10 KEYS TO PERSONAL POWER

10 KEYS TO PERSONAL POWER

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 others who do.”
Clarity means to have something clear, all figures out. It means you know exactly what you want to do or who you want to become. It is more than clear to you what your goals are and how you can accomplish them. If you have clear goals you can have anything and everything you want. In order to achieve your goals you need to have a vision. If you want to accomplish your dreams you need to know what they are. Have them written out on paper and look at them all the time. Going over them a certain amount of times can help you be clearer about them. You’ll want to accomplish them even faster and you’ll be able to have clear what you need to do. The vision that you should have should be big enough that it will excite you. Always focus on the results and not on what you did to get there.

I will apply this when it comes to reading my 100 goals. It will help me have a big vision so that It can excite me.

 “Clarity is the counterbalance of profound thoughts. “

Key 2: Competence

“If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work. The better you get.”
Every person who has become successful is excellent at the stuff they do. But before they even start they commit themselves to becoming excellent. If you want something to be successful then you have to be able to commit to wanting to do it right. You have to work for it hard it won’t just happen without any effort. You need to do everything you can in order become “excellent”.  You have to read books and write and practice. Practice all over again and study even if you already have. You’ll get more opportunities coming your way. Different offers will show up and you get to pick from them. You need to put all the effort you have in the work. Spend time doing the work no matter how long it takes. Most importantly never give up! Always try your best and everything will come out just right.

I will apply this when I’m doing my work. In my school work, even when applying to a job. 

“To create the power of competence without creating a corresponding direction to guide the use of that power is bad education.”

Key 3:  Concentration
“Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself “is this the best use of my time?” before you start anything.”
Think about if you’re wasting your time before you start anything. Before you watch television or go out with friends matter fact before you do anything. Always have an importance feeling when you are getting something done. When you start a job always finish it. Do not leave the job half way done follow through until you complete it. Always try and finish things fast of course do them fast but right. There is no point in completing something if it is wrong. Have the power to set your priorities. Know what it is more important to do first then you can have fun. With everything you do know that it is important. Put all of your effort in what you are doing. Do not get distracted by other non-important things. Never give up on what you are working on. Finish the task you are assigned and complete it all the way. 

I can apply this when completing all of my school work. I will also apply this at home when I have stuff to do around the house. I will first do my priorities and then I will do what comes next.

“Discipline and concentration are a matter of being interested.” 

Key 4: Common Sense

·        Train your mind

·        think things through

·        listen to your intuition

·        learn from setbacks

Always listen to your intuition it is the best guide you will always have. Doing things without thinking them is always the cause of failures. When you don’t think your ideas through you don’t have a clear understanding of what you are doing. It causes your things to come out wrong and you wasted your time. Take your time to process what you have to do in order to complete what you want. Don’t just go straight into doing the work without any ideas of what you are doing. I know that most people get into the stuff right away to finish much faster but it’s wrong. When you do things in a hurry you will for sure fail on the task. It’s better to take time on what you are doing.  Just like it says think things through, don’t just stop half way because it got too hard. Learn from what you are doing. Think to yourself of a lesson you can get from doing the task.

I will apply this when completing a school assignment that needs a lot of thinking and any other classwork that I have to do.

“I read, I study, I examine, I listen, I think, and out of all that I try to form an idea into which I put as much common sense as I can.” 

Key 5:
“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.”
   This is a very good way to show your creativity.  Never be afraid of asking questions. If you don’t understand something go ahead and ask for help. The more information you get you will understand better. You can create your own new ideas. You don’t have to be right but you are able to view something a different way. You always have to have an open mind to every new idea you hear. Everything you know can always have a second thing to it. It doesn’t have to have a right or wrong way. Try doing things a different way, add things to it or take things away from it. Use all the ideas that come to your mind and test them out. Not all of your ideas might work but some can. Showing that you are creative is a good way to do your school work or projects. 

     I will apply this new key when I’m working on things for school, or when doing a project in a group.
“Creativity involves breaking out of established patterns in order to look at things in a different way.”

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 basis of achieving all success."
"Become totally absorbed in your work.  Be totally committed."
   To be committed is to show that you are really interested in what you are working on. It proves that you are able to concentrate on your work. Even when the work gets hard you don’t just walk away from it. Ask for help and all do not give up because that would mean you weren’t committed. Learn to set your priorities. Do not go out with friends if you have to do work. Commit yourself to the work so that you can earn a good grade. Or if the work is not for school and it’s for work, do a good job on it. If you do not commit yourself you will never reach success. While working on your work do not be on your phone, Facebook, or texting it distracts you. You should be completely focused on what you are working on. Don’t have noise or music around you either.
I can apply this to my life when I’m working on school work in order to earn a better grade.
“ You need to make a commitment, and once you make it, then life will give you some answers.”

