Dreams and Assumptions ($): Ancient Toltec Wisdom Helps Build Love and Integrity in Relationships

Indigenous wisdom is not especially indigenous, it's just wisdom.

“My family, we're indigenous people from San Luis Potosi in Central Mexico. My father moved to Detroit and brought all of us because the automobile companies were paying great wages.”
— Sixto Rodriguez, singer & songwriter

I wonder what people's problems are and I wonder what people think helps them, because, in many cases, it doesn’t. We can see what attracts people by the products they’re buying.

I’ve written a few books and I solicit Amazon reader reviews. I’ve spent money to pitch my books to reader’s clubs, such as NetGalley and Goodreads, and I’ve gotten a few dozen great reviews. These independent reviews are important.

There is criticism of vendors paying people—or robots—to issue positive ratings for their products. It’s hard to tell if a review is real because reviewers don’t need to have purchased the product. In my case, many of my reviews have come from readers to whom I’ve given my books.

Four Principles

Don Miguel Ruiz’s 1997, 140-page book, The Four Agreements: A Practical Guide to Personal Freedom (A Toltec Wisdom Book) has 83,000 positive reader reviews on Amazon.com, which serves the 300 million people in the US, and 79,000 positive reader reviews on Amazon.ca, which serves the 30 million people in Canada. The book ranks #1 in the category of Mental Health, #1 in New Age & Spirituality, and #2 in Success Self-Help.

What are the four directives of the ancient Toltec culture that so many people are finding life-transformative?

• Number 1: Be impeccable with your word.

• Number 2: Don’t take anything personally.

• Number 3: Don’t make assumptions.

• Number 4: Always do your best.