Being A Race Leader

Competitors want to be upfront. Being a leader takes more than going fast. It requires good choices and a team of good people around you that will help you to be successful. As an individual who seeks to be a leader you will want to use the following leadership qualities as a checklist of goals to try your hardest to reach:

Achievement Motivation – be motivated to do well in school
Peaceful Conflict Resolution – seek to resolve conflict nonviolently
Resistance Skills – learn to resist negative peer pressure and dangerous situations
Caring – place a high value on helping other people
Integrity – act upon your convictions and stand up for your beliefs
Honesty – tell the truth even when it’s not easy
Responsibility – accept and take responsibility for your choices whether good or bad
Restraint – it is important not to be sexually active or to use alcohol or other drugs

These eight characteristics are part of forty assets of healthy character development that have been identified by the Search Institute of Minneapolis, MN. You can find a complete list of all forty at www.search-institute.org.