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." 

Reflection: Clarity helps you visualize what you really want on life and what you should do to reach you're goals.

Key 2: Competence 

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

Reflection: The harder you get the better you get is one the most important keys. So far because it is the reason you are succeeding since you are working forward to getting what you want. 

                                           

 

Key 3:Concentration 

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

Reflection:I do not know if I am not using my time right or wrong so i cant answer that. But if i could i would most likely say no since i'm in computer science and if i wasn't wasting my time i would be taking classes i actually need.

 

Key 4: 

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."

Reflection: Creativity is one of the main focuses to personal power because it helps you become more of a brave and encouraging person. 

                                                               

 

Key 5: 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 will be the best educated person in the world." 

                                          

 

Key 6: Consideration 

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 ."

Reflection: Being committed means you are willing to put the fun things aside and work hard to become a better person.

Key 9:Courage 
"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."
Reflection: Fear is a big reason you fail in life but this is why you must have courage in taking risks that have a chance of helping you. Courage crushes all your fears into succeeding at gaining your personal power.

 

Key 9:Confidence  

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

Reflection: Having confidence is a valuable key to having personal power. A way of gaining confidence is by doing something repeatedly or practice it. For example when your in a speech class and you must go up in front of the class everyday to talk for 5 mins. you will eventually get used to it and get more confidence every time you go up to speak. 

 

 Reflection: 

All these keys will lead you to personal power and will help improve your life. I believe these 10 keys can help better yourself in many ways not only because you gain personal power but because you will gain small things that will change your every day life to a better one. The way for me to implement this to my daily life and plans is by sharing it with other who may need help or share these keys with friends and family. 

                                               The 7 Habits Of Highly Effective People  
Habit 1:
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Habit 3:
Habit 4:
Habit 5:
Habit 6:
Habit 7:
Habit 1:Be proactive
"Habit 1 is the key to unlocking all the other habits and that's why it comes first. It says, "I am the captain of my life. I can choose my attitude.I'm responsible for my own happiness or unhappiness. I am in the driver's seat of my destiny, not just a passenger."
Reflection:
What i think this means is that you have to become your own boss so that you can become proactive. Meaning you have to have a better attitude and and also become more aware of your actions. So the first step to becoming a highly effective person is to take control of your life and take it where ever you want to.
                                         

 

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind 

"Control your own destiny or someone else will."(Jack Welch) 

Reflection:

What i think this means is that you have to take control of your future and have a goal set that you would picture yourself accomplishing. I will implement this in my daily life by setting goals that i would picture myself doing the future. 

 

Habit 3: Put First Things First 

"Organize and execute around priorities." 

Reflection: 

What they mean as putting things first is that you have to put everything aside and put your priorities in your lists or anything your trying to accomplish. Always put your priorities in front of everything. 

Habit 4:Think win-win 

"Think win-win or no deal"

This mean that you must make deals that causes you and the person you deal win have a win-win deal. Because if you were to have a win lose then one of you would be unhappy and if you were to both win then you would have a better future. 

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, then to be Understood 

"Diagnose before you prescribe."  

Habit 6: Synergize 

"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts(1+1=3)" 

Habit 7: Sharpen the saw  

Four dimensions of self-Renewal:Physical,Mental,Spiritual,Social emotional

 

What sharpen the saw means is that you must balance out everything from you're heart, body, mind, and soul so that you can work better and feel better and to even improve in you're daily life.

Reflectiom: My overall reflection of the seven habits is that following and obtaining these 7 daily habits is a gift because helps you become  the highly effective person that you always wanted to be, For example being proactive means you have to be you're own boss and you can not let someone else take over you,re life and make choices for you. You have to make you're future and take control of it as well. 

                   Three Fundamental Techniques in Handling People
Technique 1: Don't criticize, condemn or explain.
"If you want to gather honey, don't kick over the beehive."
Reflection: This first technique would have you not criticize people or complain about them. This technique means that you must not judge others or complain about them for how they may look. This cause you to compliment others.
                                               

 

 Technique 2: Give honest and sincere appreciation.
"The big secret in dealing with people."
Reflection: Showing honesty and sincere appreciation is a big secret when it comes to dealing with people. This technique means that you will have to give an honest opinion that will help and let them know you appreciate them. I will add this technique to my daily life by giving honest and sincere appreciation to my friends or new people i meet.

 

Technique 3: Arouse in the other person an eager want. 
"He who can do this has the whole world with him. He who cannot, walks a lonely way." 
Reflection: This last technique means a lot because its what makes you seem more approachable. This technique. Once you have mastered all these techniques you will have the whole world with you and for those who don't want to know these techniques. Well you will be forever alone so good luck.
                                               

 

Final Reflection:These three fundamental techniques show you how to handle people. For example the technique that says  not to  criticize someone will help you understand what not to do when it comes to talking to someone. Technique 2 helps you get the other person to be comfortable talking with you. And step 3 says to talk about interesting things and make them be eager about your next conversation.

