The Eight Accords

Living by the eight accords:

1. First, do no harm.
2. Be the source.
3. Be impeccable with your word.
4. Don’t take things personally.
5. Avoid making unnecessary assumptions.
6. Do your best.
7. Be skeptical.
8. But listen.

Sources:

Hippocrates (1952). Of the Epidemics (F. Adams, Trans.). In R. M. Hutchins & M. Adler (Eds), Great Books of the Western World (vol. 10, pp. 44-63). Chicago, IL: Encyclopædia Britannica.

Ruiz, M. A. (1997). The Four Agreements. San Rafael, CA: Amber-Allen.

Ruiz, M. A. (2009). The Fifth Agreement. San Rafael, CA: Amber-Allen.

Walsch, N. D. (1999). Abundance and Right Livelihood. Charlottesville, VA: Hampton Books.