The Weight of Inherited Destiny in Leadership.

Rest is the best operating model of carrying the weight of destiny.

A few days ago, I was awakened at 3am with the weight of my calling and destiny in front of me and was confronted by God to choose what to do with it. This encounter triggered so much .

Here is what I am still learning from that encounter.

In business and in life, destiny doesn’t always arrive as a clean slate.

Often, it comes wrapped in history of unfinished visions, abandoned projects, and the silent weight of what those before us could not complete. We inherit more than opportunity; we inherit responsibility.

There are days when this weight feels like an honour.

To carry forward a vision my forefathers and others could not finish,

to take the torch that slipped from their hands and lift it higher

this is no small privilege.

And yet, the honour is not without grief.

Because in leadership, how I carry that weight matters.

If I rise, it creates momentum for those who will follow.

If I stumble, if I neglect the responsibility,

my missteps echo forward, shaping the inheritance of the next generation.

This is the paradox of legacy:

to lead is to build not only for yourself,

but for those whose names you may never know ( how painful).

The danger for many leaders is to believe they must shoulder this alone.

But business, like destiny, is not meant to be dragged forward by sheer willpower.

It is sustained by trust- trust in the process, trust in people, trust in the vision, and above all, trust in God who wastes nothing ( even the failures you made).

Carrying the weight of destiny in business is not just about striving harder.

It is also an invitation to be.

To pause, to sit with the discomfort of responsibility,

to acknowledge both the pressure and the privilege of leadership.

Rest is not weakness, it is strategy for perspective, it is a chance to fuel the human that drives the million pound machine.

It is where clarity sharpens and resilience is forged.

When we embrace both the honour and the grief,

we carry legacy with integrity.

We transform the weight into momentum,

turn unfinished dreams into fulfilled visions,

and create enterprises that outlive us.

In the end, this is what true leadership is:

not the relentless pressure to succeed at all costs,

but the courage to trust, to rest, and to build faithfully

knowing the decisions we make today

become the foundations for generations to stand on tomorrow.

But… It comes at a painful cost.