10 Keys to Personal Power
Brian Tracy
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Key 1: Clarity
Clarity to me means, to have what you want in life already set in your mind and you know what path you have to take in order to get there. Clarity also means to have a good vibe around you, don't have cancerous people around you. Those cancerous people will act like a cloud they will block you from your set goal in life. Try your hardest to avoid these people. Try your hardest to avoid situations that will steer you another direction. The three main reasons people do not have clarity in life is Confusion, Distraction, and Disorganization. Confusion is solved by getting your priorities straight. Distraction is solved by getting better at focusing your attention and not worrying about unnecessary things.
Disorganization is solved by throwing out distractions and tending to the important things first.
Key 2: Competence Competence means the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. This key to me means that every time you do something you have to do it at your very best. On the first day of junior year my English teacher told the class that we had to promise to do our best work in her class. Competence is not only for school or work. It can also be for any hobby or goal you have, when trying to achieve it work your hardest towards that. A quote that I believe is good for competence is
"Good,better,best, never ever rest, until your good is better, and your better is best"
Key 3: Concentration Concentration is a key. Concentration is the ability to focus without getting distracted by any thoughts, noises or anything else. Concentration helps you Control of your thoughts, gain inner peace, free your mind from annoying thoughts, improve your memory, improve your ability to study focus and conserve your energies, work more efficiently, improve meditation,
and much more. Some exercises to help you concentrate can be as little as counting the words in a paragraph more than once without getting distracted. After you have mastered a paragraph then move onto 2 paragraphs then move onto possibly a whole page in a book.
Key 4: Common Sense means to have good judgement. People often think its better to have knowledge but without common sense your attitude and personality fail. Without common sense you will sometimes even seem dumb to others. Common sense sometimes means to be creative other than using facts and your knowledge. Common sense the ability to learn from experience and then to apply those lessons to other experiences. Common sense is to know something that is very obvious, there is nothing new about it because you have done it before. Lots of people ignore their common sense and do not realize how dumb it makes them look. It is a good thing to have common sense.
Key 5 Creativity: To have creativity is a major key because to have creativity can make you unique in any way. Almost every person has something unique about themselves its up to them or yourself to find that uniqueness in you. Once you find that thing that makes you unique its like bringing
something new into this world. Being creative requires being passionate and committed. Committed to using that creativeness throughout your life. Whats the point of having something unique about yourself if you are not going to use it.
Key 6 Consideration:
"The quality of your relationships with other people will determine your success in life."
To me consideration means being open minded and listening to what others have to say and you try to see there point of view. To have consideration I believe is something that shows you are a good listener. Sometimes having consideration lets you make new relationships with people. Having consideration means to have thought about others. You can be considerate to someone when they are having a tough time in there life that's when people need others the most.
Key 7 Consistency: To be consistent is a very good quality because consistency means to always do something your best and to always keep it that way. A person who is consistent never lowers there capability they always try to do something at there best. They give it their all. A person who is consistent is stable they know what they want and what to do in order to get there. Although consistency is very hard for some people to get hard work and always making sure you try your best to stay consistent will make it much easier in the long run.
Key 8 Commitment: " No success is possible without commitment. The ability to commit yourself whole heartily is the basis of achieving all success." Commitment is key because if you want something you have to do all things possible to do it. You also stay committed when you joins things such as sports, you have to keep up with grades while, making sure you go to practice everyday. Staying committed means sticking to it and continuing. Being committed to something means you are willing to give it your all, you are loyal to that one thing and you give it all your energy
Key 9 Courage: " The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life"
To have courage means to not be afraid of failure and like the quote above says being afraid to fail is one of the biggest failures in life. That being because if someone is afraid of failing they usually do not go after what they wanted in the first place. One needs to have courage because without it you will not succeed. If you want to tryout for a sport go for it do not be scared to try, even if you think you will not make it. Passion is the heart of courage it depends how bad you want something, if you are willing to give it your all in order to succeed even knowing that you might not. Ask yourself would you rather go for something knowing that you tried and maybe even possibly succeed at whatever it is, than having to think about what if ? just because you did not at least try and having to live with that the rest of your life.
