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RUIZ’S FOUR AGREEMENTS – ACTING WITH INTEGRITY

Use this as the basis for acting with integrity in all spheres of your life.

Integrity is a word like democracy, beauty and love that we find difficult to describe or define but recognise immediately when we see it in action. Dr Don Miguel Ruiz’s Four Agreements provides a deceptively simple model for living an authentic and value based life. But like many simple philosophies it is extremely difficult to put into practice.

RUIZ ASKS US TO ENTER INTO FOUR AGREEMENTS WITH OURSELVES, VIS. . .

1. Be impeccable with your word.

2. Don’t take anything personally.

3. Don’t make assumptions.

4. Always do your best.

(I told you it was simple. Now for the hard part.)

HOW TO USE IT

  • Be impeccable ...

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