want to. It is called anchoring and is used within neurolinguistic programming. I am not sure how well it works, but it should work in theory. The basic principle behind it is to learn to associate a certain mood or emotion with a word, a gesture, a phrase or piece of music. It is the same principle as when a song or movie can trigger a pleasant or unpleasant memory.
It can be useful if you want to get out off or into a certain emotion or mood at an instant. You start by choosing the emotion and a suitable anchor. An anchor could be a body gesture, a phrase, a word or just about anything that is unique, thus more memorable. Now imagine the emotion or experiences related to the emotion as visually or intensely as you can. When you are feeling this emotion as strongly as you can, do the body gesture or call out the phrase. You may need to repeat a few times if you want the anchor to be fixed. In theory, you should be able to go into that intense emotion, every time you do the anchor. Derren Brown used this technique, among others, when he manipulated a group of people to commit an armed robbery. He set them in an intense mood of aggressiveness and risktaking, while playing the song "can you feel it?". He then played the song while the each person walked passed a truck that a guard was just loading up with money. Because the song set them in the mood of stealing, they robbed the truck (there were many other factors Derren Brown had manipulated as well). I don't want you to start robbing trucks or make other people rob trucks. But it may be useful if you create an anchor to set you in the right mood for a presentation, a job interview, or an exam. If you try it, feel free to tell me if it worked.
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