Leadership

00:00 Now the next component of getting into medical school is "Leadership." And leadership is a kind of a difficult one to measure.

00:09 You can get elected president of a campus organization or community organization.

00:14 And those are good qualities of leadership to be sure.

00:17 And I definitely recommend that you do that because that's early part of the involvement that I think is helpful for you to be successful in doing.

00:25 But leadership really comes from internal qualities that you have.

00:32 Those internal qualities are things that will show to the community that's evaluating you that you are a doer.

00:39 The reason leadership is important is that a professional cannot be a push over.

00:47 You can't be incharge of someone's life details or someone's life process, or saving someone's life.

00:54 Unless someone convince you of something that you know is wrong.

00:59 You can't be pushed over by others.

01:01 So it's important that you have a strong central core and that's measured and obtained in leadership.

01:07 And the more leadership you get involved in, the stronger your core will be.

01:11 Important to consider.