‘The Four Agreements’ Book Review / Is This The Secret To Success?

What if you had a set of rules you can always follow, in any situation, that can improve your life? Would you want some pieces of advice that could make you happier? I decided to pick up the book ‘The Four Agreements’ which distilled four rules that one should follow. Did I agree with them?

Disclaimer: As always, pick what advice best fits and suits you. You choose what to believe in. I also picked the advice that I wanted to believe in!

What this book is about:

This book discusses four agreements that can help improve your life.

What it has taught me:

For the summary, the four agreements are: Be impeccable with your word, don’t take anything personally, don’t make assumptions and always do your best.

Be Impeccable With Your Word

The book describes that impeccability is without sin. A sin is anything that you do which goes against yourself and the biggest sin is self rejection. Examples of sin are when you feel or believe or say anything that goes against yourself. When you are impeccable with your word, you take responsibility for your actions but you don’t blame yourself.

In terms of when you are interacting with others, the book states that whenever you hear an opinion and believe it, we make an agreement and it becomes part of our belief system. The only thing that can break this is to make a new agreement based on truth.

You can measure the impeccability of your word by your level of self love. How much you love yourself and how you feel about yourself are directly proportionate to the quality and integrity of the word.

Don’t Take Anything Personally

The best way to sum this up is the following statement from the book: ‘Nothing other people do is because of you. It is because of themselves.’ If someone says something negative to you that is part of their agreement and belief system, and you choose to believe it, then you take that poison and it becomes yours.

If someone is not treating you with love and respect, it is a gift if they walk away from you.

Don’t feel the need for acceptance and validation, know who you are.

To know who you are, making an inventory of our agreements will help uncover the conflicts in the mind.

Don’t Make Assumptions

We make assumptions because it is not important if the answer itself is correct, just the answer itself makes us feel safe.

The way to keep yourself from making assumptions is to ask questions clearly. Have the courage to ask questions so it can be as clear as possible but even then you cannot assume because you will never know the whole story.

Always Do Your Best

Yes, always do your best but your best is never going to be the same from one moment to the next.

Taking action is being alive.

Our existence is the proof that God exists. We were born with the right to be happy, to love, to enjoy and to share love. The best way to love God is to live your life doing your best.

You can make this agreement today by telling yourself: ‘I choose to honour The Four Agreements.’

You can make the choice today if you want to follow these Four Agreements.

What I like about this book:

This book contained some new ideas that I had not known before. This made it quite interesting to read and I liked the order of how the lessons were arranged.

What I dislike about this book:

I did think that some of the lessons and ideas were repeated quite a few times, which to some can make them lose focus with the book. Also, I didn’t like the references to black magic throughout the book as that is a serious topic and it was taken quite lightly. Of course, I am also not a fan of Toltec Wisdom as I am Muslim. But overall, the book contained some good lessons.

My Rating: 4/5

This book is for anyone who wants to improve themselves! So I would recommend this book to anyone.

Where to buy the book from (not sponsored):

The Four Agreements: Practical Guide to Personal Freedom: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book)by Don Miguel Ruiz

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