In a highly competitive society, the best is never good enough. Everything and everyone can be enhanced, so it is just a matter of competing to win the tallest trophy, get the most prestigious award, or land the highly coveted job. With this philosophy, success equals a tangible prize, not anything more meaningful or lasting. However, this ideology could be shifted if people stop concentrating on a reward and start focusing on improvement. Perfection can become just a word that is striven for, but never thought to be necessary. In The Four Agreements, Don Miguel Ruiz examines both the presence and significance of perfection and superiority in today’s world. Choices are at the root of everything in the human world, whether or not the decider is aware. The words that leave a person’s mouth, the clothes one wears on his back, even the decision to get out of bed every morning and drive to work day after day are all choices a person makes. A choice signifies that there is more than one possible path to follow. Each person chooses the path he wants to pursue. Therefore, only the person can stop…show more content… However, he proves perfection to be unattainable by any person. If perfection cannot be reached, perhaps a perfect life can never be had. To counteract this potentially disheartening viewpoint, a daily war must be fought both within a single person’s mind and within the society as a whole. Instead of breaking people down, friends, families, and communities alike should focus on building each person up, instead of tearing everyone down. Such an amendment begins inside every single person. Although the benefits may not appear immediately, knowing oneself and striving towards improvement, rather than perfection, is ultimately the best way to lead a truly rewarding
