Before you learned to speak, you loved with no effort, you forgave with no effort. It was natural to love; it was natural to forgive. But then you learned how to behave from other people who didn’t love, who didn’t forgive. Today, if you really want to...
Last weekend I taught a workshop with the Ruiz family in Austin. Don Miguel, don Miguel Jr, don Jose Luis and I had so much fun teaching together that the next day I asked don Miguel, “Would you want to do more teaching with the four of us next year?”
His reply was simple, as it always...
Last month my neighbor, Stephen, called me and asked, “Have you talked to the landlord yet?”
Stephen and I live in a mirror-image duplex near downtown Austin; I have the left side, he has the right, and we share one long wall between us and a fabulous landlord.
Our landlord appa...
Oprah Winfrey, Americas’ beloved talk show host, producer, and philanthropist has been a tastemaker since the mid-80s when she found her way into hearts and homes by way of television screens across the nation. O...
Yesterday I was sitting in a coffee shop near my sister's house in Atlanta, enjoying a cup of green tea as I caught up on emails.
Suddenly I became aware of the intensity of a conversation happening nearby. I couldn't see who was talking, but if I leaned back and I could have easily touche...
Impeccability and intimacy go together like organic peanut butter and fresh strawberry jelly.
And together they make our relationships more tasty and nutritious.
There are two main kinds of communication, and impeccability comes from knowing which type of communication is needed for...
Always do your best
In your everyday moods your best can change from one moment to another, from one hour to the next, from one day to another. Your best will also change over time. As you build the h...
Don’t make assumptions
We have the tendency to make assumptions about everything. The problem with making assumptions is that we believe they are the truth. We make an assumption, we misunderstand, ...
Don’t take anything personally
All people live in their own dream, in their own mind; they are in a completely different world from the one we live in. Even when a situation seems so personal, even if others insult you directl...
The bestselling author of The Four Agreements talks about his book,
The Voice of Knowledge
QUESTION: When I first saw the title of your new book, The Voice of Knowledge
