The 10 Keys to Personal Power

Brian Tracy

Brian Tracy.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 don’t have clear specific goals in life, you are doomed forever to work for others who do.”

The ability to 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. Be decisive.  If you cannot make decisions readily, you’ll always work for people who can.  80% of decision should be made the first time they come up.  It’s easy to make decisions if you know what you want. Have a vision. To reach your dream, you need to have one. The best way to predict the future is to create it.  Your vision should excite you and make others involved. 

Key 2: Competence

“If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get.”

Every successful person is excellent at what they do.  Before they start, they commit themselves to becoming excellent. You must work hard to become an expert in whatever you want to become.

Key 3: Concentration

“Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself “is this the best use of my time?” before you start anything.”

Make sure you have a plan for your day to keep time in check. The biggest factor affecting concentration is rest. Concentration requires your mind to be calm. Always have a plan for whatever you are up to. When you sit down to work without a plan, you may easily get caught in activities like checking mails, Instant messaging (chatting) and browsing the web. Without a purpose, you are wasting your time.

Key 4: Common Sense

·      Train your mind

·       Think things through

·       Listen to your intuition

·       Learn from setbacks

Action without thinking is the cause of every failure. Listen to your intuition.  Your intuition is the best guide you have. Learn from your setbacks. Thin before you before you act. Your actions decides what kind of person you are. When you face an uncomfortable decision, your brain will spontaneously give you a fabulously credible rationalization for avoiding possible failure, embarrassment, or even minor discomfort. This is when your intuition kicks in to keep you safe from any harm or death.

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.”

The more you keep doing what you’re doing, the more you’ll get what you’ve got. If you decide you are going to achieve a certain level of income, success, etc..   You will develop the ideas that will lead top creative potential and/or look for better ways improve your creativity.

Key 6: Consideration

“The quality of your relationships with other people will determine your success in life.”

• ·        relationships determine success
• ·        people skills
• ·        golden rule
• ·        most firings, result from personality conflicts
• ·        learn to listen

Develop the people skills you need to become a better communicator.  Take courses in listening, speaking, etc. If you were to learn one work a day, within 5 years, you’ll be the best educated person in history. The more words you have, the better the world is you create. Practice the golden rule “You’ll get out of life, what you put into it.”

Key 7: Consistency

“Dependable, steady predictable work is always superior to fast spurts of work.”

“Be consistent in your relationships, your family, friends, and work. Be the person that people can depend upon. That if you say you’ll do something you do it.”

 

Just be a steady person.  You don’t have to be a genius. Nobody is better than you or I.  They are just doing things a different way.  Every single greatest accomplishment in life is an accumulation of thousands of little accomplishments that nobody sees. 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.

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.”

To make a commitment is one of the hardest things people can do. If you are committed to your work, you’ll do more than any other person, regardless of their talent or ability. To be committed means you sweat, bleed, and tear to reach your goal no matter what obstacles are in the way.  

Key 9: Courage

“The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life.”

Stepping outside your comfort zone may cause anxiety, but it's a great way to learn courage. Being courageous means doing something despite the fear. Having confidence allows you to trust in your abilities and yourself, and realize that you are more than your fears. When you have confidence in yourself you will find it easier to take courageous action.

Key 10: Confidence

“You only get confidence by doing things over and over again.”

What this key is saying is you need to be brave and be confident to succeed. If you dont have courage to be successful then you will more likely fail if you fear failure. If you fear failure then you will be choosing the wrong and never succeed. What many people dont know if they are not confident of succeeding it gives them a reason why they will fail in life. So what people should learn about this is always have courage in being successful so you can choose the right. Don’t be scared to fail, you only learn from your mistakes, you don’t repeat them. Once you do you well gain more confidence by now having a idea of what not to do how to do it.

Reflection

The ten keys are simple traits that everyone should have by now. There is to achieve as long as you’re committed. By being committed you must have confidence and by being confident, that means you have courage. People well take you in consideration since you are competent. You are concentrated on your goals and your creativity well takes you far in life.