Optimism~

Optimism: Making sure you make good use of experience and not breaking but bending when something does not work

Scenario:

RRRIIINNNGG! The bell rings and your one week vacation has officially begun. Oh, but wait a minute. You have a math project called the Leaky Faucet due the day you get back.The purpose of the project is to calculate the amount of water wasted by a dripping faucet every hour. That means you have to sit by a dripping faucet for at least FIVE hours. There goes all ideas of a great vacation. So, you plod on home and after a quick snack, you begin your project. Within two you are officially frustrated because the calculations will not "cooperate". Within five hours you are ready to give up. Since math is not your forte, you keep failing to get the correct measurements and all the techniques you are using to calculate are not working. Should you give up now? Or should you keep trying? But, you are already about to explode. WHAT SHOULD YOU DO?

"Answer":

A good leader would follow Thomas Edison's quote, I have not failed. I have just found 1,000 ways that won't work. This would mean that they would not give up no matter how trying the circumstances and learn from their past experiences, even if the experiences add up to over a 1000. Giving up is basically cheating yourself and not giving yourself the credit you should be. Leaders should be optimistic and show everyone ELSE the silver lining of each cloud.