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."setting goals is good but they are even better if you see the end clearly and have everything planned out. clarity is when everything is clear. like how glasses make everything more clear for people who need them. if you can see your goal clearly then it will be a lot easier to get to. planing in advance can help with everything and having back up plans help even more since not everything go's as planned. if you don't clearly see your goal then it is a lot harder to accomplish than if you do have one in mind.
Key 2: Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, the better you get."
working hard will reward you more that doing something regularly. you are rewarded more for something you work hard on especially if you didn't have to. doing everything with your 100% will reward you in all sorts of ways, like making more friends because people are more likely to go with people who are smart and determined in everything that they do. doing your best is something you should always do even if others can do more, at least you can say that you did your best.
Key 3: Concentration
"Make the best use of your time. Ask yourself “Is this the best use of my time?” before you start anything."
concentration is one of the most important things to do when doing anything. For example if you are making something if you are not concentrated you could mess up the whole thing and have to start over. being easily distracted can make it a lot harder to do anything you would take forever just to do one thing. people are most focused on things they like to do more than things they have to do. If you are someone who likes to play games then you could probably play non stop for a few hours but wont put half as much concentration on things they are supposed to do.
Key 4: Common Sense
- Train your mind
- think things through
- listen to your intuition
- learn from setbacks
everyone has common sense but some people have better common sense than others. to improve your own common sense you need to train your mind so you can think things through better than before. another way to improve it is by learning from your mistakes, but not only yours you can learn a lot from other peoples mistakes as well. When you learn from a mistake you can improve your mind to make it so you don't make the same mistake again.
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 something that everyone has but some people have more than others. Kids for example are the most creative ones because of how young they are. as you get older you have you have many other things on your mind so you don't have as much time to be creative. the reason kids ask so many questions is because they are curious about everything so they use their creativity to make answers to some of the questions that they have.
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."
you have to be able and willing to work with other people to do a lot of things. if you cant work with others then you will not accomplish much but with help from others their is almost nothing you cant accomplish. building friendship with many people makes it so that if you ever are doing something with them you can do it a lot easier because you can easily communicate with them.
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.."
you have to be consistent with every thing that you do or you wont get anything finished. you must also be consistent with other people because if not then they wont be able to rely on you and then you lose their trust. when you start something you cant just put it off you must be consistent and do it right away. like the picture below consistency is key and it is the key to many things in life.
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."
if you are not committed to doing something then you probably wont do it in the end. you must be committed to do all of the goals you have or you will likely forget about them entirely. if you are fully committed to doing something then chances are you will most likely do it and or accomplish it. if you aren't committed to accomplishing a goal then you stand almost no chance of accomplishing it. giving everything your 100% commitment will help a lot more with everything.
Key 9: Courage
"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in life."
having courage is important for many of the things done in everyday life. courage is needed when you are giving a presentation like at a job interview. If you show the employer that you have no courage then you lower your chance of getting hired. you have to have the courage to help others or you will regret not helping later. courageous people always are more likely to succeed because they are willing to take action instead of having to think about it.
Key 10: Confidence
"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again ."
confidence is needed in any situation. most times you need it is when you need help with something because you cant ask someone something without the confidence to do so. If you don't ask for help then you are stuck not knowing something that could help you more later on. you cant only be confident but you must also look confident so that others can see how determined you are and they wont try to prevent you from doing what you are doing.
Reflection:
The ten keys help you in different ways depending on the situation and the rule you are applying. My favorite from the ten would have to be confidence because it is the one i lack the most of the ten. all of the ten keys are very important because with all of them you can accomplish many of the things that you have dreamed of.
