Four Agreements

Four Agreements: An Explanation

Four agreements are the most essential elements on a book titled The Four Agreements written by Don Miguel Ruiz; this book, anyway, has gained more popularity due to the benefit it offers, which is dealing with how to enhance life quality and value. If you once heard of this book, and you feel like want to read it soon, you need to gather some summary and review about this book to make sure that this book suits your need. One thing you should know about four agreements in this book is that you should not taken the agreement literally; otherwise, it will cause you more problems in life.

The first of four agreements is ‘be impeccable with your word’, which is said to be the most important agreement as the author Miguel Ruiz put it on the first place. In this agreement, Miguel Ruiz discussed how the words and the words of others are powerful, as it has a big potential to hurt yourself and other people around you. What makes this agreement essential among all four agreements is that it actually has large impact on others and you yourself.

Do not take anything personally is the second agreement of four agreements, in which some reviews relates it to the previous agreement. It is suggested that people should not take anything people said and think about themselves, especially when the sayings are from the one who hate them. Among all four agreements, this agreement is beneficial for those who are occasionally getting irritated with what people are talking in front of them. If you are one of these people, you are to always remember than it is you who know all aspects inside you.

The next agreement on four agreements is ‘do not make assumption’, which probably difficult for you and most people all around the world, since you believe that they are real. When you are facing a person who does something wrong, for instance, you might make a sudden assumption that the person is bad; this is so wrong, because some people have their own reason of doing something. You might need more time to comprehend all four agreements, especially this one.

The last agreement on four agreements is ‘always do your best’, and this is a quite common saying you can easily find in any texts as motivational messages and thesis page. This book suggests that readers do their best, in any circumstance and occasion in their life, no matter how sick and tired they are. The main purpose of do the best is to avoid you from judging yourself, for not doing the best of you; this is a common excuse you will find in failed and giving-up people. In doing the above four agreements, anyway, you are to have such strong commitment.