The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz | (Detailed Book Summary)

What are the four agreements?
In The Four Agreements, bestselling author don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering. Based on ancient Toltec wisdom, The Four Agreements offer a powerful code of conduct that can rapidly transform our lives to a new experience of freedom, true happiness, and love.
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★★★ Contents of This Video ★★★
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - The First Agreement - Be impeccable with your word
12:02 - The Second Agreement - Don't take things personally
20:31 - The Third Agreement - Don't make assumptions
29:06 - The Fourth Agreement - Always do your best
This book was a New York Times best selling book for over a decade.
In this video I will share all the insights and takeaways that you can get from this book. This video will be a detailed summary of the book presented in a mind-map format with stories to help you get a better understanding of the agreements. I am a booktube newbie but I hope you enjoy my summary of this book.
The Four Agreements are as follows:
THE FIRST AGREEMENT: Be Impeccable with Your Word
THE SECOND AGREEMENT: Don’t Take Anything Personally
THE THIRD AGREEMENT: Don’t Make Assumptions
THE FOURTH AGREEMENT: Always Do Your Best
This book also talks about the law of attraction and how your words and your thoughts can manifest your reality.
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ironically, this was the last present my mom gave me before she passed. i love it so much. im doing so much better mentally while practicing these thought processes

[@MimiYouyu]

You are so very lucky to have a lovely Mom. Mine was never kind or loving, witheld love. You know it even as an infant , but there is no explanation. A long life recovering from childhood ptsd. Your Mother is,still watching over you. ❤

[@sankaranarayanan901]

Wish you good luck in your journey ahead.

[@ryanmd615]

​@@MimiYouyuYou are beautiful; just learn how to love yourself. I dealt with PTSD for a long time, and what made me feel better was finding my passion and mastering that skill, then believing in myself that I as well could not only make it but live peacefully while living my professional life.

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How do you know he doesn't wear a cape?

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[@meteor2012able]

I am 88 yo, Mexican-American, born in a desert mining town during the Great Depression of the 1930s. I was very lucky to have been born into a wonderful Familia and during hard times when we " Mexicans" were 2nd class in the eyes of the dominant society. As a child in my formative years immersed around decent, loving, poor people with stoic Christian values, I grew unknown strengths that I took for granted. My days as a child around my peers and cousins were glorious and filled with wonderments.... only poor kids can know. Here are a few to illustrate my point: 1. Hearing spooky stories in the dark, on the floor with kin, as the train approaches, rattles the shanty, and rumbles away to distant Los Angeles. 2. Going to city dumps on Sunday with your uncle and cousins to scavange and finding all kinds of treasures and curiosities to bring home proudly. 3. Walking miles upon miles through vineyards and orchards eating the very best of fruits you can imagine. 4. Eating the best Mexican foods ever made and served by aunts, cousins, granny... tortillas, albondigas, tacos, frijoles, enchiladas, etc, etc... On mismatched dishes, cutlery, from pots and pans all with stories to tell. My granny, "These came from China, see the 👸 princess... etc." 5. Reading for hours in an old abandoned car in our backyard while the rain is pouring outside. 6. Everyone in spiritual awe watching a spectacular meteor shower with you kin, and granny making comments about God and creation. 7. Mexican weddings, baptisms, wakes, burials, Christmas, 1st Communions, birthday parties...You haven't lived. My point above, is that the Dr. Ruiz WISDOMS for being, relating with others, and self definition are all true and solid as 24 carat gold no matter your social or material station in life. I am a retired social behavioral scientist with a clinical background in prison mental health services. I taught 8 years in a major university and also did court ordered community drug addiction treatment. Paz

[@YazYaz75100]

Thank you for sharing some of your story with us. I am glad you are a proud Mexican-American and learned how to see the magic and wonder in all things!

[@ArchiTechReviews]

The Four Agreements 1) Agreement 1: Be impeccable with your Word. -Your words are powerful -The word can enter our mind and change a whole belief for better or for worse. -The word casts spells -You are what you consume -Gossip is black magic and pure poison 2) Agreement 2: Don't take anything personally. -Don't take things personally -About them vs about you -When everything around you is great, everything makes you happy -We make agreements to help each other suffer -Keep the agreements with yourself 3) Agreement 3: Don't make assumptions. -We have the tendency to make assumptions about everything -Why we shouldn't make assumptions -We make the assumption that we know what the other person wants -What is Real Love -If you don't understand something, ask questions 4) Agreement 4: Always do your best. -Your best will become better than it used to be -Action VS Reward -Forrest Gump -The first three rely on the fourth -Master through repetition

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This book helped me through my mid 30's and still does from time to time...the explantion of those day to day words I use are priceless, Thanks!

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[@sankaranarayanan901]

Explanation of day-to-day words?

[@danieldavies3031]

This is just for me :) 1:14 - The Word are Powerful 3:24 - The Word Cast spells 12:41 - Don't take things personally 20:31 - Assumptions 23:07 - Why we shouldn't make assumptions 29:47 - Not expecting Rewards

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Pretty much everything Jesus said btw.

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[@zerubbabelsbridge]

23:20 all the drama in your life was rooted in making assumptions and taking things personal. NOPE! The drama in my life came from her opening her legs to other lovers, while I was either at work or quietly at home, thinking how I could be a good man for a solid relationship. And damn right I took it personal. 👎🏽

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@@calistafalcontail no lol YESHUA IS THE WORD.

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It's hard to stay positive when everyone and everything around you is negative

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Talking behind my back is what shaped my entire life, literally. It gives people the false impression that they can tell the motive, the 'why' behind whatever the other person does and they see their own distortion as a confirmation which leads to a spiral without an exit. It's not that you accept their opinion, you even develop anxiety bc you realize whatever you do can be turned into something totally different and cause an absolutely unexpected backlash. You can't change it bc it's not in your head. It's so easy to say ask questions when no one does.

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I haven’t read the book yet but would you say this video fully covered everything in the book?

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I think the author is still with us 😇

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He is still alive!

[@DVines-sz4nn]

@@nogoods3511 Hi there! 🙋 According to my research and memory The Four Agreements was the work of Don Miguel Ruiz, ( deceased ) originally published in 1997. His son don miguel jr. ( is still alive ) and along with his brother don jose they have kept their Toltec tradition alive by promoting their fathers book to include their own very successful published books such as The fifth Agreement and other very accomplished works! Here on KZbin check out Lewis Howes Channel episode #358 where in an interview the son don jr. refers to his father's book and how he came to accept his nagual ( shamanic) responsibility and thus to step into it. Since then the brother's continue to write books give interviews conduct trainings and to give lectures on the topic. They both have several books available on the wisdom of the practice. There are many interviews wherein he the son don miguel jr. refers to his father's book The four Agreements. He may have rewritten it along with a co-writer Janet Mills in the early 2000's but do check into it since many interviewers attempt to dismiss the value of senior ruiz himself whether in the body or not. Read the comments as some also remember Senior Ruiz contribution. Ty!

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So proud Mr. Ruiz is a recognaizable author, and the best of everything, he is Mexican. 👏😍

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Something else I really liked in the book about the second agreement was don’t take compliments personally either. Thank the person who gave it but let it go. They can boost your ego and leave you with a craving for more validation.

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