10 Keys to Personal Power

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."

Having clarity is extremely useful throughout your whole life. it is the foundation of your personal power. your personal power will revolve around clarity because clarity is what shows everything's real intentions. i think i myself will use and need clarity because it will help me determine what i want to do with the rest of my life. I need clarity in order to be clear to myself on what i want to do with my life and what i want to build my future into. Having a vision for yourself gives you more power and knowledge on how your life will be in the near future and what you will make of yourself. Clarity is not only important for you but also for the people in your surroundings. Its important you have clarity because nobody wants to surround themselves with people who don't know what they want or with people who are unclear on what they'll make of their lives. Clarity will simply bring you happiness at some point in your life and that is honestly the best thing to ever receive. 

"I think it's important to have closure in any relationship that ends - from a romantic relationship to a friendship. You should always have a sense of clarity at the end and know why it began and why it ended. You need that in your life to move cleanly into your next phase." - Jennifer Aniston

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 life. This is what helps you accomplish your goals. Competence has gotten many individuals to where they want to be today. All throughout high school i have witnessed competence in my surrounding because everyone is competitive. Everyone becomes competitive when it comes to sports and applying to college because they always want to win and get what they want. Their main goal is to stand out from the rest and not be average. Due to the fact that i have witnessed all of this competition it has made me a competitive person. I became competitive when it came to college applications because i made sure i would be accepted to all of my top schools. I knew since the beginning that i would have to develop this characteristic. I am extremely glad i have learned to own this quality because it has made me set high goals and standards for myself. Thankfully all of this will help me in the long run and from here on out i will only become better and better thanks to competence. 

"Competence, like truth, beauty, and contact lenses, is in the eye of the beholder." - Laurence J. Peter

Key 3: Concentration

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

I believe that concentration is on of the most important qualities to master at some point in your life. Concentration is what allows you to become a better individual in your work place. Being concentrated in your work place is honestly what determines how hard you work and how well you stand out. I think I myself have the quality of concentration. I've learned to master  this by letting myself know that i have high goals for myself. Living in a community where everyone is very competitive it is really useful to be concentrated. I've learned that being concentrated has offered me many opportunities i am grateful for today. It has also provided me opportunities that in never even thought i would ever get ever in my life. I have learned to love and accept being an individual who really can remain concentrated in a work place even if sometimes music is needed. I expect myself and others around me to remain mastering being concentrated because it will really pay off in the long run. 

"Concentration and mental toughness are the margins of victory." - Bill Russell

Key 4: Common Sense

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

Having common sense is a really important factor of life. Common sense is something most people obtain naturally because its just something that you'll learn naturally. I have common sense myself and i am so grateful for it because at least now i know that if i am not book smart i am at least street smart i some way. I obtain and use my common sense when it comes to rhetorical questions or when it comes to solving a problem i come across sometime in my life. I think this has helped me a lot because training my mind is always a fun way and helpful way to know certain things. I am always sure to think things through sooner or later because i do not want to make a silly mistake over something that isn't worth getting in trouble for in the future.  I hope everybody sometime in their lives learn to learn from their own setbacks so that they wont make the same mistake over and over again. Last but not least, in my opinion the most important part of having common sense to me is to listen to your intuition because god always knows what he is doing with you. 

"Common sense is the collection of prejudices acquired by age eighteen." - Albert Einstein

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."

Creativity is extremely cool and important to everybody's life. Creativity is what gives you ideas, it gives you visions of things you want and know you can create. i think creativity is what gives everybody a pop of color in their lives. Maybe not color but more like a pop of joy and excitement. Creativity comes with many other qualities such as leadership. I know i am a creative person and i know this because i use all of my ideas and make them come to life. Creativity is probably one of my favorite qualities about myself. It brings me lots of joy and most importantly a lot of success in life because it has brought me many opportunities i didn't think i would ever even have. i hope everybody gets creative here and there at some point in their life. creativity is something i wish to never lose because it makes you a better person everyday.

"Art, freedom and creativity will change society faster than politics." - Victor Pinchuk

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."

Consideration is an amazing life quality to have. It isn't just a quality. Consideration is something you live with depending the lifestyle you live by. I believe i am a very considerate person because if i want somebody to be considerate towards me i must be considerate towards others. It is just like the saying, treat others how you want to be treated. Being considerate means you have to be polite and think about others before taking actions. If you are considerate it means you are no longer a selfish person because you do not think only about yourself. I've learned to be considerate ever since i was little and i still continue to be considerate every day. I always put myself in other people's shoes before judging or before doing something because i need to be understanding and that is what being considerate takes. I think everybody in this world should learn to be considerate. When you are considerate you are a good person. And when you are a good person good things will come your way. 

