I saw House of Dynamite on Netflix yesterday, and instead of just enjoying the movie, I was seeing the weight of responsibility, and sometimes what it means to be a leader.

Although you people would have told me that the movie did not show whether the missile hit or not, now, I have to finish the story without a closure. 😫

I will firmly posit that leadership at any level means taking responsibility for the lives of other people; it’s just that the weight and consequences differ from level to level. But the movie exemplified what it means to be in positions of power—especially when you want to act with responsibility.

Soldiers trained for routine operations all their lives now face the crushing weight of intercepting their first ballistic missile—knowing that a single failure could cost 10 million lives. The defence secretary knowing his daughter is in the kill zone, but cannot tell her, ending the call with “I love you”, and going on to commit suicide.

There are weights that come with responsibility, and the higher you go, which should be the growth trajectory of anybody, the more you should be ready to face things that are bigger than what you are facing now. This is what I have been telling myself in recent times—you will not get less busy, and your schedule and responsibilities will not get less intense; the faster I find my way around the chaos that I have on my hands today, the better for me.

Are you preparing for the things you are praying for, Reader?

- O'gbemiro