10 KEY OF PERSONAL POWER

There are ten key qualities according to Brian Tracy which successful people posses. And these qualities which if you practice them, nothing can stop you from being a success and if you lack even one of them can be a weakling point to your success all qualities starts with the later C.
These qualities are:

1. CLARITY: This has to do with;
* Ability to focus
* Decisiveness
* Having a vision
*Focus on results, not activities
* List your goals
* Review your goals often
* Speak with clarity

2. COMPETENCE. This deals with;
* Excellence, which yield opportunities
* Hard work,which yields improvement
* Knowing that the market pays for excellence

3. CONCENTRATION: Concentration is a very vital quality of success. This is all about;
* Key to effectiveness
* Best use of time
* Sense of urgency
* Completion of each task

4. COMMON SENSE: Action without thinking is the cause of every failure and common sense is the ability to think before acting. Common sense revolves round these;
* Train your mind
* Think thinks through
* Listen to your intuition
* Learn from setbacks

5. CREATIVITY; The more you keep doing what you do, the more you keep getting what you get, so learn to try new ways of doing things. In other words, be creative if you must succeed. To be creative, you need to;
* Tap into creative potential
* Look for better ways
* Be flexible
* Ask questions
* Have one new idea

6. CONSIDERATION: This is based on the fact that the quality of your relationship with other people, more than anything else will determine your success in life. The highlights of consideration are;
* Relationships determine success
* People skills, help others to develop their skills
* Golden rule, this is the rule of " what you sow is what you will get".
* Learn to listen
* Most firings result from personality problems

7. CONSISTENCY: Consistency means that dependable, steady, predictable work is always a better way to success than to flashes here and there. When you are consistent in what you do, you will be dependable.
* Dependable work is superior
* Consistency in relationship is vital
* guard your integrity
* Be consistent your personal development

8. COMMITMENT: Commitment is one of the most difficult thing for human beings to do, but the truth is that no success is possible without commitment. The ability to commit yourself wholeheartedly to what you do is the beginning of all achievement and if you can't, it just mean that what you are doing is not just right for you. You need not to be so educated to do well in career, if your are committed, you will do better than so many people in your field.  Be committed:
* To your discipline, company, boss, job
* To your family and friends
* To yourself, career and success
*To your goals

9. COURAGE:  Courage means that you have the ability and willingness to confront your fears. When you do the things you fear, the death of fear is certain. In other words, confront your fear, and it will disappear. To be courageous, you must;
* Confront your fears
* Dare to go forward
* Avoid ruts
* be a little afraid, if you never get afraid internally of what may happen next, it means you are not trying enough
* No security, just opportunity
* Fear of failure begets failure
* Persist despite adversity

10. CONFIDENCE: The last but the least of the Cs is Confidence, which comes as a result of everything else, if you do every of the above, you will develop self-confidence. Self doubt is the greatest killer of all activity and the only way to overcome is by doing the things that we normally back away from, this will result to self-confidence which begets great achievement.
* Self-doubt can paralyze
* Self-confidence begets achievement
* behave confidently.
Go confidently in the direction of your dreams, act as though there are impossible to fail. It is not what you feel, say or intend that tells what you believe but what you do, in other words, your actions are the true measure of what you believe. You don't necessarily have to feel it, just act it and eventually, the actions will develop the feelings. Do what successful people do, until it becomes part of you, and you will wake up one day as a success;.

From the 10 Keys to Personal Power. By Brian Tracy.