"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."
What key number one means is that, you need to plan your future even though they are just small goals. You need to sit down with yourself and talk about what you want to do when you get older and it's something that you love or that interest you. You can have anything you like if you have clear goals for yourself. It is easy to make decisions if you know what you want. Write down your goals. Write them down very specifically and clearly. Speak with clarity to yourself and to the people who ask you about your future. If you want to reach your dreams then you need to have dreams so you can be able to achieve them and have a clear vision of what you want to be.You need to have cofidence in yourself so you can accomplish the goals that you have set for later on. Believe in yourself and all that you are worth. Know that there is something greater in you than any obstacle that you cannot get pass through.Learn to work harder on yourself. I will apply this key to myself by, writing down on my goals journal daily and keep dreaming about what I want to do when I grow up or what I want later on in my future.
Key 2: Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get."
Key number two is an important key that one should always keep in mind. It advises you to work hard and strive yourself for the very best. It also encourages you to be committed into doing your work. Not to settle down and procrastinate. For the reason being that if you work hard your mind, body, and soul you will find yourself to become a very successful person. So do your work, get better at what needs to be improved. However, if you do not work hard enough on something then you will never become good at that. If you do not become at it then you will be choosing the right. So that you can choose the right you should work hard at something so you will become better at it and be choosing the right. Nonetheless, strive for excellency to allow opportunities to come your way. Or to allow other door's along your way to open for a new opportunity. This key number two i will follow by being committed to doing my work. Doing things right and choosing to do the right. I will also apply this to my daily life routine by completing what needs to be done because one should never settle for less but strive for the best. It is the one can become success for long run in their future.
"Bravery and courage is walking into pain and knowing that something better is on the other side."
-Kanye West
Key 3: Concentration
"Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself "Is this the best use of my time?" before you start anything."
Key number three is trying to say that, to always make wise choices and concentrate on them. Ask questions so you know that it's right for you and the time you are going to put in it. Concentration is a very powerful key to personal power. Concentration can help you succeed in life and become a better person. Have the ability to set priorities. Completion of each task. If you concentrate you will finish each job that you start. Key number three is something one must always follow before they get lost into not knowing what to do. It advice's someone to stay focus rather than not to. It also shows examples as to how they can. One of the examples, is by asking yourself if you're using your time wisely? Another is if your taking advantage of your time?" So whenever you're given a duty to complete ask yourself that very same question before you find yourself wrapped around a bundle of nothing. It will only take away the use of time and stop you from completing a task. So i strongly encourage you to stay concentrated to make the best of your time. I will apply this key number three by staying focused throughout the time when i have to complete a task or assignment. Also by staying focus and avoiding procrastination.
"Once you have a clear picture of your priorities that is values, goals, and high leverage activities organize them around."
-Stephen Covey
Key 4: Common Sense
Train your mind
think things through
listen to your intuition
learn from setbacks
What key number four is trying to state is that, to always have common sense. What this means is that whenever you are going to do something to make sure that you really think it through. Actions without thinking is the reason of failing. Your intuition is the best thing you will ever have. Learn from your setbacks. Ask yourself “What is the valuable lesson I can learn from this experience?” Common sense is something that we as humans have; we have the capability of making the right decisions as well as the wrong ones. It is up to us to make the right choices because it is our life. Even if all of our friends are doing something and its bad you have the right to choose if you want to participate as well. We need to train our mind to make the right decisions, even if we make a few wrong ones that is okay because we can learn from them, a few setbacks never hurt, they teach us good life lessons. When we are faced with a challenge and don’t know what to do we need to just take some time and think things through. In some occasions you might not know what to do, when this happens you should just listen to your intuition, something we instantly know something is wrong, this is when we should follow our intuition. I think that this statement is trying to tell us that we have to have common sense in order so succeed in life.I believe that common sense is something truly important that one should always have. When one has common sense one is able to think through stuff before one does something. When one has common sense it shows how you are a person who listens to others thoroughly. When one has common sense one is able to understand and perceive things easily. People who do not have common sense actually do bad with most things they do.
"Most people have a tremendous amount of common sense because they haven't used it yet."
-Charlie Jarvis
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 most questions."
What this key is trying to tell us is that you become a genius if you ask questions it makes you smarter and make you understand things better. If you don’t ask questions you won’t know the answer to whatever you are wondering. Creativity is the use of the imagination or ideas. For example, we can use creativity by raising your hand after a lecture to ask your teacher on information you did not understand. This will help you because then you won't have to wonder what you didn't understand and also help students that may had the same question as you did. Creativity can help us in the short and long run because then you can share the information you have with others. I will apply this key number five by asking questions whenever I don't understand something. I will also apply this by asking further questions about the topic to know what happens after the topic is finished. Flexibility and persistence make up creativity. The creative process is that it's okay to not know what you are doing.
"To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong."
-Joseph Chilton Pearce
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."
