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Friday Book Club: The Four Agreements
May 18, 2007
This is my final offering, the last time you will hear me suggest a book until the next time I read a book. I tend to be one of those “OMIGOD, YOUHAVETOREADTHIS!” people that annoy others by thrusting their will and tastes on others. Shocker, huh? However, I don’t like everything I read. Take Brian Tracy’s book, “Eat That Frog.” It was stupid. The first line of the book was the only thing worth reading. If you buy the book, read the first line and throw the book out. There, I’ve just freed up an hour of your life with which you can now use elsewhere. No, no, don’t thank me.
So, the last book on my list is The Four Agreements. It is written by Don Miquel Ruiz. It is a powerful suggestion that living by four standards will lead you to happiness. Certainly, the millions of people who have bought the book (and his others) have made this former Toltec priest happy. I thought that its profound simplicity was stunning and dead on. How can you argue with the four:
Be impeccable with your word
Don’t take anything personal
Make no assumptions
Always do your best
This book simply rocks because it rocks so simply (oh man, I should write fortune cookies). While I found most of its impact came in my personal life, it definitely helped my work life as well.
Okay, so that’s it. That is a week’s worth of book suggestions. Before I go and begin my weekend (we Bloggers generally golf on Fridays), I want you to notice that of the five books I recommended, only one was a book on Sales (How to Win Friends and Influence People). Even that one is not a Sales book. Huh. How about that!
So tell me, what are YOU reading?
Posted by Bill Farquharson on May 18, 2007 | Comments (3)
