The 10 Keys to Personal Power

Brian Tracy

Key 1: Clarity
"Have vision. Determine what you want to be, do or have in life.  Have a sense of direction and know where you’re going.  If you do not have clear specific goals in life, you are doomed forever to work for others who do."

Clarity doesnt always means you know exactly what you are doing. It means you know exactly who youre being and why. Clarity is power. The more clear you are about exactly what it is you want, the more your brain knows how to get there. Clarity can also mean to feel clear, sure, and stable. If you lack clarity that creates chaos and frustration. Those emotions are poison in our lives. In order to have clarity you have to take action.

Key 2: Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get."

Competence means to have the ability or skill to do something successfully.  It also describes the ability to apply prior experience to new situations with good effect. Our competence improves over time as we learn more everday. Our competency helps us and others feel comfortable and safe. It inspire them to seek knowledge and skill. You need both a good behavior and being able to work functionally in order to be competency. When your confinence goes up, your competenecy aswell goes up.

Key 3: Concentration
"Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself “Is this the best use of my time?” before you start anything."

Concentration is the action of power of focusing one's attention or mental effort. It the ability to direct ones thinking in whatever direction. It when one is in state of concentration they only have specific attention to an object. You either concentrate on two things. When you concentrate on problems, youll have more problems. When you concentrate on good things when good things will return to you.

Key 4: Common Sense

• Train your mind
• think things through
• listen to your intuition
• learn from setbacks

Common sense is a good sense and sound judgement in practcial matters. Common sense is something a person picks up over time and experience. Alot of people say that we have huge amount of common sense stored inside because we havent used none of  it. Common sense is seeing things as they are; and doing things as they ought to be.  Common sense is one the most important because it helps us succeed. It helps people become more effective over time.

 Key 5: Creativity
"Except the fact that every human being is a genius.  The hallmark of creativity is asking questions.  The people who are most creative ask the most questions."

Creativity means using your imagination or original work to into reality. It is the ability to percieve the world in new ways and generate positive soultions.Some people are fortunate that their imagination was nurtured and grown into strong creative thinking abilities. Creativity involved two process which is thinking and producing. It requires passion and commitment. You will have to get out of your comfort zone aswell as think outside the box in order to get creative. These abilities to think outside the box will lead the future and will make great things happen in the future.

Key 6: Consideration
"The quality of your relationships with other people will determine your success in life."
"Develop the people skills you need to become a better communicator.  Take courses in listening, speaking, etc."

"If you were to learn one new word a day, within 5 years, you’ll be the best educated person in history."

Consideration means to be thoughtfulness and sensitivity towards others. You respect others and their feelings. You consider the need of others as important as your own. As well as stopping to think how your action will affect others. Put yourself in other people shoes. Think of  little things to make people happy. Take in consideration of the big or little things you have in life. For example, going to school, having a roof over your head, and having a meal everyday.

Key 7: Consistency
"Dependable, steady predictable work is always superior to fast spurts of work."

"Be consistent in your relationships, your family, friends, your boss, your work.  Be the person that people can depend upon.  That if you say you’ll do something you do it.."

Consistency mean sthe achievement of a level of performance that does not vary greatly in quality over time.Consistency is key. Having consistency is very importnant, nothing can be achieved with it. If you are lacking in consistency you can bring a lack of interest. Sucess isnt alway about greatness. Its about consistency. Consistent hard work gains success. Greatness will come for those who are consistent.

Key 8: Commitment
"No success is possible without commitment.  The ability to commit yourself whole heartily is the basis of achieving all success."
"Become totally absorbed in your work.  Be totally committed."

Key 9: Courage

"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."

Key 10: Confidence

"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again ."

Confidence is the feeling or belief that one can rely on someone or something. Confidence is basic key of leadership. When you are confindent you tend to do better, make good descisions, and inspire others. Lack of confidence produces opposite outcomes: uncertainty about facts and data, short-term decision making and poor support for people taking on new ways of working.  Confidence enables focus, builds momentum and inspires people to give their best. Your ability to lead people and get out of your comfort zone due to your confidence will lead you places.

REFLECTION

Write a final all-encompassing reflection about the 10 Keys to Personal Power. 

1)  How can they benefit you?  
2)  Which keys are you applying now, and what difference are they making in your life? 
3)  How will you incorporate the other keys into your Life Planning plans?

They can benefit me when i start applying job or interships over the summer. Another it will benefit me when im at school or going IDP. I start applying concentration more in my life because i used to get distracted easily. I also applyed confidence more in my life and it help me get over the fear of presenting in front of class. i will incorpate the other keys in my life planning by i consistancy reading and writing everyday.