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."
Reflection: Clarity is The one things that people need in there life to determine what they want to be in life other than just having a basic lifer choices when they know they can have way more in life other than just having a blurry vision on what they want ti do. Have clarity on what is the best thing for you to do in your life. CLARITY!!!!!
Key 2: Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get."
Reflection: Competence is the ability to do something successfully or efficiently. This word has lots of meaning to it just by saying it. The ability to do something is being successful at what you do.
Key 3: Concentration
"Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself “Is this the best use of my time?” before you start anything."
Reflection: Concentration is the act of concentrating; the state of being concentrated. This means that we as people we really need to focus on the positive and also the worthiness of our positive choices to know we are concentrated.
Quotes: " What does it take to be a champion? Desire, dedication, determination, concentration and the will to win."
Patty Berg
Key 4: Common Sense
- Train your mind
- think things through
- listen to your intuition
- learn from setbacks
Reflection; Common sense is good sense and sound judgment in practical matters. What this definition means is having good judgment on the right and wrong things in life. Some words that are similar to the meaning of common sense is good sense, sense, native wit, sensibleness, judgment, levelheadedness, prudence, discernment, canniness,astuteness,wisdom,insight,perception,practicality,capability,resourcefulness, gumption, savvy,and smarts. These are just a few words that are very alike when it comes to common sense. An example of common sense is if your in a situation that you need to have the common sense to do it right and efficiently. Most people have the incapability to do that so they will struggle in most situations.
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."
Reflection;
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."
Reflection: Consideration means careful thought, typically over a period of time. A basic meaning of this means just having a positive and caring thought about a person or a situation.
Quote: "Every human being is entitled to courtesy and consideration. Constructive criticism is not only to be expected but sought."
Margaret Chase Smith
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.."
Reflection'; A basic meaning of the word consistency is conformity in the application of something, typically that which is necessary for the sake of logic, accuracy, or fairness. An example of being consistent is when you are consistent and refusing not to give up on the people or ideas you care about the most like family, friends, work,and even yourself.
Quote'; “Courage is the most important of all the virtues because without courage, you can't practice any other virtue consistently.”
― Maya Angelou
Key 8: Commitment
"No success is possible without commitment. The ability to commitment to yourself whole heartily is the basis of achieving all success."
"Become totally absorbed in your work. Be totally committed."
Reflection: The word commitment can mean lots of positive and interesting things. A couple of words that mean the same thing but in a more positive way than it already sounds is dedication, devotion, allegiance, loyalty, and faithfulness. All of these words have a positive sound to them. But they alll mean one thing and it id to have devotion and willingness in you work no matter what it is. An example of being commited is when you devote your self in to studing for an exam and you dont let the little things distrct you. That is devotion to you work other wise known as commitment.
Quote:
"No success is possible without commitment. The ability to commitment to yourself whole heartily is the basis of achieving all success."
"Become totally absorbed in your work. Be totally committed."
Reflection: The word commitment can mean lots of positive and interesting things. A couple of words that mean the same thing but in a more positive way than it already sounds is dedication, devotion, allegiance, loyalty, and faithfulness. All of these words have a positive sound to them. But they alll mean one thing and it id to have devotion and willingness in you work no matter what it is. An example of being commited is when you devote your self in to studing for an exam and you dont let the little things distrct you. That is devotion to you work other wise known as commitment.
Quote:
"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work." Vince Lombardi
Key 9: Courage
" Fear of Failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."
Reflection: The word courage means to me is to have the ability to face something really scary or something you are afraid of and just having the ability to come to face it. The word courage has a very important meaning to it to me because i have never had the ability to have courage not once in my life because i was so afraid of all the bad possibilities. Courage to me is strength in the face of pain or grief.An example of courage is say you are a person that has a crush on someone and you do not have the courage to tell them how you feel. But to get through life what you need is the courage even if its a little or a whole lot at least you have the the ability to know you have courage. If i did not have courage i would not be the person i am today. 
Quote: " Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of others' opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition."
Steve Jobs
Key 10: Confidence
"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again ."
Reflection; Confidence is not something that can be learned.It alsohas other meaning to it like confidence is a state of mind and positive thinking, practice, training, knowledge and talking to other people are all useful ways to help improve or boost your confidence levels.An example of having or growing into confidence is when you are really shy. When you are really shy to your self you have no type of confidence because you have that huge part of you that always holds you back from doing the courages thing. Every shy person needs courage and Lots of confidence. With out these two things the habit of being shy will grow. I should know because i was like that i would let my shyness get the best of me untill i gaind confidence and after i gaind confidence i became a whole diffriend and positive person now. This truly effected me in the most positive way because i f i would have remaind shy and not have taken the risk i would have been ther same person ever since i was little.
Quote: "All you need in this life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure."
Mark Twain
Reflection:
Write a final all-encompassing reflection about the 10 Keys to Personal Power. How can they benefit you? Which key are you applying now, and what difference is it making in your life? How will you incorporate the other keys into your Life Planning plans?
The 10 keys to Personal Power have really benefited me to be more proactive, Confidence, having more courage, commitment,Consistency, Consideration,Creativity, Clarity,Common Sense, and Competence. All of the ten keys has really helped now and even in the past. In the past i learned these since middle school. My 8th grade leadership teacher taught the class about these types of things. The keys that i am applying to my life is to be confident and to have courage because i do not have a tone of confidence or courage what so ever. So far it is starting to make a difference little by little every day. The way that i plan on having incorporate the other keys into your Life Planning goals/ plans is to find things i can do that incorporate tghe rest of the ten keys to personal power.
