The document outlines The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz which are principles to live by for personal growth and happiness. The four agreements are: 1) Be impeccable with your word, 2) Don't take anything personally, 3) Don't make assumptions, and 4) Always do your best. It then provides instructions to write down examples where you have not followed each agreement, examine how things may have differed if you had, and keep the agreements at the forefront of your awareness for two weeks to see if your conduct and perspective change.

1. The Four
Agreements
by Miguel Ruiz

2. 1. Be Impeccable With Your Word
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.

3. 2. Don’t Take Anything Personally
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 won't be the victim of needless suffering.

4. 3. Don’t Make Assumptions
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.

5. 4. Always Do Your Best
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-judgment, self-abuse and regret.

6. The Four Agreements
1. Write each of the Agreements on a separate piece of paper and for
each one, look back in your life – years ago or the other day – and
write down one example where you did not follow the basic
premise of each Agreement.
2. Examine the overall situation, take an impartial look at your
behavior (as out of sync with the Agreement) and theorize about
how things would have been different if you’d been able to uphold
that particular Agreement (write it down).
3. For a minimum of two weeks time, keep the Four Agreements at the
forefront of your awareness. Devise some way to continuously
remind yourself of their wording and the intent of each. (A rubber
band around your wrist, a note on your day planner, etc.)
4. At the end of that two week period, review your time with the
Agreements. Did you feel calmer? Did your conduct change in
anyway? Were you able to see alternatives that you might not
previously have noticed?

7. The Four Agreements
1. Write each of the Agreements on a separate piece of paper and for
each one, look back in your life – years ago or the other day – and
write down one example where you did not follow the basic
premise of each Agreement.
2. Examine the overall situation, take an impartial look at your
behavior (as out of sync with the Agreement) and theorize about
how things would have been different if you’d been able to uphold
that particular Agreement (write it down).
3. For a minimum of two weeks time, keep the Four Agreements at the
forefront of your awareness. Devise some way to continuously
remind yourself of their wording and the intent of each. (A rubber
band around your wrist, a note on your day planner, etc.)
4. At the end of that two week period, review your time with the
Agreements. Did you feel calmer? Did your conduct change in
anyway? Were you able to see alternatives that you might not
previously have noticed?