                                                                School Break Days
1. My Christmas break was okay because it wasn't the best but it wasn't the worst. During the break i had i went out with family to the movies and a restaurant. although i did go out it was still pretty boring because sometimes i would just stay home and play video games which bored me. Not only did i play video games but i slept a lot or most of the time. Honestly i didn't finish all my homework but i still did enough to finish it in a couple of hours. Break wasn't as fun as i thought it would be due to not being able to go out a couple of times but this also meant i had the choice to whether do nothing or read. I chose to do nothing although i did read a book/comic a couple times till i felt sleepy or got bored. For Christmas i got clothes, a drone, and a couple of money that i used to buy a game. There were a couple of times i decided to choose the right by helping my grandparents clean their garage.

                                                               Final Part 1 of 2 
2. My evaluation towards this course would be somewhat boring due to the fact i really don't wanna learn a lot about this course. Although it was sometimes fun and this class does kinda involve you being patient its worth it for the people who want to take a class that will help them learn about computers or how to fix and know your way around one.
2A. What i liked the most about this class/course besides the free time was the small activities that were due like this for example being able to write/type what you think towards the topic.
2B. What i didn't like about this course was that half the things we did were not related to computer science. It was mostly the teacher or instructor talking about choosing the right which was good but somewhat annoying because we get the fact we need to do what is good or in this case what is the right but we don't need to talk about that in a computer science class.
3. I did not do my best in this class due to the fact i didn't want to take this class.

                   Six Ways To Make People Like You If you want people to like you.....
Rule 1: Become genuinely interested in other people. 
"Do this and you will be welcome anywhere." 
"You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you." 
"Ask questions to other people, questions that they would enjoy answering." 
    I think that following these rules would help you make more friends by becoming interested in other people. This will help you make more friends because you aren't trying to question yourself. And or asking yourself what you should do to impress people to get them to like you. Although i don't recommend this to everyone because some people are already able to socialize and don't need help.
"The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life."
                                By: Williams Morris

Rule 2: Smile
"Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, " I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you."
" You don't feel like smiling? Then force yourself to smile."
" It creates happiness in home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign (witness or indication) of friends."
                                                   

 

Rule 3: Remember names 

"A man's name is to him the sweetest and the most important sound in any language." 

"If you don't remember names, you are headed for trouble."

Remembering someones name is the most important thing when it comes to making friends.A name is what allows you to communicate with them in a good way. When you remember a name it most likely means you want to socialize with the other person. This will also make the other person feel secure when your talking to them.
                                 "Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names."  
                                                  By: John F. Kenedy
Rule 4: Be a good listener. Encourage others to talk about themselves. 
" If you aspire to be good conversationalist, be an attentive listener." 
" Remember that the man you are talking to is a hundred times more interested in himself and his wants and his problems than he is in you and your problems." 
I think that if you learn to pay attention and focus on someone it would help you become a good listener and help you to easily socialize with others. One thing that should help you a bit more would be to encourage the person you are socializing with to talk about themselves.
"A good listener is not only popular everywhere, but after a while, he knows something." 
                                                     By: Wilson Mizner
1.Stay focused, natural eye contact, don't judge and stay patient
2.Really listen don't think about similar experiences and what you should say next
3.Allow the period of silence
                                         
Rule 5: Talk in terms of the other man's interest
"The royal road to a mans heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most."   

Rule 6: Make the other person feel important-and do it sincerely. 
"The desire to be important is the deepest urge in human nature."(John Dewey)"Helping people feel important and appreciated works magic."
I feel that if you can make someone feel important or at least special due to you speaking and or socializing with them you can easily make friends. Although i believe you should just get out and socialize by making an easy conversation would be better. Than having to make them feel important because if you have to make them feel important then whats the point of socializing. When it comes to socializing i would get it when you have to listen and remember names but that is pretty much it after that just be yourself.
                                       

 

Reflection: These six rules will help you make friends and or help you socialize a lot more and faster as well. Following these six steps will help you to understand another person a bit more. For example step 1 says to become genuinely interested in other people which means to talk about the person and not always make a conversation about yourself. Another example is step 3 and step 4 which means to become a good listener and remember names,subjects, and or topics you have heard during your conversation with another person. But don't always talk about the same thing, try to change things up a bit sometimes.

                                                                 Glenn Cunningham
Glenn Cunningham had an accident when he was a kid. When Glenn  was a kid he was involved in an accident that left his brother dead and Glenn badly injured from his legs. Doctors said he would never walk again. But Glenn didn't care he didn't want to be a burden for his family so this didn't stop him from accomplishing his goals. He applied to himself two main goals that he really wanted to succeed in it which were to be able to be in the Olympics and become a doctor.