What if your life could be transformed by just four simple agreements?
Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements offers ancient Toltec wisdom in a modern package — and the results are radical. These aren’t fluffy affirmations. They are practical commitments to self-liberation.
By breaking the mental “agreements” we’ve unconsciously made with fear, guilt, and conditioning, we unlock freedom, peace, and personal power.
Let’s break down each of the Four Agreements and how to live them today.
1️⃣ Be Impeccable with Your Word
Your words create your world.
Ruiz says this is the most important agreement. To be “impeccable” means to use your word with integrity — no gossip, no self-hate, no lies (especially to yourself). Speak truth. Speak life.
🔁 Takeaway:
Speak to yourself like someone you deeply love.
Before speaking, ask: Is this kind, true, and necessary?
2️⃣ Don’t Take Anything Personally
Nothing others do is because of you — it’s a projection of their own world.
When you take things personally, you hand your power to someone else’s emotional state. Ruiz says: “Even when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directly, it has nothing to do with you.”
🔁 Takeaway:
Someone cut you off, criticized your work, ignored your text?
Say it to yourself: “That’s about them, not me.”
3️⃣ Don’t Make Assumptions
Assumptions create drama. Clarity creates peace.
We assume people understand us. We assume we know their intentions. And then we get angry over things that aren’t even real. Ruiz urges: Ask. Clarify. Communicate.
🔁 Takeaway:
If something feels off, don’t spiral — ask.
Just say: “Can I clarify something?”
It saves relationships.
4️⃣ Always Do Your Best
Not perfection. Not overachievement. Just your best — and it changes daily.
This agreement reminds us that our “best” will look different when we’re rested, stressed, or learning. But if you consistently give your honest best effort, you’ll avoid regret, shame, and self-judgment.
🔁 Takeaway:
Whatever you do today — training, working, resting — do it fully, with intention. That’s your best.
💡 1% Better Challenge:
Choose one agreement you’ve broken lately.
Recommit to it just for today.
Maybe it’s pausing to clarify (no assumptions) or saying something kind to yourself (impeccable word).
One small act of integrity shifts everything.
