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6) Shadow other leaders
Learn from leaders you admire. Don’t just read about them—observe them first

hand. Find role models worthy of your attention, those who lead in the manner you aspire
to lead and those who have impacted others as you desire to influence.
7) Retreat to advance
At least once a year, if not more frequently, set aside a day to review your life.
Remove yourself from the distractions of a typical day. This will most likely require

“retreating” to a location where you are inspired and inaccessible by phone.
8) Mentor someone
You’ll know you are making an impact when someone approaches you and asks
you to be their mentor. One of the best ways to internalize what you know is to share it

with others. Being able to build into the life of an aspiring leader is not only a way to help
in the growth of another, but a revitalizing way to stay motivated.
9) Take care of your health
It is hard to live a high-performance life in a low-performance body. That isn’t to
suggest that you need to become fanatical about your health. It does mean that you should

take care of yourself. You won’t have much to give others—individuals or organizations
—if you destroy your health.
10) Enjoy the journey
We often become so immersed in the journey that we don’t actually enjoy it. Take

time to enjoy the little pleasures in life and not just the significant life events.
11) Clarify your values
When values are clear, decision making is easy. I can’t think of anything as
important to success as a leader than truly knowing what is important to you, which
means having boundaries defined by values. It is this consistency of the inner and outer

life that enables a leader to live from the inside out.
12) Live like a victor of circumstance
Bad stuff happens to good people. This is inevitable. Yet it is easy to spend too
much time as a victim, trying to figure out why the bad stuff happened, than to respond as

victors with a resilience that says, “This is bad. So what am I going to do to make it
better?”
The choice is simple: learn from the situation or languish in it. The next time you
encounter a problem, remember: This is a test. What is the lesson?

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