During the last few years, I have read many books which have helped my growth and develpment.

One of my favourites is “The Four Agreements” (Amazon UK /Amazon USA) by Don Miguel Ruiz.

The Four Agreements are based on ancients Toltec wisodm and offer a simple but powerful code of conduct and set of principles to live your life by. When I started to apply the Four Agreements a few years ago, they certainly helped me move forward in my life and opened up new ways of living and being.

Here is a summary of the Four Agreements from the book:-

1. Be impeccable with your word.
- Speak with integrity.
- Say only what you mean.
- Avoid using the word to speak against yourself or to gossip about others.
- Use the power of your word in the direction of truth and love.

2.Don’t take anything personally.
- Nothing others do is because of you.
- What others say and do is a projection of their own reality, their own dream.
- When you are immune to the opinions and actions of others, you won’t be the victim of needless suffering.

3.Don’t make assumptions.
- Find the courage to ask questions and to express what you really want.
- Communicate with others as clearly as you can to avoid misunderstandings, sadness and drama.
- With just this one agreement, you can completely transform your life.

4.Always do your best.
- Your best is going to change from moment to moment; it will be different when you are healthy as opposed to sick.
- Under any circumstance, simply do your best and you will avoid self-judgement, self-abuse and regret.

I sincerely believe that applying even just two of the above Four Agreements will have a profound impact on your life.

Start today.