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    <body><![CDATA[Thank you, this book, for making me realize what a cynical asshole I am. By being skeptical of people who appear to suck, I am apparently doing a disservice to myself and to the Creator. And by judging myself when I make mistakes, a.k.a. stressing out when I screw up at work and have to fix it under...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3093433">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is my second time reading this book and I picked it up again because I felt I was compromising too much in my life and it was affecting my core. I have a chapter to go but here's the summary:<br/><br/>The book cites four agreements that, with practice, will lead you to a happier state of livi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6323423">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I'd like to propose this book as required reading for the course, Life.  Make four simple agreements with yourself and living becomes so much easier, so much lighter:<br/><br/>1. Be impeccable with your word<br/>Speak with integrity. Say only what you mean. Avoid using the word to speak against y...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17584512">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am currently reading this book, because it is a small book that when I finish page 129, I start over again on page 1. I have been reading it for about five years now, and I suspect I will continue reading it for as long as I can read. A few pages at a time is more than enough to give me something ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23701261">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I know this little book is the type of cliché self-help item that makes its way to the impulse-purchase-friendly shelves by the registers at Barns and Nobel around Christmas time and subsequently gathers dust on bookshelves across the nation unread by recipients because they are not the &quot;type ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3446163">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Positives: <br/>-It's good to be reminded not to assume why people treat you a certain way. It is often not personal. <br/>-I liked the thought that if you shouldn't take negative comments personally, you also shouldn't take positive comments personally. Trying to believe one side and not the othe...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3303747">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a sweet little book -- a few parts are overly naive or treacly, but on the whole it has good advice in a wholesome format. Ruiz claims this is ancient Toltec wisdom, a la Castaneda -- so check your scholarly skepticism at the door, because this is a very contemporary spiritual worldview filt...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30982983">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[New age psycho babble that nearly had me giving up, but it was so short I persevered.  The middle part was good how to change your life with the four agreements: speak impeccably, don't take things personally, do your best and some live each moment or something. Good stuff, but not ground breaking o...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21833472">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[The Four Agreements, based on ancient Toltec wisdom, is a powerful little book aimed at self-improvement and self-discovery. Don Miguel Ruiz reveals the source of self-limiting beliefs that rob us of joy and create needless suffering.<br/><br/>These agreements are pretty simplistic:<br/><br/>   ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43066940">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I am reading an Oprah book club re: spirituality.<br/><br/>Me.  Kierkegaard me.  The guy with 'Varieties of Religious Experience'.  Cultural studies, Don Juan 'Yaqui Ways of Knowledge' criticizin' me.<br/><br/>But here's the deal:  Although Miguel Ruiz uses a very familiar cultural myth (The wis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53967907">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Ruiz has come up with four principles from ancient Toltec wisdom. If one adopts these four agreements, Ruiz argues, they will help bring a sense of peace and happiness to one's life. Generally the agreements sound reasonable enough: don't take things personally, say only good things about others, et...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41741552">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love this book! Its concepts are simple, yet so powerful when consciously applying them to your life. As I am easily forgetful, I love that it is such a quick read to go back to from time-to-time for a refresher.<br/><br/>1. Be impeccable with your word. <br/>Speak with integrity. Say only what...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42596774">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Yeah, didn't love it.  There were a lot of over-generalizations without much practical application. There were a few interesting things in it that I liked. To be fair, I actually really liked each of the four agreements he presents, I just disagree with his interpretation of what living those means....<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/17025414">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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