The 10 Keys to Personal Power

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."

Reflection: In order to have a successful like you must know what you want to accomplish have a clear understanding of your surroundings and end goal. If you do not know what you want to accomplish you will have no end goal and nothing to look forward to. Do not let your future be decided for you just because you are doing not know what you hope to accomplish. Do not let others tell you what to do or allow them to manage your future. If you do not set priority to your goals you will end up working to help other accomplish theirs.

Key 2: Competence
"If you commit to excellence, opportunities will always come your way. The harder you work, they better you get" 
Reflection: If you wish to succeed you must look forward to taking advantage of every opportunity you get. Having a good mind set to succeed will help you accomplish more and wish to achieve higher. People who do not have a clear mind set of what they want to accomplish never finish as winners. Being a winner also means acting and proving to your self that you are worthy of being a winner. No good will come out of your achievements if you do not commit yourself to always being excellent. 

Key 3: Concentration:
"Make the best use of your time.Ask yourself 'Is this the best use of my time?' before you start anything."
Refection: Being concentrated in what you do allows you to become very prepared. managing your time is one of the best ways to accomplishing your goals. Don't procrastinate, this will only stress you out and not allow you to complete big projects. 

Key 4: Common Sence

1. Train your mind
2. think things through
3. listen to your intuition
4. learn from setbacks 

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 question."
Reflection: In order to have personal power you must allow yourself to grow and have a wide range of new ideas. Creativity will allow you to have new plans you wish to accomplish. Creativity is the use of imagination and original ideas to help you create new wonderful projects. Creativity will help you succeed. 

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.
Reflection: Be considerate in your work studies this will help you improve yourself as a person. People you care about their education and demonstrate strength to learn will improve. These people will be successful because they were considerate and wanted to learn more. Try to improve yourself daily and this will encourage your strength on personal power. 

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."

Key 8: Commitment
"No success is possible without commitment.The ability to commit yourself whole heartily is the basic of achieving all success." 
"Become totally absorbed in your work. Be totally committed."
Reflection: Commitment will allow you to be a successful and accomplished person. people who are always committed will be great leaders and role models for many people, there strong power to finish something will lead by example and help others. 

Key 9: Courage
"The fear of failure is the single greatest reason for failure in the life." 
Reflection: Having courage is the greatest strength you can have in order to succeed. Having courage allows you to do things you normally are afraid of doing such accomplishing something big in your life. Having courage will allow you to over come obstacles that are causing you not to succeed. Have courage in everything that you do, having courage is the key so success. 

Key 10: Confidence
"You only get confidence by doing things over and over again."
Reflection: Confidence will allow you to grow and have the courage to get things done. The only was to become more confident is by practicing over and over. Practice will only allow you to become stronger and come past your fears. Not only will your fears be diminished but you will also be able to over come anything. 

Military Medical Careers

Military Medical Careers

Duties and Responsibilities: The duties include helping military personal during emergencies or regular occasions. Some careers include dentist, nurse, Emergency physicians.

Salary: Depends on career you take part on.

Education: must be licensed to practice medicine, as well as a graduated program in medical program.

Summary: I would not be interested in being part of this job.

The Seven Habits

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

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: Being involved with the outside world is key to helping you become an effective person. People who are truly involved and proactive are more aware of different things and can help change you as a person. Never leave things for the last minute because you won't be able to accomplish them greatly.

Habit 2: Begin with the end in mind

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

Reflection: Begin with your final picture in mind this will help you get a clear understanding of what your goal is and what you need to do to accomplish this. Having the end in mind will help you see the big picture and help guide you easily to your end goal.

Habit 3: Put First Things First

"Organize and execute around priorities."

Reflection: People who are always reading for things and have their priorities organized become great people. These people do not lose time because they were unorganized they are always ready for the next thing. They know what must do first and what is will take to do this. Always be ready for what comes first and you will be a highly effective person.

Habit 4: Think Win-Win

"Think win-win or no deal."

Reflection: Thinking in a positive state of mind will help you succeed. Believing you are a winner will help you be a winner, thinking you can accomplish something is the best inspiration you can get. Think like a winner and you will be a winner.

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

"Diagnose before you prescribe."

Reflection: Knowing your priorities first and what you wish to accomplish will help you understand what you want. It is important to know what you want in order to complete them and for you to be able to explain to people what you want. Never leave something incomplete because people do not understand your end goal and because they cannot help you. Help yourself first before you try to teach others. 

Habit 6: Synergize
"The whole is greater than the sum of its parts (1+1=3)" 
Reflection: Working together in a team is better than what the outcome is. Teamwork allows you to learn more and meet new people. You're allowed to work with different minds and opinions.

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
" Four dimensions of Self-Renewal: Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Social /Emotional"  
Reflection: To be highly effective you must make sure you are effective mentally, physically, emotionally, and spiritually. This will allow you to do your best all the time and expect good outcomes.

Final Reflection: All of these are very crucial habits we must take account to in our everyday life to encourage a very good effective life. If you want to be an effective person take into consideration changing your life. Make your priorities first this will help you chnage your life a little better.

Winter Break

                         School Break Reflection

During my winter vacations I was able to enjoy many fun things. I stayed at home many times but I also went out with my family. I got to enjoy Disneyland on the first day of my vacations. Disneyland was very fun and exciting since it had been nine years I had gone to Disneyland. During my trip to Disneyland I got to experience new rides and see many new attractions they had. I also went to the movies many times during my break. I watched several movies such as Star Wars, Sisters, The Good Dinosaur, and Goosebumps. Besides Movies and Disneyland I also went bowling with friends and went out to eat several times. I did not meet anyone new but I did get to see my sister and her daughters during my break. They flew in from Nebraska and I got to spend some time with them. I didn’t do much book reading but I did do some reading for my homework. Overall my winter vacations were great.

