According To Ruiz

The opinions that you revived from people good or bad, can leave an imprint in your brain

Have you ever made a first impression about a person, but when you actually talk to or learn about the person you found out that what you thought, was completely wrong? Humans are always making assumptions based off what they see at that very moment. For instants, an athlete makes an error and a coach judge them for that error , yet that athlete is just having a bad day. Another would be someone meeting a person for the first time, and the way they act around you, makes you have a first impression of them. Not everyone that you meet, will be the same or have the same thought as you, nor will they always make a great first impression. It’s the little bit of time you spend with the person that you find out they’re different from what you was thinking. First Impressions can be very deceiving as shown in various British Literature pieces such as “Beowulf”, “Pride and Prejudice” and “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”.

own mind," Emerson uses the word integrity as a means of doing the right thing. The maxim urges that

Well, the word “impeccable” comes from Latin, where “im” means without, and “peccable” means sin. Being impeccable with your word means speaking without sin. Note: Ruiz explicitly states this does NOT mean speaking with honesty, or integrity, because those concepts come from the “outside elements” such as cultural, moral, or religious views. Ruiz states that only you can tell when your word is impeccable, no one else. Oftentimes, you won’t know if your word was impeccable or not until long after something is said or a choice has been made. Ruiz does not want fear, shaming, or gossiping to poison the mind. Instead he prefers love, which includes loving yourself. He mentions that the whole epidemic of self judgement, or self criticism is one of the biggest challenges a domesticated human could face. He says this because nine times out of ten, a human has grown around people constantly judging them. He makes it clear to the reader that they are perfect the way they are and perfect in the areas where they are not. No matter what anyone

In the four agreements chapter one , Don Miguel introduces us with 3 topics that relate to us in many ways. The first topic he covers is about “ be impeccable with your word”. Impeccable meaning the behavior of our voice. Don Miguel, discusses about god gave humans the power to use the “word”. God gave us a voice to speak in this world that we live in.

Interaction with people affects human beings in different ways, and it could be an individual with good intentions making wrong decisions based on unconscious processes working in the mind towards a biased state. The capacity to deal with interpersonal relationships is hampered leading to lack of what is known as emotional intelligence.

The manifest function of schools in our society is to socialize children. School grooms young people for the various roles and positions they will hold later in life by teaching them reading, writing, mathematics and the sciences. The various activities and experiences at school help expose children to values that are important in our society such as capitalism, so-called democracy and environmentalism. The text suggests that one of the latent functions of schools is actually producing “passive, non-problematic conformists who will fit into the existing social order (Gracey, 1991). Schools are able to do this by training children to act in specific ways and expect certain things from the authority figures in their lives.

People should educate themselves on another person’s character and personality before forming an opinion about them. In the modern era, people are so quick to judge others and decide whether they admire that someone based on a first impression or preconceived notion. The ramifications of this are sometimes irreversible.

To be impeccable with my word is to speak out of honesty and love. This is one of the most difficult agreements to follow but is the one that magnifies extraordinary results when achieved. Even if I have failed to accomplish this first agreement on any previous day, I have now learned to leave the past in the past and focus on the present by starting over and being impeccable with my word. In addition to this, I also now view my words in two categories, the power to heal or the power to harm. It is not righteous in my eyes to be impeccable with my word by speaking with Integrity if everything I’m saying is creating harm to others or me. Honoring the agreement to ‘Be Impeccable With Your Word’ can give me that moment to pause and ask myself if what I’m about to say will be healing or harmful. Angry and cruel words can be the hardest to retrieve and can have the longest regret attached. If I am dedicated to live my life with Love as my foundation,

Giving myself love meant I needed less validation from others. I found if you place too much value upon other’s good opinion of you, you will also put too much stock into their ill opinion of you. Somewhat ironically, I began to feel uneasy when others expressed their good opinion of me. I felt as though their high opinion somehow shackled me to higher expectations I would be unable to fulfill. Someone who doesn’t hold the opinion of others in high regard can neither be honoured nor disgraced; this is true honour. Therefore, I have been working on reducing the importance I place upon what others think of me. By disregarding both criticism and praise, neither can control

Respect God and His plans for your life by practicing the little details of excellence, quality, and honesty, and your character will increase with your good

The Nevado Del Ruiz Volcano eruption was one of the most devastating events in the 20th century.The Nevado del Ruiz (located in Armero, Colombia) volcano eruption occurred on November 13, 1985. Armero, Colombia is located in the province of Tolima. The population at the time of the disaster was 31,000.The Volcano has erupted a couple times before the disaster one in 1595 it killed 636 people and another one in 1845 costing about 1,000 people lives.After the Nevado Del Ruiz event the volcano erupted a couple times after it, in 1991 and 1992.Because the Colombian government did not take the warnings from scientists seriously, the Nevado del Ruiz eruption cost many lives.

When we say “love yourself”, it’s often in response to someone spilling their guts revealing their shortcomings and fears. First of all, let me say that I don’t think people mean to be trite or cliche when they deliver the phrase, but that is often the result. It is at best, insulting and frustrating to the listener (who probably already has immense insecurities). It’s like (to quote Taylor Swift) trying to fix a bullet wound with a Band-Aid. It’s so incapable of doing any real good it’s laughable. I don’t know that loving yourself is bad advice, but I think it’s incomplete. It’d be like giving someone a mathematic equation, with

Have you ever experienced a time when your parents called you a genius and you truly felt like one? How about when a professor pointed fingers at you because he thought you were cheating on a test? Most certainly you felt some type of shame or guilt; or probably got so tired of your colleagues negative thoughts that you decided to embrace it and just go along with it. These are just a few examples of the impact that people’s opinions or thoughts can have on your reputation. Think for a second about the Stanford Prison Experiment, which demonstrates the influential role that a situation can play in human behavior. The individuals chosen to perform as guards were placed in a position of power and thus they began

Years ago I read a passage in a book by: “Louise L. Hay” she said; every morning you can get up and look in the mirror and decide what kind of day you are going to have.” The beauty of it is, you can get up the following morning and decide all over again. This is a powerful statement, letting us know we have the power to control our feelings and shape our outlook on life. If you are telling yourself positive things, it will help you build a positive self-esteem.