From the library
The Four Agreements
Don Miguel Ruiz, 1997
In one paragraph
Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, this book reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering through four simple agreements.
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Purpose & Meaning
Purpose & Meaning
Key insights
Be impeccable with your word, take nothing personally, make no assumptions, always do your best. Four rules, deliberately memorable.
Taking nothing personally is the load-bearing one: other people's behaviour is about their situation, not your worth.
Short, repetitive and spiritually framed. Whether that register helps or blocks you is the main variable.
Recognise it early
The failure and the correction sit side by side deliberately. Read the left column asking whether any of it is already true of you.
Using agreements to judge others
Perfectionism about following agreements
Suppressing emotions instead of not taking things personally
Making assumptions about why people break agreements
Using agreements to avoid healthy boundaries
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The full breakdown
Before you close this
Naming the specific moment you will act roughly doubles the odds you do.
Reference
- Author
- Don Miguel Ruiz
- Published
- 1997
- Category
- Self-Help
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