Key 9: Courage

“The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life.”
Courage is something every single one of us should have. It is a good way to always accomplish the things you want. Never be afraid to do something you want. Do not let the words of people get to you as well. They can’t complete it and that’s why they try to put you down. Fear is the worst thing that people can experience it takes away all your confidence.  Stay positive if you know you are doing right. Do not doubt yourself because that can cause for you to fall back. Keep pushing forward no matter how hard it gets. Be brave enough to speak your mind. Say the stuff you have in mind as long as they are appropriate. Be strong and stay on what you believe is right even if others think differently than you. 
I can apply this to my life by always doing what I want without any fear. Being brave enough to take steps and trying new things. 
"The greatest test of courage on earth is to bear defeat without losing heart."

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

There are plenty of people who lack confidence.  Maybe they get put down by their friends or something. They never think the work is correct. It sucks to see someone doubt themselves so much. I believe everyone should be able to feel confident with what they do. It doesn’t necessary have to be about work or homework, it could be how you look, how you think, anything you can think of. You might not be confident on how you look. You think someone else is prettier or has better hair than you. You should never feel less be confident. Be happy with how you look and who you are. You want to enter a talent show? Go ahead know that you will get in. Don’t underestimate the talent you have. If you know you could do it, then that’s how it will be without any doubts. 

I can apply this to my life in many different ways. Especially when doing homework, Like I know how to do it but I always feel as if it is wrong and I start doubting myself.
      “Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”

Reflection: These keys can benefit me in many different ways. They can help me become a better person. They can help me become a better student and perform better in my work.  They have helped me when I get stuck in something and I feel like I can’t keep going, remembering the keys bring me back up to courage. A key I’m applying now is COURAGE AND COMMITMENT. I keep an open mind and I’m not afraid to try something new. Commitment because if I say am going to do something I will get it done.  I won’t leave the work half way done, I rather keep my word. Anyone who feels lost can simply go over these keys and it will change your way of seeing things completely. 

Character and Personality

You need to begin from the roots in order to build up trust. Like in the image he shows us, where the tip is out of the water which represents personality. The bottom part covered up with water which represents character. Character Ethic is Integrity, Justice, responsibility, and contribution. Personality Ethic is how to "appear to be" and not how " Actually to be." Like he says what if they wanted to use the people to build up their own economic. You need to build up your character and trust worthiness.

Lecture 22

I learned that we are responsible for our identity and for our future. We need to know what we actually want. We shouldn’t just speak out what we want in our life but we have to do something that will get us there. The first creation is an intellectual creation.  The second creation is a physical creation. We are our own programmer and we decide the direction we go.

Free post

My weekend was well spent, especially on Sunday. I can’t complain. Although on Saturday I went to take the SAT and I’m honestly scared, I hope I did well.  It was pretty easy for me but it got hard in the math problems. I have always struggled with math. It’s pretty complicated to understand but I made an educational guess in some of them I didn’t want to leave anything blank. Then after that I went with my best friend to eat some pizza and we watched movies the rest of the day, I didn’t want her to leave we were having an awesome time but she had to go. She came back on Sunday and we were just at my house listening to music and she helped me with some of my homework because she actually understands math a lot better than I do. I really enjoy weekends like this because I don’t always get to spend time with her since I’m always at school or at home doing homework. 

The 7 Habits of Highly effective people

Habit2. Begin with the end in mind.
“Control your own destiny or someone else will.” (Jack Welch)
“When you know where you intend to end up, you know where you are now.” (Covey)
When we begin with the end in our mind we have a direction to go so we can get to where we want to. Without it we will only have made a little to zero progress toward our goal. To begin with the end in mind is a process of taking control of our own lives. We always create things twice, once in our head and second when we actually put it to work. This can actually help us without progress towards our finish line. It will help us control the activities we do in order to reach the end. If the work you put physically follows what you have created in your mind everything will be good. If you don’t make an effort to make things go how you want then nothing will ever occur. It is important to have a Mission statement; this mission statement will be based on what you want to do. It will be your plan of success and will make you be focus on your goals. To begin with the end in mind is a great way to accomplish your goals.

