The Niche Is You

Busyness Isn’t Faithfulness… It’s Avoidance

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Sep 24, 2025
In this insightful discussion, the concept of busyness is explored as a form of avoidance rather than true devotion. The host highlights how hurry distracts from our actual purpose and calling. Listeners learn to differentiate between mere productivity and genuine purpose, questioning if constant activity truly enhances impact. Key strategies are shared to replace avoidance with clarity and alignment, emphasizing that real faithfulness comes from focused commitments rather than being everywhere at once.
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INSIGHT

Slowness Improves Output

  • Slowing down lets you focus on the right tasks and conserve your nervous system energy.
  • Slow work produces higher return and clearer priorities than constant hurry.
INSIGHT

Busyness Masquerades As Devotion

  • Busyness can masquerade as devotion while actually being distraction and avoidance.
  • People retreat to habitual work to avoid new uncertain tasks they should face.
ADVICE

Resist Hurry, Do Your Assignment

  • Question hurry and urgency culture to see if it distracts you from the work God assigned.
  • Prioritize the specific assignment instead of jumping to adjacent or easier tasks.
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