Monday, December 5, 2016

                              The 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."
 You should set a goal for yourself and have a vision about it. You should first know what it is that you want to do and once you know then you set your goal and you work hard for it.

Key 2: Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get.
When you work hard new chances will always come your way, and the more harder you work the better you get at it. Competence is a very good way of getting new opportunities come your way also because you will see where your strengths and weaknesses are. 

Key 3: Concentration
"Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself "Is this the best use of my time?" before you start anything.
Concentrating is a very big thing. In order to complete tasks well you have to concentrate hard on them. You also need to put much of your time to complete the tasks.

Key 4: Common Sense

  • Train your mind 
  • Think things through
  • Listen to your intuition
  • Learn from setbacks 
Common sense is good sense and sound judgment in practical matters. Common sense is also about exercising your mid and 

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.

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.

Key 7:Consistency
"Dependable, steady predictable work is always superior to fast spurts of work."

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."

For some people commitment is really important. For example some people commit themselves to try new stuff every once in a while. You can also commit yourself into trying to lose some weight in a certain amount days. When you commit yourself into something is because you know you will not turn around and quit. 


Key 9: Courage
"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."

Courage is when a person has the ability to do something that frightens them. You need to unleash the courage inside you to try new things. 

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

Thursday, December 1, 2016

                                       Dr. Steven Covey
What Dr. Covey did was that in 1976 he started looking for the 7 habits. He also read a lot of old books and saw that hey all talked about trust,loyalty, respect, etc. Dr. Covey realized that people could be effective and could also build up there character and apply certain habits and become a better person to themselves and to others.