The Niche Is You
Hi, I’m Matt Gottesman (@mattgottesman on Instagram) and this is my daily podcast where I offer practical thoughts and perspectives to un-complicate life, creativity and the pursuit of your highest self. Instead of choosing one niche for the podcast, I decided that the niche is you… a simple, straight forward show about the power of not boxing yourself into any one category, title or niche, but embracing all of your gifts, having a better relationship with yourself and trusting your path (intuition). I’m not a "category" expert, just someone sharing my thoughts, perspectives and experiences on topics that really...
Faith Is Learning What’s Yours to Do and What’s God’s to Carry
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Building a relationship with God that exists outside of what you need from Him.Praying for direction, but don’t expect God to make every decision for you.Not confusing uncertainty with God’s absence.Learning the difference between surrendering the outcome and abandoning your responsibility.Paying attention to what your life is producing, not just what you say you believe.Not making every coincidence a sign or every obstacle a warning.Sometimes the answer to your prayer comes with something you’re responsible for doing.Letting your faith change what you want...Stop Praying For a Person… Start Preparing For a Partnership
In this episode we’ll talk about:
why alignment starts with internal preparation, not external pursuithow to become the partner you’re praying to attractthe role of spiritual maturity in divine unionwhy God's timing often waits on our readiness and impact and more.And more…
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What If It’s Not Imposter Syndrome But Resistance to Your Power?
In this episode we’ll talk about:
why you feel fear or friction right before you step into alignmentthe difference between “imposter syndrome” and spiritual resistancewhat real power asks of you — and why it scares youhow to move forward with the weight of your assignmentAnd more…
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Champions Obsess Over Fundamentals, Not Trophies (Shane Parrish)
In this episode we’ll talk about:
focusing on fundamentals instead of trophieshow external validation creates a dependency that puts your fulfillment in other people’s handsthe daily practice of championscontrol versus influence and managing your energythe fundamentals of your craftprocess orientation as competitive advantageAnd more…
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How Do You Know When It’s Time to Leave… the Job, the Career, the Relationship or the Location?
In this episode we’ll talk about:
why we keep waiting for absolute clarity before making major transitionsfear activation & avoidancethe myth of certaintydoubt versus intuitionphysical and emotional signals the body sends you before your mind catches upAnd more…START HERE…
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It’s Bigger Than You Think… God Will Provide
In this episode we’ll talk about:
how our prayers are always being answered, why “no’s” are also prayers working in our favor, why our purpose is bigger than we think, why it’s harder to think bigger in a physical world, letting go of who we think we are to be who we really areAnd more…
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What If Success Is Actually a Life You Like Living?
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Having enough time to actually enjoy the life you worked so hard to build.Being able to say no without worrying about what you might miss.Not needing everyone to understand the choices you’ve made.Doing work you respect even when nobody is applauding it.Having relationships that don’t require you to abandon yourself to keep them.Waking up without immediately feeling behind.Knowing what “enough” looks like for you.Being able to change your mind when the life you wanted no longer fits who you’ve become.Having peace that i...Consistency Is the Art of Returning To Yourself Daily
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Consistency isn’t doing the same thing every day... it’s continuing to return to what matters.You don’t need to feel motivated to stay devoted.Missing a day won’t ruin your momentum. Letting one day convince you to quit will.The boring reps are usually where the real work is happening.Give something enough time before deciding it isn’t working.Your rhythm doesn’t have to look like anyone else’s to be effective.Consistency gets easier when the work actually belongs to you.Stop restarting every time you discove...In a World That’s Constantly Pulling At Your Attention… The Most Spiritual Thing You Can Do Is Focus
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Knowing what deserves your attention… and what doesn’t.Stopping treating every opportunity like an assignment.Giving your best work your best hours.Protecting enough quiet to hear what’s actually yours.Not letting urgency decide your priorities.Staying with something long enough for it to compound.Learning to say no without needing to justify it.Making fewer things matter more.Being more devoted to the assignment than distracted by the noise.And more…
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How To Create Deeper Trust With Yourself and Your Intuition
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Creating enough silence to actually hear yourself.Noticing what keeps returning to you.Paying attention to what gives you energy… and what drains it.Not confusing other people’s certainty with your truth.Letting advice inform you without overriding what you know.Stop requiring outside validation for every inner knowing.Learning the difference between fear warning you and fear stretching you.Trusting gets stronger every time you act on what you know.Giving yourself enough experience to recognize your own patterns.Bringing it to God… then get quiet enough to listen.And more...If I Could Give You Any Advice on Your Craft and Calling, It Would Be This
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Putting in the repsStaying consistent long enough to find your rhythmStudying your craft because you genuinely want to understand itPaying attention to creators across disciplines without abandoning your instinctsGetting more interested in mastery than recognitionLetting curiosity keep expanding your workLearning what only experience can teach youStaying devoted when nobody is watchingGiving it enough time to become unmistakably yoursAnd more…
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Success Is Also Getting Back Up (Advice My Father Gave Me Before He Passed)
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why success isn’t the end outcome as much as it is the person you’re becomingWhy resilience is an indicator of where you’re goingNot letting the bad times keep you downGetting back up after a devastating blowMy advice from my father before he passedAnd more…
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The Work You’re Afraid to Share Is Probably the Work That Matters Most
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why the work that scares you is usually the work that resonates the mostThe myth of “it has to be perfect first”Real work carries risk… that’s why it’s powerfulWhat happens when you share the work anywaysAnd more…
