Svetlana Kasimova

The authors discusses the features of the development of leadership potential of high school students and the features of interrelation between leadership potential and personal qualities of high school students. The authors describes the experience of training work for the development of personal qualities and leadership potential and determine its effectiveness.

The article is concerned with the problem of positive thinking, the meaning of life orientations and person's viability. The empirical study shows the positive correlations between the positive thinking, the meaning of life orientations and the viability of students.