Leadership is not a title.

Leadership is not a title. It is a responsibility and only the best understanding that being a CEO is about waking up every day and making decisions that affect other people. And every CEO will agree that higher and raise the salary and beeing nice is 1% of your job. The toughest moments are the major ones, when need to fire someone, when need to make decisions when no one wants to make them - the hardest moments are where leadership is built.

When sales are slow.
When people doubt your vision.
When the easy option is to quit.

Anyone can lead when everything is working. The real leaders show up when things are difficult. Remember: your future is created by the decisions you make today.