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How to Know What’s a Distraction Vs What’s Truly Yours
In this episode we’ll talk about:
What’s a distraction versus what’s meant to be yoursWhy distractions don’t always look like problems but opportunitiesWhy divine assignments (what’s meant for you) can seem so subtleKnowing what’s appealing to your ego versus your soulHow to know when you feel alignedAnd more…
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When God Removes, It’s Always to Make Room
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why God’s removals are protection, not punishment.The difference between losing something and being led into something better.How release creates capacity for alignment.Trusting subtraction as part of God’s strategy.And more…
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What Are Non-Negotiables To Consider In a Relationship
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why non-negotiables protect relationships instead of restrict them.The difference between shared values and surface-level compatibility.Growth as a responsibility, not just a preference.Why reverence and devotion are the foundation of lasting love.And more…
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Make It Before You Understand it… The Breakthrough Is On the Other Side of Execution
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why clarity is a result of creation, not a prerequisiteHow action activates creative intelligenceThe role of experimentation in originalityWhat happens when you surrender to the process and stop trying to control the productAnd more…
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If It Doesn’t Fit Your Future, Don’t Keep Forcing It in the Present
In this episode we’ll talk about:
How to discern misalignment in your current seasonWhy your next level requires internal space — not just external actionLetting go of “used-to-fit” things with graceMaking present decisions based on future alignment, not past comfortAnd more…
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Your Art Isn’t Just What You Make… It’s What You Free in Others
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why your work is bigger than the product — it’s the presence behind itHow honest expression gives permission to othersWhy your resonance matters more than your reachThe legacy of your art isn’t just what you leave behind — it’s what you unlock in real timeAnd more…START HERE…
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Love Is Also Learning How Someone Changes
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why loving someone for a long time means loving more than one version of themHow familiarity can quietly replace curiosity in relationshipsWhy growth doesn't automatically threaten a relationship—and can actually deepen itHow to create room for two people to evolve without growing apartWhy lasting intimacy requires repeatedly choosing to know the person who is actually in front of you nowAnd more…
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Purpose Is Rarely One Job Title
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why we often confuse purpose with professionHow the same deeper thread can express itself through completely different seasons of lifeWhy previous careers and experiences may not have been detours just because you eventually outgrew themHow to recognize the recurring themes underneath the different things you've doneWhy purpose can become more expansive as your life changes rather than requiring you to choose one identity foreverAnd more…START HERE…
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Your Gifts Create Responsibility… Why Being Given Something Isn’t the Same as Having Stewarded It
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why identifying your gifts is only the beginning of stewardshipHow gifts create responsibility without becoming pressure or entitlementWhy talent still requires practice, discipline, and developmentHow stewardship applies beyond talent—to money, influence, relationships, wisdom, and opportunityWhy the ultimate purpose of a gift may be larger than the person who received itAnd more…
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What You Do After You Pray Matters Too
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why prayer and participation belong togetherHow to recognize when the next answer may be a responsibility rather than another revelationWhy surrender doesn't mean becoming passive about what is yours to carryHow prayer should change the way we work, apologize, prepare, decide, and show upWhy faithfulness often begins with handling what's already in front of youAnd more…START HERE…
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Not Every Decision Will Feel Certain... Move Anyway
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why certainty and clarity aren't the same thingHow waiting for perfect information can quietly become another form of avoidanceWhat responsible decision-making looks like when you can't predict the outcomeHow uncertainty shows up differently in business, relationships, money, family, and faithWhy maturity means learning to trust your process without requiring guarantees about the resultAnd more…
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Learn How to Be Easy to Tell the Truth To
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Why asking for honesty also creates a responsibility to learn how to receive itHow our reactions can unintentionally teach people what is and isn't safe to tell usWhy listening to someone's truth doesn't require agreeing with their interpretationHow difficult conversations can deepen relationships when neither person has to protect themselves from the conversation itselfWhat it means to become someone people trust with honesty, vulnerability, disagreement, and difficult informationAnd more…START HERE…
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Be Careful What You Give Your Life Away To
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Why time may be one of the most important things we've been entrusted to stewardHow generosity can quietly become over-availabilityWhy every yes is ultimately a decision about where your life goesHow protecting time creates room for calling, prayer, work, rest, and relationshipsWhy intentional living requires deciding what deserves the finite life you've been givenAnd more…START HERE…
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You Should Have Work Nobody Ever Sees
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why making everything public can subtly change the way we createHow private work gives experimentation somewhere safe to happenWhy curiosity needs room to exist without immediately becoming usefulHow unseen practice develops taste, skill, voice, and creative rangeWhy work nobody sees can ultimately strengthen the work everybody doesAnd more…
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You Don't Just Marry a Person… You Marry Their Way of Moving Through Life
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why marriage is about more than compatibility—it's also about shared directionWhy someone's relationship with God and their character under pressure matter so deeplyHow everyday habits around money, family, work, and responsibility eventually become part of the marriageWhy discernment means looking at someone's patterns and direction, not simply their potentialWhat it means for two individual callings to become a shared stewardship without either person losing themselvesAnd more…