"I paint my own reality. The only thing I know is that I paint because I need to, and I paint whatever passes through my head without any other consideration." - Frida Kahlo

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.."

To be consistent means to be on task. You must always be trying your hardest to be consistent because that is how you gain consistency. Consistency is what makes you responsible and somewhat ambitious because you will consistently want to strive for more and more than you have, always. I don't think i have the power of consistency yet but i do hope to gain it soon. i want this quality because i do not ever want to stop setting goals for myself. Although i do have goals for myself i hope to obtain the power of being consistent in reaching them and not being lazy half of the time. This is also what manages to get you many good opportunities in life. Somebody who is not consistent wont even come across good opportunities because everybody knows they are lazy and do not have anything good going for themselves in the future. Consistency will make you successful in the near future and that is what i want to be. Successful. 

"When you look at people who are successful, you will find that they aren't the people who are motivated, but have consistency in their motivation." - Arsene Wenger

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."

Commitment is an extremely important thing to obtain in life. Being committed allows you to become an independent individual. Although commitment does not come easy, you must work to master it. When you finally do have this trait it allows you to be more open minded and a lot more time balanced as well. I don't think I have learned to be as committed as I want to be but I'm sure eventually I will get there. I am not fully committed to everything I do but I do plan to be because I see where I want to be and it takes a lot of commitment to get there so I really am working hard to go there sooner than later. I know a lot of people who are committed and their lives are really easy going because they've made their commitments into habits, and habits are hard to break. when I get old I do plan to be committed to putting in more time into my family than my job because family is more important than everything. For now I am more committed to mob friendships because I am extremely grateful for them, I am committed to my family because they are all my priorities and lastly I am a lot more committed in putting in time with my dog than in school because at the end of the day school is just school. There are a lot more important things out there than just school. School is not everything. commitment is key. 

"Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there."- Haile Gebrselassie

Key 9: Courage

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

Courage is a very important aspect of life. 

to be courageous is to be independent and intelligent. Everyone should be courageous because everyone deserves to reach their dreams if they try hard enough. If you want something bad enough you will be courageous enough to strive and try to get where you want to be. i think i am courageous because when i think something i am  not afraid to say it and many people are not like that. I feel as if the more courageous you are the more you want to succeed higher than you already are. Many of my own friends today have courage and confidence in them, as well as in one another which is why we are friends. We always support each other and when ever we are in doubt, we remind each other how much courage we have in us. When you have courage in you nothing can really hold you back because you know what you are capable. Whenever you feel like someone is trying to hold you back from reaching the point in life as to where you want to be you must show them you don't care what they think and how much courage you maintain in you. Courage makes a person into someone with full potential in them and into someone who can achieve what they really want in life. 

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts."-

Winston Churchill

Key 10: Confidence

"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again ."

Confidence is extremely important to obtain. People with confidence believe in themselves and in their beliefs. I believe that having confidence is what makes you a much better person. Many people i know that have their lives together obtain the power of confidence. I have confidence in myself as well. I know what i want in life and i know what i need to do in order to obtain it. Having confidence has made me a much happier person in my everyday life. It has provided me with courage and most importantly it has provided me with power to stand up for what i believe in. Having confidence in myself has allowed me to take tasks i wouldn't have taken before because i was lacking confidence. By obtaining the power of confidence i have been able to make new friends and go to new places i never thought id be able to go to. Overall, i am a much happier individual both in my school life and in my personal life. I know that clearly all the confidence i have managed to build up in me will help me get through hardships in life in the near future. 

"Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence." -Helen Keller

REFLECTION

All of these keys will be extremely helpful throughout my whole life. I've learned to manage and obtain these skills and because i have done that i know i will be a lot more successful in the near future. I will pass on these 10 important keys to everyone i come across because i'm sure there will always be room for some improvement in their lives. I think the key i will use the most is most likely commitment. Commitment is what it all takes. You need commitment in your life at all times because it is what allows you to keep going and it is what allows you to manage your time wisely and that is always needed. At the moment i am working on improving my confidence. I am almost at where i would like to be at a mental state becxause of my confidence but i really need to work on concentration and i plan to do that starting now.