10 keys to personal power

the 10 keys to personal power

by: 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 those who do."

Clarity is something very important to have in life. Without it there's no way to know what you're doing or where you're going in life. For power, have a sense of what you want to do and strive for it. You should be clear with your goals because without them it would be impossible to move forward. Have a clear set of goals and work through them one by one. If you don't have clear goals, you're going to be stuck working for people that are achieving their goals. Always be clear with what you want because achieving that goal will be much easier that way. Be determined and clear and you will definitely be successful. If you want something, you will motivate yourself to do it. That way you will be happy because you were clear.



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

Competence is very important in personal power. People need to know what they're successful in. If people commit to what they'e good at and keep doing it, opportunities will come to them. People will see how they commit and how good they are in what they do. The harder you work in a certain subject the better you will become and the more opportunities will arrive to you. You must also commit to bettering yourself. If you're bad at one subject you should work for excellence in it and become the best you can be. If you better yourself at everything then you will get many opportunities in your lifetime. Always work hard to be better at something instead of being mediocre in it. The harder you work the more opportunities come your way so never stop working at being better.

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 very important if you ever want to get anything done. It's also very useful and important if you need you manage your time wisely. Always concentrate on what you're doing and don't let anything else distract you. Concentration is key to make the best use of your time. If you don't concentrate on on thing that you're doing then you'll be trying to do too many things and the thing you were originally doing will never get done. Before starting anything always ask yourself if what you're doing is the best use of your time and if it will help you achieve your goals. If it's not, find something to do that will help you achieve your goals. But always remember to take breaks so nothing overwhelms you. Figure out what's the most important thing in your life and concentrate on that until you're done with it. Never forget to use your time to achieve greatness, because the reward will be great in the end.

Key 4: Common Sense

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

Common sense is important to have in life. People without common sense aren't very successful in life. When doing someone always think things through. Doing things without thinking it through will always result in failure. Without thinking about things you'll never know what your doing; so the end result won't be as great as it could be. Listening to your intuition is also important for success because it is the best guide that you have. Ultimately, learn from your setbacks. Always learn from things that turned out to be unsuccessful. Always ask yourself "what can i learn from this?". There will always be something wrong that you can learn from. Don't let small failures continue to happen, always make them better. 

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

Creativity is a good key to personal power. Creativity is essential to success because without it many opportunities would be missed. It's good to be creative because you would have twice as many opportunities as people that aren't. It's important to be creative because you learn more. You ask more questions because you're curious about the subject and you want to know lots about it. Creativity is important in success because the more you know the better something is done. 

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."

If success is something important to you, being considerate is vital. If you have good relationships with people, you'll have have more opportunities for success. If you have a bad attitude towards anybody or if you don't have relationships with people, opportunities will be very hard to find. Being a good communicator is for important for being considerate because if you communicate nicely, it's easier to build relationships. this is an important key to personal power because consideration helps have good character and helps quality of relationships. 


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.."

Key 8: commitment
"No success is possible without commitment. The ability to commit yourself whole heartily is the base of achieving all success."

"Become totally absorbed in your work. Be totally committed."

Without commitment, nobody in this world would be successful. Success needs 100% commitment and hard work. Nobody becomes successful without putting all their time and effort into something. For example, if somebody was learning a language, it wouldn't take them a month of only learning 10 minutes a day. It would take them month or even years of hard work and commitment. Or else they wouldn't be making any progress. It's very important to be committed to your work in order to be successful in the end. If you're only 50% committed you wont be as successful as you dream of being. Success begins with commitment. If success is something important to you, be motivated and learn to be committed.

Key 9: Courage
"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."

Courage is important because you need courage to seek opportunity and discover new things. Without courage you'll never step out of your comfort zone and do anything. People fail because they don't have courage and don't do the things they love. Courage is needed for success in life and you be able to live without it. 

Key 10: Confidence
"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again."



Reflection: 
I've learned a lot of different things about personal power and how to achieve it. These can benefit me so i will become hard-working and successful in life. These are all important keys to personal power and must all be applied for personal power to be developed.