The Map is not the Territory



No one sees the world the same way as anyone else.

This is what the pro calls perception, everyone has a filter on the world, on the truth. The filter is unique with everyone, and therefore no one sees the world in the same way.

This sentence, the map is not the territory, often used to describe this perception in everyone.

Everyone looks at the world with their perception, not at the truth, and their perceptions are developed through their life experience, which can never be identical to anyone else.

Things that you believe is true, might not be accepted by someone else, it might not even be the truth! Just that the experience you have, makes it seems like it is the truth, you do not have the ability to see it from a different angle, because you do not have the life experience, but yet, it does not mean it is true.

Understand this also tells you that you have to acknowledge the perception of others. Communicating with own's perception is gonna lead to communication breakdown, as both sides are referring to different map.

Effective communication, or when you are trying to understand someone, you have to keep in mind that they are looking at a different map than yours.

Perception is not what really happened in the world, especially your perception.
The map is not the territory, especially your map.

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