Key 10 Confidence: "You only get confidence by doing things over and over again"
Confidence is a very good thing to have because without confidence you do not have courage and without courage you will possibly fail. Confidence is being able to do the things you want and not worrying about anybody else's negative opinions. Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives. Being willing to take risks and go the extra mile to achieve better things. Good self-confidence also means being able to take compliments for example if somebody says " Hey I have noticed you are looking healthier" and your response " thank you I have been working hard at trying to better myself"'
"Good,better,best, never ever rest, until your good is better, and your better is best"
Key 3: Concentration Concentration is a key. Concentration is the ability to focus without getting distracted by any thoughts, noises or anything else. Concentration helps you Control of your thoughts, gain inner peace, free your mind from annoying thoughts, improve your memory, improve your ability to study focus and conserve your energies, work more efficiently, improve meditation, and much more. Some exercises to help you concentrate can be as little as counting the words in a paragraph more than once without getting distracted. After you have mastered a paragraph then move onto 2 paragraphs then move onto possibly a whole page in a book.
Key 4: Common Sense means to have good judgement. People often think its better to have knowledge but without common sense your attitude and personality fail. Without common sense you will sometimes even seem dumb to others. Common sense sometimes means to be creative other than using facts and your knowledge. Common sense the ability to learn from experience and then to apply those lessons to other experiences. Common sense is to know something that is very obvious, there is nothing new about it because you have done it before. Lots of people ignore their common sense and do not realize how dumb it makes them look. It is a good thing to have common sense.
Key 5 Creativity: To have creativity is a major key because to have creativity can make you unique in any way. Almost every person has something unique about themselves its up to them or yourself to find that uniqueness in you. Once you find that thing that makes you unique its like bringing
something new into this world. Being creative requires being passionate and committed. Committed to using that creativeness throughout your life. Whats the point of having something unique about yourself if you are not going to use it.
Key 6 Consideration:"The quality of your relationships with other people will determine your success in life."
To me consideration means being open minded and listening to what others have to say and you try to see there point of view. To have consideration I believe is something that shows you are a good listener. Sometimes having consideration lets you make new relationships with people. Having consideration means to have thought about others. You can be considerate to someone when they are having a tough time in there life that's when people need others the most.
Key 7 Consistency: To be consistent is a very good quality because consistency means to always do something your best and to always keep it that way. A person who is consistent never lowers there capability they always try to do something at there best. They give it their all. A person who is consistent is stable they know what they want and what to do in order to get there. Although consistency is very hard for some people to get hard work and always making sure you try your best to stay consistent will make it much easier in the long run.
Key 9 Courage: " The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life"To have courage means to not be afraid of failure and like the quote above says being afraid to fail is one of the biggest failures in life. That being because if someone is afraid of failing they usually do not go after what they wanted in the first place. One needs to have courage because without it you will not succeed. If you want to tryout for a sport go for it do not be scared to try, even if you think you will not make it. Passion is the heart of courage it depends how bad you want something, if you are willing to give it your all in order to succeed even knowing that you might not. Ask yourself would you rather go for something knowing that you tried and maybe even possibly succeed at whatever it is, than having to think about what if ? just because you did not at least try and having to live with that the rest of your life.
Confidence is a very good thing to have because without confidence you do not have courage and without courage you will possibly fail. Confidence is being able to do the things you want and not worrying about anybody else's negative opinions. Self-confidence is extremely important in almost every aspect of our lives. Being willing to take risks and go the extra mile to achieve better things. Good self-confidence also means being able to take compliments for example if somebody says " Hey I have noticed you are looking healthier" and your response " thank you I have been working hard at trying to better myself"'
Reflection: These 10 keys to personal power benefit me because they tell me what is important in order for me to succeed. With these 10 keys I learn how to be confident and courageous. With those 2 things I know I will be able to succeed because those 2 keys eventually lead to the others. By learning these keys I have learned new ways to live my life and not let anything get in my way.
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