10 KEYS OF NEXT LEVEL LEADERSHIP

1. CHARACTER
knowing right; doing right.

2. COMMITMENT
a pledge, promise, agreement, obligation.

3. CONSISTENCY
steadfast adherence, stickability, loyalty, faithfulness, coherent solidity.

4. CONVERSATION
helpful informal interchange of thoughts or information, by words.

5. CONNECTION
anything that connects; the ability to be all things to all [wo]men in order to win some.

6. COMPASSION
a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering.

7. CREATIVITY
the state of being that brings into existence that which does not yet exist.

8. COUNT
to consider; to take into account. a wise builder counts the cost before beginning his/her building project.

9. CALENDAR
any of various systems of reckoning time, and assisting in keeping to time.

10. CONTRIBUTION
the action of contributing in time, talent and treasure.

THE ‘AND’ LIFE

The master in the art of living makes little distinction between his work and his play, his labor and his leisure, his mind and his body, his information and his recreation, his love and his religion. He hardly knows which is which. He simply pursues his vision of excellence at whatever he does, leaving others to decide whether he is working or playing. To him he's always doing both.

- James A. Michener