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[chris302001]

well i read The Four Agreements. its a great book focusing on personal growth, i have to say that this one is the clearest, cleanest and simplest books I have ever read.


here's the sum of the book basically, the agreements.

Be Impeccable With Your Word. The broad scope of this concept is to avoid sin against yourself by what you think. Sinning against the self takes many forms: such as, putting yourself down, gossiping, or putting anybody else down because you don't agree with what they think. Actions and words need to be consistent as part of being impeccable with yourself. The other side of the coin is the smoky mirror concept. Ruiz makes the point that our perceptions of others are merely reflections of ourselves. Therefore, to put another down or project negative words or energy towards another person, is to lash out at the other person because of our own insecurities.

Don't Take Anything Personally. There is an awful lot of negative energy out there and some of it is directed at us by other people. If you take it personally and take on the poison of another's words, it becomes a very negative agreement you have with yourself. What anybody thinks about you, or says about you, is really about them. Not taking it personally allows you to be in relationship with anyone and not get trapped in their stuff. This agreement can also pertain to things that we take personally that cause us to go into upset.

Don't Make Assumptions. i used to do alot of this and i still do sometimes. anyway the book states that what we think we understand about what someone says, how someone looks at us, what someone means by what they do, etc, may often not reflect reality at all, and more often than not lead us to think badly of ourselves or of others, and reinforce not being impeccable with our word.

Always Do Your Best. Your "best" is a variable thing from moment to moment. here its talks alot about taking action. You can have many great ideas in your head, but what makes the difference is accually doing them. Without action upon an idea, there will be no manifestation, no results, and no reward.

so thats the sum of the book, don't know if thats exactly what your lookinh for but i think this is a great book for anyone to read.

I thought u were goin to bed?

 

[*ebony*]

I thought u were goin to bed?

i did then my mom called to tell me all about her day and plans for every single day fot the next 5 years....

 

[puddlemonkey]

i did then my mom called to tell me all about her day and plans for every single day fot the next 5 years....

Do any of those plans include sending me n00ds?


Wait, is your mom hot like you?

 

[layinback]

art of the deal, think and grow rich, dynamic laws of prosperity and everything by zig ziglar. i've read 7 habits and numerous
others on the subject of personal success. i've made sure that managers and select salespeople of my businesses read along
these lines. actually, the basic principles of these books always came naturally to me. i'd be reading and saying, damn, i already
do that! now i'm to busy being successful to read them but i do buy them and distribute to others.

 

[Humble Pride]

when I was in High School, my Father used recommend and read anything/everything from Ziglar - I never paid much attention to him,.......now all these years later and those same books are still relevent........

 

[Smurfy]

Im not much into self help books but i do read Dr Wayne Dyer's books. Basically anything he writes is top notch.

 

[-Ariel-]

I don't agree with this guy on all things.. but I read him at Work and was surprised how good he is... shit, he sums up 3 years of grad school in like 120 pages and makes it all simple, dude is a genius, Eckhart Tolle, A New Earth...
Can't believe I"m endorsing him, but he makes the complicated really simple...