Interesting ideas but didn't touch me too deeply.

I was recommended this book and have re read it multiple times. It validates your emotions and helps direct you.

The Four Agreements (A New York Times bestseller for over seven years) introduced a simple, but powerful code of conduct for attaining personal freedom and true happiness. The Four Agreements Companion Book takes you even further along the journey to recover the awareness and wisdom of your authentic self. This companion book is a must-read not only for those who enjoyed don Miguel's first book, but for anyone who is ready to leave suffering behind, and to master the art of living in our natural state: happiness.

This companion book offers additional insights, practice ideas, a dialogue with don Miguel about applying The Four Agreements, and true stories from people who have already used The Four Agreements to transform their lives.

Buen libro, el señor Ruiz nos enseña unos principios muy interesantes, que nos ayudan a vivir una vida mucho más relajada. Explica los conceptos de una manera muy amena y sencilla para leer, además el libro no se pone muy técnico y es bastante corto. Lo recomiendo para las personas que sobrepiensan y le da mucha importancia a la opinión de los demas.

Aside from the mythology and spiritual aspect of the book, I do enjoy and agree with the four agreements.

I read this seeking detailed application of the ideas of the first book.

The interview section and stories left me underwhelmed many times. The text just doesn't think very hard or clear about what it's saying. The limpid inspired clarity of the original text is gone, and in its place is an attitude of resigned acceptance.

The teaching on positive gossip was especially noteworthy. Most people only define negative information as gossip. I think saying kind things about others is kind, and that Ruiz overdramatises the risk of saying positive things.

The abstract chapter on reflecting on causes and effects was the theory and practice of change. It was surprisingly not very robust or practical. But it was the most useful chapter in the whole book because it was well thought out, and actually proposed something definite.

For all the above, I don't think this was anywhere near as strong a book as the first one.

The four agreements are are very cool concept. I accidentally read this companion book before reading the original but I think I get the concepts. There are a couple of things that I do not agree with about the accululation of knowledge but on the whole this is an excellent book worth a read.

It was helpful to have read the Four Agreements multiple times before starting this Companion Book. The Companion Book reads like a workbook, where you have to digest part by part before you can actually take action on any of the suggestions it has for you. The Companion Book has increased my self awareness of the different agreements I hold and how they affect me, where the Four Agreements had already pushed me into my Transformation journey.

A very easy and short read. The bulk of the book is about the four agreements (obviously) and the author giving examples for each one. He has a lot of ideas but sometimes struggle with transitions from idea to another.

I love the main concept. Humans are all dreaming and dreams were made from "agreements" you made or enforced to you. These agreements originated from human domestication, years of forming human values passed from one generation to another. Some of the agreements established may be toxic to you but we find it hard to break free from them because the morals are instilled into our core (due to domestication); and so the mind's response if to send "poison" whenever we contradict them in the form of fear or anxiety. The author then gives us four agreements to help people reshape those toxic agreements.

I generally agree with the four agreements except for the last one. "Doing your best" is very vague and I wish the author was able to expound this better rather than speaking in a cliche manner.

Never really read a self help sort of book before. Some of it was a bit wishy washy, but then also quite a lot of it was interesting and provides a different perspective on life as a whole.
‘What makes you happy is not what is happening around you, but how you choose to react to it’

A must read for everyone

I must confess that if I did not have the compulsory need to finish every book I start reading, I would have never finished this one.
I found it to be a mere repetition of the book it was supposed to accompany. Merely a tool to get more money out of the 4 agreements. Such a pity, I found the first book interesting but after reading this I am no longer a fan.
So my advice to you: if you liked the four agreements, do not read the companion book. It will make you dislike them.
If you didn't like the four agreements book, you will definitely not like this one.