How to be Confident with NLP, 2nd Edition

N L P T R I G G E R

T H E M A P I S N O T T H E T E R R I T O R Y

I If you want to drive from A to B you can use a map or punch in

the postcode on a Sat Nav to show you which route to use. But

the map is not the territory and does not show the traffic, the

roadworks, diversions, visibility and all kinds of other

experiences you will have en route. In a similar way, the

meanings you put on your experiences are only your

interpretations – yet you might act as if this were the real

territory and believe it to be the map.

I Everyone has a unique map of the territory we tend to call

reality.

I Your personal map, your reality, results from filtering every

sin ...