The Four Agreements - New Series

Today - we start something new here at NuttersNotes that dovetails into the overall vision of helping everyone increase their amount of happiness as they sojourn this orb.

...and I am very excited - to begin a discussion of The Four Agreements, by Don Miguel Ruiz, one of the best books in the field of self improvement that I have ever read.

In my working days - my staff was used to us starting every meeting by reciting and discussing the four agreements to establish the ground rules in which we would conduct ourselves during our time together.

Today, we will begin our discussion - with an overview of what the Four Agreements are. I urge you to cut and paste them to a printable format. This will allow you some time to just read the agreements and attempt to guess at what they mean to you.

At some point - you will want to buy the book as Ruiz will go into detail far greater than we will here. I will be sharing some of my interpretations as well as applications that they have made in my business and personal lives.

The Four Agreements

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.

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.

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.

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.

This is going to be a tremendous, life changing series - so, if you are ready, start looking at the above and pondering what these words could mean to you and how abiding by them would change your thinking and day to day behaviors.