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UNLIMITED POWER 
BY ANTHONY ROBBINS 
 
 
Copyright © 1991 by Robbins Research International. AM rights reserved. Reproduction in any form without the express written convent of Robbins Research International is prohibited. 
P.95 
 
CHAPTER XII 
 
THE POWER OF PRECISION 
 
 
 
We've learned that the map is not the territory. The words we use to 
describe experiences aren't the experiences. They're just the best verbal 
representation we can come up with. So it stands to reason that one of the 
measures of success is how accurately and precisely our words can convey what 
we want-how closely our map can approximate the territory. Just as we all can 
remember times when words moved us like magic, we can also remember times 
when our communication went utterly, hopelessly awry. Maybe we thought we 
were saying one thing, but the other person got the opposite message. So just as 
precise language has the ability to move people in useful directions, sloppy 
language can misdirect them. "If thought corrupts language, language can also 
corrupt thought," wrote George Orwell, whose book 1984 is based on just that 
principle. 
 
Once you know what you want, it helps to be able to know how to get what 
you want. How do you get whatever you want: ASK! But I don't mean whine or beg 
or complain or plead or grovel. And I don't mean expect someone else to do your 
work for you. What I mean is learn to ask intelligently and precisely. 
 
Here are five guidelines for asking intelligently and precisely.