The Terror of Total Obligation. In Kevin De Young’s new book, Crazy Busy: A (Mercifully) Short Book about a (Really) Big Problem
you will not find new management techniques, or time-saving strategies you can pin to Pinterest. But you will find insights and new perspectives.
As John Piper said, “We should all care about all suffering.” He did not say “do” something about all suffering. This epitomizes the timeless truth we neglect in the course of a busy day: we do, indeed each have different gifts and different skills.
Doing something, just for the sake of “facilitating” when we are “inefficient” is negligence. Our act robs our other, highly talented people of the chance to develop the skills for which we hired them.“
