10 Keys to Personal Power 

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".

This quote means that we all must have a vision of what we exactly want in life, if you have your goals clear you will succeed because you are pretty sure what your goals are. Clarity comes from knowing what you really want and moving in the direction of it, sometimes people are perplexed or insecure because they don't know what they want to do in life, they are so focused in other unimportant things when their mind should be focused on their goals because if you don't have goals in life, tell me what is your purpose in life?. You will see other people doing what they want to do and getting what they want to have and you're going to be sitting on a coach admiring them, No! that's not right, maybe what people need is courage to take a first step and strength to start working hard and getting their goals done.

Be smart and have a direction of your life, do not just live your life, make something productive instead,  and above all make something of your life. 

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. We all are human and we can't be perfect but if we work hard we can get better instead. I f you commit to work hard every single day be sure that in a couple of months you will be a better person. Excellence does not exist if you do not practice it, that means that if you want to be better you should do something to get it.

There are a lot of opportunities in life but if you do not do your best, how can you get it? you can't make opportunities come, you can work hard to get them though; confidence might be one of the most important things that we need to work hard everyday but remember that when your confidence goes up your competence goes up the same time.

 If you can do something today that will makes you better on anything that you do, just do it! because everything that you do to get better it really worth it, at the end of the day you will be the only one person who will get the benefit of it. 

3- Concentration 

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

Be always focused on your goals and make the best use of your time, If  you are concentrated on your priorities your goals will make true. Sometimes people think that they will get everything they want over night but  in order to get the things you want you have to work hard and be focused on that. 

Why is concentration so important for success? the answer is easy, no fine work can be done without concentration and self- sacrifice, do not waste your time on things that will not lead you to a bad path, work hard and you will get the things you want.

Concentrate your strengths instead of your weaknesses and it will be easier to work hard everyday, be positive, do your best and good things will come to you. 

4- Common sense 

• Train your brain
• Think things through
• Listen to your intuition
• Learn from setbacks

Sometimes we have the ability to really make a simple thing more complicated than it has to be. If we use our common sense these situations can appear different to us. We all have to train our brain to use our common sense and always listen to our intuition. Your intuition is always going to be your best guide in life, listen to it and all things that you do will be right, sometimes we can't find the solution to our problems but if you listen to your intuition you can be sure you will find the best solution, and your life will be full of good things because you will know that you do not have to do something else than use your common sense. 

Learn from the setbacks, for example if you just left a job because you do not like what were you doing, do not get a similar job like the last one, get a job that you will enjoy to do and learn from your past, from your experiences that you already have. 

One of the biggest problems that people have is that they don't think before to act or say something, they act without thinking twice and that makes bad results for them. Think things through, analyze them and then do what you have to, do not overreact just because you want something fast, think twice and you will get good results in your life.

5- Creativity 

"Except the fact that every human being is a genius. The hallmark of creativity is asking questions. The people who are the more creative ask the most questions" 

Creativity is the use of imagination and original ideas. In order to be a creative person we should ask questions to other people, It might be teachers or professionals; the most creative people are the ones who ask questions to get more information or ideas.

Sometimes when we don't have ideas or we don't understand something in that cases the best thing you could do is asking questions to get at least ideas that will make expand your imagination. 

For example if you are in class, and you do not have idea of what you are supposed to do, or you do not know where to start, ask questions to your teacher that way you will get ideas of  what you can do in class.

Creativity like many other skills, can be learned, practiced and improved, if you ask questions to others you will expand your horizons and you will be a creative person. 

6- Consideration 

"The quality of your relationships with other people will determine your success in life". 

"Develop the people's 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 five years, you'll be the best educated person in history"

 What this means is that in order to be successful in life, you should listening other's people ideas, you should consider different things and not to be only focused on the same things all the time. It also means that a little thought for others can make a great difference, we all should care about people in need, if you are generous be sure that success and good things will come to your life. 

Develop the people's skills you need to become a better communicator for example if you know how to speak up in front of people you will be able to get a good job and you could take advantage of that gift you have. If you were to learn a new word a day, within five years, you will be the best educated person in history, for instance if you are learning everyday something new, at the end of the day you will get good things in your life. It's always better to learn new things, life is full of many things and we will never get to know it deeply, that is why we should take time to learn so that way we will be educated and wise in the future. 

7- Consistency 

"Dependable, steady, predictable work is always superior to fast spurts of work"

"Be consistent in your relationships, your family, friends, you work, your boss. 

Be the person that people can depend upon on. That if you say you'll do something you do it"

We all should be consistent on everything we do, it is not a good habit, it is an attitude that will lead you to success. For example if you are consistent reading books and learning new words everyday, at the end your vocabulary will be better and it will be easy for you writing essays. Another example  if you want to be healthier and have a better shape, you should work out very hard everyday at least 30 minutes and you will accomplish your goal soon. 

Always remember if you are persistent you will get it, if you are consistent you will keep it! 

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 the ability of being dedicated to a goal or promise. In order to accomplish your goals, you should be committed to work hard and give all you got, sometimes people fail in their journey and they fail not because the lack of ability but because of the lack of commitment, good things do not come easy, you have to work hard to get them. Maybe you have to wait a period of time to get what you want but you can be sure that is going to worth it, do not give up, work hard and never forget that commitment is the key in life. 

Commitment will help you to open doors in your future; if you are a committed person good things will come to you, maybe you will get a fantastic job because you are always dedicated on your priorities.There's only few people who are committed and that is because they have the courage enough to do the impossible to turn their dreams and goals into reality. 

10- Confidence 

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

Confidence is believing in yourself, and having faith in your abilities. Most of time people say "I CAN'T" without even try it, we should change that and say "I CAN" instead of "I CAN'T".

If you don't believe in yourself how is anyone going to believe in you? Self- confidence is one of the most important things in people's life, because if you don't believe in your abilities and skills, the lack of confidence can put you in a bad place in your future. 

For example; if you don't understand something in math class, ask for help, try and try over and over again and you will finally understand the concept in that class, don't say "I CAN'T DO IT" because you will never can do it, just the fact of having a negative thought can change everything in your life. 

Do not be negative because negativity will always lead to a bad path, be positive, be confident even in the difficult times; you need to maintain the confidence and conviction that you can achieve what you want and that includes your dreams and goals in life. 

"Final Reflection"

These teen keys to personal power are very important for me. I have learned a lot through each of them, and the best part is that I will apply them in my life.

These keys bring us many benefits, but the most important benefit is success in life, we all want to be successful but sometimes we do not know where to start; now if you read these keys you already know where to start, apply them everyday or at least start applying one of them and then on and on.

I started to apply consistency and confidence, in my opinion they are very significant keys and I have noticed that my life has changed since I started to apply them. Now I am more confident with myself and I do not let anyone put me down. Confidence is always going to lead you to success in your life.