The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives in and out work into a new experience of effectiveness, balance and self behavior. Everything we do is based on agreements we have made. In these agreements we tell ourselves who we are, what everyone else is, how to act, what is possible and what is impossible. What we have agreed to believe creates what we experience. When these agreements come from fear obstacles develop keeping us from realizing our greatest potential.

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The Four Agreements
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The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of
conduct that can rapidly transform our lives
and out work into a new experience of
effectiveness, balance and self behavior.
The Four Agreements
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Everything we do is based on agreements we
have made. In these agreements we tell
ourselves who we are, what everyone else
is, how to act, what is possible and what is
impossible. What we have agreed to believe
creates what we experience. When these
agreements come from fear obstacles
develop keeping us from realizing our
greatest potential.
The Four Agreements
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 Speak with integrity.
 Say only what you mean.
 Avoid using the word to speak against
yourself or to gossip about others.
 Use the power of your word in the direction
of truth and love
Be Impeccable With Your Word
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The broad scope of this concept is to avoid “sin against yourself”
by what you think. Sinning against the self takes many forms:
such as, putting yourself down, gossiping, or putting anybody
else down because you don't agree with what they
think. Actions and words need to be consistent as part of being
impeccable with yourself. The other side of the coin is the
smoky mirror concept. Ruiz makes the point that our
perceptions of others are merely reflections of ourselves.
Therefore, to put another down or project negative words or
energy towards another person, is to lash out at the other
person because of our own insecurities.
Be Impeccable With Your Word
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 Nothing others do is because of you.
 What others say and do is a projection of
their own reality, their own dream.
 When you are immune to the opinions and
actions of others, you wont be the victim of
needless suffering.
Don’t Take Anything Personally
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Don't Take Anything Personally. There is an awful lot of negative
energy out there and some of it is directed at us by other
people. If you take it personally and take on the poison of
another's words, it becomes a very negative agreement you
have with yourself. What anybody thinks about you, or says
about you, is really about them. Not taking it personally allows
you to be in relationship with anyone and not get trapped in
their stuff. This agreement can also pertain to things that we
take personally that cause us to go into upset.
Don’t Take Anything Personally
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 Find the courage to ask questions and to
express what you really want.
 Communicate with others as clearly as you
can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness
and drama.
 With just this one agreement, you can
completely transform your life.
Don’t Make Assumptions
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Don't Make Assumptions. What we think we understand about
what someone says, how someone looks at us, what someone
means by what they do, etc, may often not reflect reality at all,
and more often than not lead us to think badly of ourselves or of
others, and reinforce not being impeccable with our word.
Don’t Make Assumptions
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 Your best is going to change from moment to
moment; it will be different when you are
healthy as opposed to sick.
 Under any circumstance, simply do your
best, and you will avoid self-judgement, self-
abuse, and regret.
Always Do Your Best
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Always Do Your Best. Your "best" is a variable thing from moment
to moment. "When you do your best, you don't give the Judge
the opportunity to find you guilty or to blame you.” You can
always say, “I did my best." There are no regrets. The other key
to doing your best revolves about being in action. "Action is
about living fully. Inaction is the way that we deny life. Inaction
is sitting in front of the television every day for years because
you are afraid to be alive and to take the risk of expressing
what you are. Expressing what you are is taking action. You
can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the
difference is the action. Without action upon an idea, there will
be no manifestation, no results, and no reward."
Always Do Your Best
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