What key number 6 is trying to say is that, everyday you learn and if you take people's options under consideration then you will have a good relationship with them because they will feel that their opinion matters to you. You just don't have to think about yourself because there are others around you also. If you only think about yourself then that is being selfish. The act of showing consideration could open more and more doors for you. The more words you learn and know you will make your world much better and wise. Practice the golden rule, "you'll get out of life, what you put into it." Things determine your consideration, relationships determine success, and people skills. There is more things in life than just yourself. Every decision you make has to be precise because one mistake can lead to someones misery. If you fail then you won't be happy and you won't make others happy either. That is why you should always use consideration to show respect or concern for others people's needs. Don't just listen to what you think you should do you should talk to people and see what they also have to say about the choices that you are about to make. I will apply key number 6 to my daily life by taking other people under consideration and not just think about what I believe is right. I will seek for more options and choose which one looks better. I believe that I apply this key already because sometimes I take people's consideration and sometimes I just go with what I want and I just think about myself.
"A little consideration, a little thought for others makes all the difference."
-Eeyore
Key7: 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."
Key 7 is trying to state that, consistency is what matters not if you only do it once. For example if you work out once you won't lose or gain any weight but if you do it consistently then you will lose weight or even gain weight because you are building up muscle. They key to successful completion of any major project in life whether if be personal or professional is consistency. Just be a steady person. You don't have to be a genius. Nobody is better than you or I. They are just doing the things in different ways because we have different thinking on how we see the subject or problem. Guard your integrity as a sacred thing. Never compromise your peace of mind. Don't stay in relationships, jobs, etc. if it's going to compromise your peace of mind. You'll never be dependable on a work which is superior, consistency in relationships, guard your integrity, and consistency in personal development. I will apply this key to my personal life by, being consistent on my relationships with my family and others as well.
"We become what we want to be by consistently being what we want to become each day."
Richard G. Scott
Key 8: Commitment
"No success is possible without commitment. The ability to commit yourself who heartily is the basis of achieving all success."
"Become totally absorbed in your work. Be totally committed."
Commitment is everything in life because it shows how determined you are. If you are fully committed to what you want to do in life you will be successful. Commitment is the state of being bound-emotionally, intellectually, or both-to a particular person or course of action. Commitment starts with a choice and its sustained by dedication and perseverance. Commitment is active – it is expressed and realized in our thoughts and actions. Commitment is more than just obligation it is a giving of ourselves, sometimes at high personal cost or risk, to a person or purpose that we find worthy of that gift. Like other forms of giving, commitment can produce some of life’s greatest satisfaction. Commitment means a lot to people. If you ever don't stay committed to what you say you are committed to then you might lose a friend or even a family member because they will be disappointed in a commitment that you gave up on. Commitment leads you to success and creates your future. Being successful doesn't only mean something to you, other people care about you being successful as well. Stay committed that you will be successful in life and your career.
"My number one commitment to my close friends is to offer the truth as best as I can perceive it and as best as I convey it. I owe this at the cost of the friendship, itself because a friend is more important than a friendship."
-Alan Robert Neal
Key 9: Courage
"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."
To have courage means that you are willing to do anything that you desire with no fear. You are not afraid of failing, you are prepared for whatever is going to happen next. If you are afraid to fail then you will never try to do new things and will not end up being successful. The people who are successful are the people who try new things.Courageous people are not afraid, they just face their fears.Fear and courage tend to be habits.If you’re afraid and you back away, you’ll form a habit of always backing away.If you’re afraid and you face your fear, you’ll form a habit of facing your fear and your fears will go away.Always move forward. Don’t stay still and play it safe.There is no security in life, only opportunity. The more you seek opportunity, the more security you’ll have. The tend to seek security, is the low road to failure.If you are not at least a little bit afraid 4-5 times a day, you’re not moving forward.The fear of failure, is the single greatest reason for failure in life.The fear of failure can be counteracted by facing the fear.Persist in the face of adversity.Wait until things to completly the worst. THen it’s the person that picks themselves up and says, “nothing is going to stop me”Develop the quality of being unstoppable.Make the decision that you can be tired, you can be worn out, but nothing will ever stop you.
"Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says, "I will try again tomorrow."
-Anonymous
Key 10: Confidence
"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again."
Confidence is key to success without it you will never always fail. Confidence gives you the courage to do many things. Confidence is the driving force to personal power and building a successful and fulfilled life. When you have confidence and you feel you don’t feel as bad as not trying because you know you did your best and you would not have changed anything if you got another chance.You have to build confidence upon yourself because confidence doesn't come right away it takes time. Some people don't really have confidence which means that they probably have a low self esteem. Confidence takes time because you learn new things and you meet new people which means that you probably will be shy and learning new things could be hard to remember because it takes confidence and time to say I will learn it and at the end you'll have confidence and say I learned it. It's like they say "confidence is like a muscle the more you use it the stronger it gets." Your confidence level should always be high because that's what others look for in a person. When you don't have confidence people know because either you get nervous or mess up on what you are doing. Self confidence is like a power because once you start believing in yourself successful things start happening in your life.
"Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, live the life you've imagined."
-Anonymous
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?
The 10 Keys to Personal Power could benefit me because I could use all these keys daily to be a better person. All these keys just show that you could become a better person if you try your best at all times. I think that I am applying all these 10 keys to my life. I think this because I've become a better person within time. I believe that I have clarity, competence, concentration, common sense, creativity, consideration, consistency, commitment, courage, and confidence. I remember when I didn't have these at all. But with time I started to believe in myself and thought to myself that I could be a really successful person if I just think positive not negative. I will incorporate these keys to my Life Planning plans by writing down more positive goals and try to achieve them day by day. I believe that Life Planning could take you to being a successful person later on in life.