Class/ Self Evaluation

Class/ Self Evaluation

A. Now that this class is over there are a few things I did like about this course and things I didn’t like. I enjoyed having posts that would continue on for days. Such as the six ways to make people like you posts where they would be continuations every day. I did not enjoy having little time to complete this semester’s final. I believe with more time and patience then we could of done a better job in our final.

B.  To improve this class for next semester we could change the amount of time we spend on time out and can work instead on fun projects.

C. I believe I did a good job in this class, I learned many new things such as coding programs. At the start of the year I completed a coding programming that allowed me to learn the basics of what this year’s class would be like.

D. I am truly committed to being CTR person. Being a CTR person helps me in many ways for starters I will never have to worry about bad consequences. I also will be able to grow as a person and succeed more. 

Six Ways to Make People Like you. If you want people to like you.........

Six Ways to Make People Like you. If you want people to like you.........

Rule 1: Become genuinely interested in other people.

1) "Do this and you will be welcome anywhere."

2) "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."

3) "Ask questions to other people, questions that they would enjoy answering."

Reflection: To have interest in someone you must respect their believes and values. Always respecting their values will make you seem like a great person and this will open the opportunity for them to come close to you. Allowing people to see what a great person you are will show your personality top many people. Always let people see the good side of you not the bad. Never seem uninterested in someone’s life.

Rule 2: Smile

1) "Actions speak louder than words, and a smile says, "I like you. You make me happy. I am glad to see you."

2) "You don't feel like smiling? Then force yourself to smile."

3) "It creates happiness in the home, fosters good will in a business, and is the countersign (witness or indication) of friends."

Reflection: Always having a bright smile on your face will demonstrate to people that you are very friendly. A smile can bring lots of warmth to people and affect them in a way that is very happy. Simple actions that are simple like smiling and saying thank you to people show how respectful you are and will bring a good attitude towards yourself. Whenever someone feels down a simple smile can make them feel better. People say a smile can be contagious, smiling simply brings people together. Always smile no matter what the circumstance is because a smile can make a huge difference. 

Rule 3: Remember names

1)   “A man’s name is to him the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”

2)  “If you don’t remember names, you are headed for trouble.”

Reflection: It is very important to always remember people’s names because this shows that you are informed and intrigued in the person. When you remembers ones name it shows people that you care for them and what they have to say. It shows a sign of respect and shows people that you truly care for them. Remembering names is the polite thing to do to people; it is rude for people not to know you by your name and even ruder to call them something else. 
Examples:
a) Trust yourself
b) Seeing faces
c) Using sound tricks
d) Hear the sounds repeat
e) Seeing spelling visually
f) Writing it down
g) Keeping records

Rule 4: Be a good listener. Encourage other to talk about themselves.

"If you aspire to be a 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.

Reflection: when you become more interested in what people are saying rather than just paying attention to yourself then that will show the person you are talking with that you care about them. Being a good listener will show the person you are a caring person. They can learn a lot form your personality, such as things you like or your opinion on certain topics. Always listening will allow you to open yourself up to people which can help you see the perspectives of many people. As well as seeing if you have any common interest with these people. 

5 Tips for Active Listening

1. Stay focused- keep eye contact, don't judge, be patient

2. Really listen- don't worry about what you should say next.

3. Allow for periods of silence- wait until the other person speaks again

4. Repeat what they have to said or repeat certain phrases they have said back to them reassure you really care

5. Understand the emotions behind the words- can show you truly care and your connection.

Rule 5: Talk in terms of the others man’s interest

"The royal road to a man's heart is to talk to him about the things he treasures most."

Reflection: Being respectful and acting with lots of attention to someone allows them to feel comfortable and open up to you. Talking with someone about what interests the like opens up many conversations to talk about. This allows you to see their side to many things and how they feel. Showing respect to their interest can also show what kind of person you are and if they are willing to be friends with you. Courtesy towards someone’s interest demonstrates your kindness and your interest. 

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."
Reflection: Making other feel appreciated helps create a closer bound to the person. They become to know your personality better and it shows them you are very caring. People who care for others will be known as good people with good hearts and they will always now to count on you. Making others feel cared for makes you seem very sincere and responsible. Whenever you seem to face a problem there will always be those people who you looked out for to be there in your time of need. Always be a helping hand this will help you in the long run.

Reflection: These are the six overall traits you must follow in order to make people like you. Never forget that kindness comes from within and people will be nice to you only if you’re nice to them. It might be hard at first to open up to someone but with time and practice people will get to know you better.

                         

                         

11-year-old sells secure passwords online for two bucks

11-year-old sells secure passwords online for two bucks

Passwords are part of our daily life and now an 11 year old in New York has created a system in which she creates passwords and sells them for just two dollars. Having a password that truly can protect our information is very vital so our information stay secure and protected from any random people. Mira Modi is a 6^th grader from New York and she has started a system that creates secure passwords for people. She uses dices and rolls them then collects the number which she then interprets them into a letter. This method creates very easy passwords many users can remember, and that computers can’t crack. This method will soon be very helpful for many Americans dealing with theft and fraud. Simply two dollars can prevent you from becoming another victim.