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Ever repeated something someone said about a friend... and felt a small sting of guilt right after? Or had someone snap at you, and carried that sentence with you all day? In this episode, Martin and Julia open Don Miguel Ruiz's international bestseller The Four Agreements and unpack two of its most powerful ideas: why your words are never just words, and why almost nothing other people say about you is actually about you.
WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
• Why gossip works like a boomerang — poisoning the speaker before it ever reaches its target.
• The real meaning of “impeccable with your word,” and how it applies to the way you talk to yourself, not only to others.
• Don Miguel Ruiz's second agreement, “don't take anything personally,” and why it applies just as much to compliments as to insults.
ENGLISH YOU CAN USE
Notice useful intermediate English in context, including talk behind someone's back, hold your tongue, let something roll off your back, take the high road, rub someone the wrong way and it's not about you.
Level: B1–B2
Focus: English listening practice · idioms and natural expressions · personal development
Format: approximately ten minutes of clear, conversational Slow English
Which agreement would make the biggest difference in your life: being impeccable with your word, or not taking things personally? Share your answer with us.
This Slow English podcast episode is designed for intermediate learners who want to improve English listening comprehension, learn vocabulary in context and explore The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz through clear, meaningful conversation.
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