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Your Best Work Won't Come From Working More… It'll Come From Living Deeper
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why more work eventually reaches diminishing creative returnsHow your life itself becomes part of your creative practiceWhy depth comes from integration, not simply consuming more informationWhy some ideas need more life before they need more workHow to build a life that continually gives something back to what you createAnd more…
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Sometimes God Answers the Prayer by Changing What You Want
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why prayer isn't only about changing circumstances—it can change the person prayingHow to recognize when a desire is being refined rather than abandonedWhy some things lose their appeal as we grow spirituallyWhat happens when we stop needing one specific outcome in order to feel okayHow prayer can move from “God, give me what I want” toward “God, teach me what is worth wanting”And more…
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Sometimes Saying No Is How You Protect What's Coming
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why the right decision can still feel like lossHow to separate an incredible opportunity from the terms attached to itWhy knowing what you own—and what isn't for sale—is essential in life and businessHow faith helps you say no without knowing whether another opportunity is comingWhy protecting your gifts today can create possibilities you can't possibly see yetAnd more…
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Build a Life That Can Hold the Things You're Praying For
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why receiving what you're praying for can require more capacity than you realizeHow preparation often begins before the opportunity, relationship, or provision arrivesWhy answered prayers create responsibilities as well as blessingsHow to identify what your future life may require from you todayWhy preparation isn't about earning God's blessings—it's about becoming a better steward of what arrivesAnd more…
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Self-Love Is Discipline
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why self-love is something you practice, not simply something you feelHow knowing yourself creates stronger values, boundaries, and convictionsWhy discipline is one of the clearest ways you demonstrate care for your future selfHow a stronger relationship with yourself changes the way you communicate and relate to other peopleWhy self-love ultimately means taking responsibility for yourself instead of waiting for everyone else to changeAnd more…START HERE…
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Don't Doubt the Direction Just Because You Can't See the Destination
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why trusting God can feel easy when the destination is visible—and much harder when only the direction is clearHow to discern God's direction before moving without demanding certainty about every detailWhy the middle of transition is often where we begin questioning what we once knewHow our need for control can make unfamiliarity feel like misalignmentWhy going back isn't always the answer simply because moving forward became uncomfortableHow to remain faithful to the next step when God hasn't shown you the entire journeyAnd more…START HERE…
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Passion Isn't Something You Feel Once… It's Something You Practice For a Lifetime
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why passion is less about intensity and more about sustained relationshipWhy loving something makes you curious enough to understand it deeplyHow devotion shows up differently before you have something, while you're building it, and after you've received itWhy mastery lives in the details most people are willing to overlookHow genuine passion can call greater devotion out of the people around youWhy the things that matter most need to be continually chosen—not simply achievedAnd more…START HERE…
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The Best Relationships Create More Freedom, Not Less
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why commitment doesn't have to diminish freedom—it can create a deeper kind of itHow healthy love gives both people room to remain individuals while building a shared lifeWhy emotional safety can expand your willingness to grow, create, risk, and becomeHow the right partner supports your gifts without trying to control what they becomeWhy great relationships protect three things at once: you, your partner, and the life you're building togetherAnd more…
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The Work That Changes People Usually Changes You First
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Why the most meaningful work usually begins with your own transformationHow creating from lived experience builds trust and authenticityWhy your greatest contribution often comes from the problems you've personally wrestled withThe difference between creating to impress people and creating to serve themHow continuing to grow yourself keeps your work alive, relevant, and deeply humanAnd more…
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God May Be Protecting the Pace, Not Delaying the Promise
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why slower seasons aren't necessarily signs that you've been forgottenHow preparation often happens in places we can't yet seeWhy pace can be a form of protection—for both you and what you're buildingHow hindsight often reveals the wisdom we couldn't see in the momentWhy trusting God's timing doesn't mean becoming passive—it means faithfully stewarding today's assignmentAnd more…
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Your Creativity Was Never Separate From God
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why Scripture begins by introducing us to God as CreatorWhat Bezalel teaches us about the relationship between creativity, craftsmanship, skill, and SpiritWhy creativity extends far beyond art into building, entrepreneurship, problem-solving, storytelling, and everyday lifeHow your sensitivity, curiosity, imagination, and ability to notice things can become part of your contributionWhy having a creative gift also creates a responsibility to develop and steward itHow creating can become a way of participating with God rather than simply expressing yourselfAnd more…START HERE…
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You Can Feel Uncertain and Still Be Deeply Grounded
In this episode we’ll talk about:
Why uncertainty doesn't mean you're confused, lost, or moving in the wrong directionHow uncertainty can become an ally when you stop treating the unknown as a threatWhy groundedness comes from knowing yourself—not knowing the futureHow faith, intuition, your body, wisdom, and discernment can help you navigate what you can't predictWhy real peace comes from trusting your ability to meet what's next rather than needing to control itAnd more…
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