Tips for Youth: Getting a Handle on Life and a Grip on Leadership By Dr. Jannie Carter

• Never accept anything less than the best that you can be.
• Prioritize, prioritize, and prioritize! Know what's important.
• Success is achieving what you set out to do. Set realistic goals for yourself and work to achieve them.
• Take charge of your own life and be a good example. You have to be going somewhere if you want others to follow you.
• Inspire someone else to make a difference.
• Sometimes permission to lead doesn't come. You have to step up to the plate.
• Understand that there are situations greater than you. Work to change the things you can.
• Make every day count and have a purpose in what you do.
• Be flexible and embrace change. Change is inevitable and the forerunner to progress.
• Worry only about those things that you can change for the better. Then go ahead and change them.
• Have a positive spirit and a sense of humor. Laughter is good for physical and emotional well-being.
• Be careful what you do, where you go, and what you say.
• Be well informed. Know what's going on around you.
• Climb your mountains and learn from life's experiences.
• Use common sense! It can happen to you.