(2) Leaders Have a Positive Attitude

Your reaction to the circumstances of your life has everything to do with your well-being and your abilities as a leader. The story is told of the young bride who traveled with her husband to the desert during World War II. 

Because she had grown up where there were trees and many people, the desert seemed remote and desolate to her. Where they lived didn't make it any easier. The only housing they could find was a shack near a village of Native Americans, none of whom spoke English. She spent a lot of time there alone, waiting out the sweltering heat every day. 

When her husband was gone for a long period she wrote her mother to say she was returning home. A few days later she received this reply: "Two men looked from prison bars, one saw mud, one saw stars." 

Those words helped the young woman to see things more clearly. Maybe she couldn't improve her circumstances, but she could improve herself. She made friends with her neighbors. She began working with them on weaving and pottery and she took time to explore the desert and discover its natural beauty. All of a sudden, she was living in a new world—and the only thing that had changed was her attitude.  

Every great leader has a positive attitude.

（二）领导人怀有正面积极的态度

您对生活周遭环境的应对跟您的状态和领导能力息息相关。二次世界大战的时候，有一个故事记述了一位新娘子和丈夫搬到沙漠居住的真人真事。

因为她从小在树多人多的地方长大，所以觉得沙漠既偏僻又荒凉。而他们的住房更是对新娘子的心情一点帮助也谈不上。那是坐落在美国土著印第安人村落旁边的一个废墟。这些邻居连英语都不懂说。新娘子常常独自一个人，天天在炙热中等待丈夫回家。

有一次丈夫出远门，她就写信告诉母亲说“我要回家了”。不久她在母亲的来信上看到了回答，“两个犯人在牢房里瞅着。一位看着地上的泥泞，另一位则见到天上的星星。”

这句话使得新娘子更清楚地看到了自己的处境。也许她无能改变环境，可是她可以改变自己。

她开始和邻居交朋友，向他们学习编织衣服、制作陶器。她花时间认识沙漠，发现其中的大自然美。突然间，她感觉到自己住在一个崭新的世界里——唯一的改变是她的态度。

领导人看事情正面，做事情积极。