I’ve written a bunch about starting fresh this new year. This post is by far my favorite
Taking Inventory
Nah. It’s more like getting rid of your inventory. Very cut and dry.
Go through all of your lists right now: your projects, your folders, your notes, your journals, your goals, and either ship or delete them.
Simple right?
Well you’re going to come across a project and think to yourself, “Well this is something that I can’t ship right now because it’s unfinished and it’ll take time to be finished.”
Decide right now whether you will actually finish it within the next two months. If yes, then do it. If no, then either delete it or ship a short version of it. Put it out there for someone else to work on.
There are a couple of concepts at play here.
The first is that if your idea was remarkable enough, you would be working on it constantly or would be passionate enough to complete it within two months.
The second is that if you can withhold one of your ideas, one of your projects, then you are saying it’s not important enough to be delivered right away. (If it is, then now I’m mad that you’ve made me wait so long and won’t buy into it when you finally deliver it.)
The new year is about starting fresh. You have 21 days to go through all you have and either ship or delete. Ship or delete. Ship or delete.
In order for a door to open, you must close one. Actually, the cool thing about life is that when one door closes, a million open for you. How many will you have opened for the new year?
Stay Positive & Make Room For New Inventory
Garth E. Beyer
