Who Are You When Nobody Needs Anything From You?

Entrusted to Lead Podcast · Oct 29, 2026 · 19m

Entrusted to Lead | Season 5, Episode 88

Have you ever had a rare moment when nobody needed anything from you — no decisions to make, no problems to solve, no one waiting for your answer — and instead of enjoying the quiet, you felt a little lost?

When you've spent years being the person everyone depends on, being needed can become more than something you do. It can become part of how you understand who you are.

I've spent much of my life building organizations, leading teams, and carrying responsibilities that genuinely mattered. And I've been learning that sometimes the very things we've…