The Four Agreements

Key takeaways

• Toltec Wisdom and the Domestication of Belief
• Be Impeccable With Your Word
• Don't Take Anything Personally
• Don't Make Assumptions
• Always Do Your Best
• Practicing the Four Agreements as an Ongoing Code

• Practice being impeccable with your word today: avoid gossip and self-criticism
• Notice one moment today you take something personally, and consciously let it go
• Ask a clarifying question today instead of assuming what someone meant
• Do your best at one task today, without measuring it against perfection

Final takeaway

Choose one of the four agreements to consciously practice this week, and notice moments where you would otherwise have broken it — Ruiz's consistent argument throughout the book is that this kind of specific, sustained conscious practice, applied to even one agreement at a time, represents the practical path toward the greater freedom and reduced suffering this simple, ancient Toltec-derived code of conduct describes.