The 10 Keys to Personal Power

 Brain Tracy
braintracy.com

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: The first key to "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is clarity. Clarity means to be clear and sharpness in mind. Clarity if a helpful key to oneself because it can help us clarify our future.

Key 2: Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way.
The harder you work, the better you get."
Reflection: The second key to "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is competence. Competence means to do something successfully or efficiently. Competence can be used when you accomplish something like a homework assignment. Another example is when you master a subject in school like mathematics. I will use Competence when I clean my room to make it sparkle and improve in my classes to get an astonishing grade.

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: The third key in "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is concentration. Concentration means the act of focusing on one's attention or mental effect. An example of concentration is when you are study for a big test.

Key 4: Common Sense
"Act well your part; there all honor lies."
Alexander Pope
Reflection: The fourth key in "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is common sense. Common sense is a good sense and sound judgement in practical matters.

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: The fifth key to "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is creativity. 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.

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: The sixth key to "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is consideration. Consideration is a careful thought, typically over a period of time.

Key 7: Consistency
"Dependable, steady pedictable 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: The seventh key to "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is consistency. Consistency is conformity in the application of something, typically that which is necessary for the sake of logic, accuracy, or fairness.

Key 8: Commitment
"No success is possible without commitment.
The ability  to commit yourself whole heartly is the basis of achieving all success."
"Become totally absorbed in your work.
Br totally committed."
Reflection: The eighth key to "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is commitment. Commitment is the state or quality of being dedicated to a cause , activity, etc. For example, when you are commited you are dedicating the time and effort to finish something. Another example, is when you have a huge test the next day you will devote your time to study your brains out just to get an excellent score on the test.

Key 9: Courage
"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."
Reflection: The ninth key to "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is courage. Courage is the ability to do something that frightens one. For example, some people have courage to go in front of the classroom to give their presentation to their classmates and teacher. While most people rather take an unpleasent grade for not having to talk in front of the classroom.

Key 10: Confidence
"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again."
Reflection: The tenth key to "The 10 Keys to Personal Power" is confidence. Confidence is a feeling of self-assurance arising from one's appreciatio of one's own abilitities or qualities. By having confidence you are willing to stand alone this means that you believe in yourself to not depend on someone else to do something. An example of this will be when you have a project due in front of administers and it is your groupmates and yourself to go up and present but all of a sudden your teammates will not be able to make it on time. So, now you have to have some confidence to present the project will your team gets there.

REFLECTION:
The 10 Keys to Personal Power will benefit me by changing the way I view things in a new way of perceiving. These keys will help me impprove myself as a person to focus on changing into a preferable human being. The 10 Keys showed me the way to improve my personal power by having: clarity, competence, concentration, common sense, creativity, consideration, consistency, commitment, courage, and confidence.