There’s Power in Getting Lost

When was the last time you were genuinely lost… in your business?

Not an existential crisis.
But, the small, unsettling lost.

The moment when you realise…
“Oooh! I don’t quite know where I am.”

There’s a flicker of panic. A sudden urge to reach for certainty.

We almost never let that moment linger nowadays. We rush to fix it.

Satnav and GPS are a classic example.
We lean on the calm, maternal voice to dictate our every move.

Which is efficient… And quietly dangerous.

Because something subtle happens to leaders when navigation is outsourced for too long.

We stop losing the ability to find our way… and start complying.

Complying with “Financial Planning Best Practice”
(whatever that means this year).

I’ve been thinking about leadership through this lens recently.

Watching what happens to leaders when the map no longer fits.
When the old language feels thin.
When answers that once worked no longer quite do.

This is the season many leaders are in… even if they don’t name it.

They’re successful…. Competent…. Respected.
And quietly disoriented.

In moments like this, there’s a strong temptation to reach for better directions.

A clearer framework. A smarter plan. Someone else’s certainty.
The Best Practice Thingy.

And financial services gurus are very happy to supply all of it.

But I’m no longer convinced this is what leaders need most.

Because confidence, courage, creativity, resilience… isn’t built by being shown the way.
It’s built in the finding of it.

In pausing. And choosing without full information.
In trusting your internal compass again.

Talented artists don’t revel in the finished painting.
They revel in the making of it.

What if getting lost isn’t a failure of leadership… but a threshold you need to cross?

What if the discomfort we rush to eliminate
is the very place where something quieter and more magnificent is being rebuilt?

The place where judgement sharpens. Where discernment deepens.
Where the responsibility to choose is exercised.

Where we find the courage to say:
“I don’t know yet… and I trust myself.”

That feels inefficient. Almost irresponsible… in a culture addicted to answers.

And yet this is where depth forms.
Possibilities. Insane ideas. Laughable vision.

This kind of leadership is shaped while you’re still unsure… and choosing to act anyway.

So perhaps the invitation is simpler than we think.

Not to be more decisive. More informed. More certain.
But to reclaim the courage to get a little lost… on purpose.

Just enough to remember who’s actually navigating.

So, I’m going to walk with that today.

I’ll leave this Thinking Bench today without tidy conclusions.
Still thinking.
Still stepping into the fog.
Still trusting the next step will reveal itself… once I’m willing to choose it.

That feels like a quality of leadership worth practising.

That’s the Soul Millionaire way.