I will apply this in school when getting my work done and when it comes to thinking about what I want to be in the future.

“When we begin with the end in mind, we have a personal direction to guide our daily activities, without which we will accomplish little toward our own goals.”

Habit3. Put first Things First
“Organize and execute around priorities.”
Putting first things first means you have a clear understanding of what your priorities are. I know it sounds easier to say than to do. Some people can get caught up with doing things that aren’t really important. They never get to what is really important because they are doing the non-important things. Then they try to come back to those important things when it is already too late. You need to have time management in order to help you with your stuff. You need to know which are the most important stuff and then if you have time you can get to those non-important stuff. Going out to your friend’s house and to hang out are never your priorities you can always do that some other day. Doing homework and study is the main thing. Doing work should always be more important because that will help you be very successful and earn good grades. Having fun can always be left for another day it is always good to enjoy your time but not when you have more important responsibilities to do. I’m sure your friends will understand if you can’t go out with them.

I can apply this to my school work. When I know I have to study and do homework I will do that and not waste my time on non-important things.

“Effective leadership is putting first things first. Effective management is discipline, carrying it out.”

Habit4. Think Win-Win
“Think Win-Win or no deal.” 
We usually think that one person has to lose and one has to win. But you shouldn’t think that way.  I mean that I guess some people are just used to seeing one person and lose and the other one succeed. Even if that is the case if you don’t succeed at least you should learn from that and not give up. Win- win is more of we both win. Not one loses and the other one wins. We both want the best for each other. You want for both of you to have the same benefits. You should never want the other person to fail at something just because that will make you feel better. Believe me; I’m sure it feels a lot better when you both win. It makes you feel good about yourself. Going into a challenge with a Win- Win mentality is a lot better than to be ready to destroy someone. It’s always good to make other people feel good about themselves as well. Maybe you both have the perfect idea to get a good grade so why not both of you guys take it.

I will apply this is school. When it comes to compete with someone, I will always want the best for both of us.

“You don’t have to blow out the other person’s light to let your own shine.”

Habit 5: Seek first to understand, then to be understood.
“Diagnose before you prescribe.”
Seeking to understand first is a great way for you to be able to communicate with other people. I know that most of us what people to understand us first. We want to put our ideas out there before you even hear what the person has to say. If you do that you usually end up ignoring the other person completely. You will not hear every word and detail they say only a couple. You will never understand the meaning of what they are saying or trying to say. Most people will listen but just to be able to reply back to what they are saying. While they are talking in your mind you are already practicing what you will respond the questions you will ask and you won’t pay attention. When talking to some you want to pay attention to what they are saying so you can get what the meaning is. Don’t think about anything else or what you will say just listen to them carefully. Know that what you want is to understand them first and then they can understand you. It will feel good when you see that you are able to truly understand the meaning, it will make you happy.

I will apply this while having a conversation with my friends or with my parents. At any point or with whoever it is I am talking to.

“I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.”

Habit 6: Synergize
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)”
Synergize means “two heads are better than one” which means two persons idea make a better things than just one. Also its teamwork, to know how to do good teamwork without making the other person feels like their ideas are not good enough. You have to be open minded being open to all types of ideas even when you don’t agree with them.  Being able to find different type of ways to solve the same problem. Even when it comes to an old problem you have worked on before you should always look for another way to solve it. Synergize makes us discover new things that we would have never discovered on our own.  Together people can make a better result than when you are working on something by yourself. You have to understand that not everyone will always agree with you. They have different thoughts and that’s okay, you learn new stuff from them. With your ideas and the persons idea together will make such a good result better than you expect. With Synergize you will gain different new insights. Just because you think the person’s ideas are “dumb” you should doubt them. You should always give it a try, be open to new things and do TEAMWORK.

I will apply this in class when working on a project with someone else. I’ll listen to her ideas and not judge them and we will work something out as a team.

“Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way."

Reflection:

The 7 habits of Highly Effective People are great; they will help you become a better person. You can use them everywhere you go it doesn’t necessarily have a specific place where you can apply these habits and you can also use more than one at a time. I actually liked Habit number 3; I think that can help me a lot. “Put first things first.” I need to learn to do this because at times it can be hard deciding what is more important and what needs to be done first. It can be hard having to pick on going to do what you want or do what is more important. Working together can always make a better result and a lot of people need to understand that. They need to learn to do good when they are in a team. With the 7 habits we have learned we will be able to do group work, do important stuff first, understand people rather than looking for them to understand you.