You have heard a lot about the importance of staying positive and looking for the best in any condition. As a powerful leader you need to keep both yours and your staff’s moral high in order to keep moving forward with energy and to focus this energy for good work instead of worrying about the future.

But you often face conditions that are too difficult to handle. So you may have a second thought about being positive all the time. You started a company in the midst of recession in your country and no matter what you do; you keep getting stuck with no progress. You keep your morals high and use will power to consistently work on your plans but you keep receiving bad news from everywhere. You know that a powerful leader is optimistic and should look into the half-full glass. But the more you look the little positive you can find. People hardly spend their money now, banks are resistant and too careful to give a loan, corruption is everywhere and hope doesn’t appear to be anywhere near you. In fact, the best time to test your leadership power is during the highly challenging times. If you believe in being optimistic at any condition as a principle, you need to practice it even when it’s most difficult. Challenging times are also good times to demonstrate your leadership power to your team as well. It’s easy to preach and practice positive attitude when everything is normal but it is the time of tremendous challenges that your true character comes out.