As we can see, development of people into leaders is level four and wen a leader reaches this level, they indeed have become a great leader.

Why would anyone want to become a leader and exactly who can be seen as a leader? The obvious answers would be a boss, a pastor, a government official, a coach, and a corporate executive. There is another more important position that most people overlook when asked to list people that are leaders and that is teachers. Teachers should strive to reach level five more than anyone because due to their position they have opportunity to influence future of our country by influencing minds of our children. Parents should also strive to become best leaders they can so that they can positively influence their children and help to make our country, perhaps even our world, a better place as an end result. The latter definitely have been lacking in their duties as leaders for many years as can be seen by observing Generation Xers as they pass through our institutions of higher learning and ultimately into work force of today. Most of these individuals have never been exposed to quality leadership in home or at school; as a result, they not only lack understanding of how important leadership qualities are, but fail to ever grasp concept of leadership.

As parents and teachers we must develop leaders without ourselves so that we can develop leaders within our children and make a more positive impact on lives of others and hopefully turn situation we are now in around. WE have a responsibility, nay a duty, not only to our children, but also to our country and to world we live in to do this. We must read proper books written by quality leaders so that we can learn how to develop ourselves and “lead by example.” When we ourselves learn what makes good leaders and practice these learned traits, we will find that in end not only have we become better people for it, but we have helped our children to become better people as well.

Loving relationships. As much as some people swear they are happy being alone, we need human companionship to feel alive and part of world.

Quality time with family and friends. Everyone thrives when you take time to enjoy important people in your life. Even if you’re a workaholic like me, make sure to set aside time everyday for important relationships. You think that if you do all work now, you can make it up to them later when you’ve made it. Most of time, by time you’ve made it, important people in your life have left. It happens all time.

A way to support all of above. Yep, that’s where money comes in. But it’s more than that. It has to be some- thing you like doing, or every workday will seem like a prison sentence.

Dreams and goals. Without something to strive for, something to live for, we end up in a tedious existence. We need something that keeps fire going – no matter how old you are. How many people have you known who reached retirement only to spend rest of their days in front of television?

Faith. It takes many forms throughout your life. Faith in your God, faith in yourself, faith in your kids. You’ll find many times in your life when you just need to have faith that things will come out ok. Faith is what get us through tough times. It has been proven in numerous studies that those who practice their religion live longer, healthier, and happier lives.

Whenever you feel discontent coming on, do some soul searching and find out what you’ve been ignoring. It may seem like a lot of work to tend to all this stuff. It’s just like juggler. When you drop one of balls, rest come dropping down too. You need to pay attention to all of balls. Instead of a balancing act, let’s call it a Juggling Act!