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Success Strategies from the (Mountain) Top
By Taylor Mallory

Alison Levine, 41, the team captain of the first American women's Everest expedition, has climbed the highest peak on each continent and skied 100 miles across the Arctic Circle to the North Pole. As if that weren't achievement enough, Levine founded the Climb High Foundation (climbhighfoundation.org), a nonprofit that trains jobless women in Africa to be mountain guides, and Daredevil Strategies, a leadership consultancy teaching how the tactics she learned in mountain climbing apply to the business world. Previously Levine spent 11 years in the healthcare industry in the U.S. and Asia, worked for Goldman Sachs and served as deputy finance director for Arnold Schwarzenegger's first successful California gubernatorial campaign. In the April.May issue of PINK, Levine tells PINK what it's like at the top (and we mean top).

Here she shares success strategies from years at her peak:

1. Have the courage to walk away when things don't seem right.

2. Never underestimate the power of holding hands during a storm.

3. Know how to balance on the edge without stepping over. Don't multi-task yourself to death.   

4. Many of the most alluring heights are also the most dangerous. Trust your gut, not the weather reports, to navigating your route.

5. If your feet hurt, celebrate! It means you still have them.

6. Fear is good; it should keep you moving. If you get overwhelmed, you'll get complacent: Standing still will kill you, or your deal.