10 Keys to Personal Power

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 means to have a vision of where you want to go and what you want to do in life. If you don't know how to carve the path for yourself, someone who does will carve it for you. In order to be in control of your future, you have to start with your goals in mind. You must possess the ability to think clearly and with a degree of certainty.The ability to determine exactly what it is that you want to do, have or be in your life is the prerequisite for all personal and professional achievement.Clarity is the starting point of all success. Someone with no sense of where they are going will achieve very little if anything at all. When we have clarity we are able to set our goals and these goals are the goals that will take us to our success. I think an example of this would be for example, going into college without knowing what you want to study. If you go into college studying a major for 3 years, then decide to switch majors, you will have wasted all of your time. This is why you need to start off with a clear sight in order to end with a clear success.

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

    Competence is the ability to do something successfully. If you commit to do things but sure that it is excellent so that opportunities can open up and go your way. The harder you work the better things will come to you and you will feel good things in your heart, mind, and soul. When one chooses to work hard and not be lazy it is a privilege for them to have what they have since they worked so hard to get it. Lazy people should not get that privilege since they never did the hard work. It is the people who have the drive to work hard who get good things in life. This quote also means that the harder you work at doing something the better you will get at doing it. For example, if a student always cheats on homework, when it comes to the test he will score poorly. But the student who studies and works hard will get a great score on the test and a good grade in the class. In order to commit to excellence you also have to be a CTR person to guide you. Choosing the right will help you make the best desicions & lead you to success. The harder you work by CTR the farther you will go in life. I plan to apply this new way in my life by working really hard in school.

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 the very best use of your time, because if you waste it on things that aren’t important, you will regret your time wasted on these things that weren’t worth it. Instead you should think, analyze,  and invert your time on something that will be productive for your future. Ask yourself if you’re really putting your time in something productive or if you’re just wasting it. Time is precious in this life, know -how and who you spend your time with. Before you start inverting your time in something, think and see if you’re doing the right things and investing your time in productiveness that will benefit you later on. You should always concentrate on things that make you a CTR person, not a CTW person. You should only put all your energy and focus on good things that will produce good outcomes. An example of this key would be studying for a big final for your math class. This is making good use of your time because if you study, you will score high on the test. This will lead to an A grade, and will look really good on your transcripts when applying to colleges. I will apply this key to my life by continuing to ask myself if I am making the best use of my time by doing something beneficial or something that is a waste of my time. This key is very important because time is the one thing in the world that we can never get back, so we should use every small moment as we desire.

Key 4: Common Sense

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

      In order to be truly successful, you need to be able to train your mind. For example if you have a bank account you need to train your mind to stick to a budget. If you don't stick to the budget and follow through with the plan, you will be deemed to fail. You need to be able to have a mindset that allows you to thoroughly think though things. If you just make a decision without any thought it most likely wont be a good one. You also need to listen to your gut when making decisions. You have to decide what decisions are in your best interests and make you feel good. Being a CTR person makes decision making easier because you have righteous mindset. You won't ever make a wrong decision if you really value choosing the right. I will apply this way to my life by thinking about all my decisions and choosing the right path. One wrong decision can strongly impact my life which is why I need to cautious and train my mind.

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 the act of turning new and imaginative ideas into reality. Creativity is characterized by the ability to perceive the world in new ways, to find hidden patterns, to make connections between seemingly unrelated phenomena, and to generate solutions. Creativity involves two processes: thinking, then producing.Some people say creativity has nothing to do with innovation that innovation is a discipline, implying that creativity is not. Well, I disagree. Creativity is also a discipline and a crucial part of the innovation equation. There is no innovation without creativity. The key metric in both creativity and innovation is value creation.Creativity begins with a foundation of knowledge, learning a discipline, and mastering a way of thinking. You can learn to be creative by experimenting, exploring, questioning assumptions, using imagination and synthesizing information. Learning to be creative is akin to learning a sport. It requires practice to develop the right muscles and a supportive environment in which to flourish.