10 Keys to Personal Power
Brain Tracy
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 idea of being able to see everything in life in a clear perspective and to not have anything blind you to what is really there. Many people perceive to have clarity but are yet fooled to what is placed in front of them. For true clarity you have to look at everything not just at the things you think are hidden. A man once said "How do you hide something from greatest detective, well by placing it right in front of him." That is what most people forget to do they are so busy looking for evidence or for something in many different places but don't look at what is right in front of there face and miss everything. Now what is it that they miss well it could be evidence, it could even be something like missing you're children's life now that is something you don't want to miss. So always look at the big picture not at the just at the little detail but at the whole things and that is what clarity is.
2.Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get."
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3.Concentration
"Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself"is this the best use of my time?"before you start anything."
Reflection:This key is showing us that by concentrating we can make better use of our time we spend each day and we can do more things at a faster rate if we concentrate on what we are doing. It is true that before you do anything you should ask yourself is this really worth my time if it is not then why do it when you can do something that actually is worth your time something that will help you in the future. This is a excellent concept to keep in mind because it can help us prioritize everything in our live and we can live a more complete and happy life instead of a boring one in where one mistake can cause us everything we have worked for.
4.Common Sense
Train your mind.Thinks things through.Listen to your intuition.Learn from setbacks.
Reflection: To use common sense is to be able to think about something and think about the good and negative effects that it can bring. It is also to be able to learn from the mistakes you have made in the past and the mistakes you will make in the future. It is also to be able to concentrate on multiple things and still be able to chose the right thing to do. Finally it is about always trusting your instinct because it is there for a reason we may thinks that it will led to bad things but remember some of our better choices in life are made by our natural instincts.
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: This is saying that every human us a genius in there own way it may not be the traditional type of genius but us still is a form. It is also saying that by us asking questions we become creative because like that we can learn how to think for our self's and that is the first step to creativity. The more we ask and the more we learn the better our thought become because now they can become clear hypothesis instead of a bunch of random ideas.
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:To be a considerate person one must think of others before thinking about themselves. One must also be able to things others would not do for there friends or loved ones. This is a very important things because people will trust you more if you are considerate towards them they might also be willing to help you out when you are having problems. It is always good to help other people in there time of need.
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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: Commitment is the important because if you commit yourself to a goal then you are saying that you will follow through with that goal all the way to the end. It also shows us that a person is really into something if they are giving up there own personal time to achieve this goal. This is a important thing because many people in the real world don't have this they just do what they want when they want and that is why some people fail to achieve there goals. There are many things that a person can achieve if they commit to what they want to achieve.
9.Courage
"The fear of failure is the greatest reason for failure in life."
Reflection: Courage is a important thing in our life's as it is what helps us to not be afraid of the things that exist in life. It helps us to make sure that we can accomplish everything we want to succeed in. It is also what helps us make so many choices in our day to day activities since it guides us to do things we may not want to do. Those things that we don't want to do can affect our life because it could change our prospective of everything we do on a daily bases. This single thing is what guides us in life to try new and interesting things that we may have thought were the worst things be it food or activities.
10:Confidence
"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again."
Reflection:Confidence is what helps us do things we may think are the worst things to do. It the key factor that pushes us to do things that are out of our comfort zone. It is what many people lack and those are the people who willingly accept what they are given. Those select people who have confidence are not afraid to speak there mind on things that may seem unjust or just simply bad. These are the type of people who command over large groups of people with no confidence and at times they don't have the same opinion as many other people but because others wont stand up for themselves they just let it continue. Confidence is the most important things to have because it can either limit the actions we do are it can give us an infinite amount of actions that we want to follow not what someone else has planned for us. That is something many people want which is the control on there own life's which doesn't happen often because of lack of confidence.
Reflection:All of the personal keys to power can benefit someone like me because they can help me to better my self in every aspect be it academic or personal. It also would help to motivate me as a person and to help me out in life to be more competitive. All of these keys can help me improve the way I complete my life planning goals by giving me that extra push.They also help me to better my self and to improve on my life and to make it better and an easier life to live. They would help me push myself and everyone else in my life to do better and to be a better person that can function properly in this world.
