Side Project List Paralysis

Do you keep a list of potential side projects?
Welcome to the club.

I have a spreadsheet (recently migrated to my Notion HQ)
where I collect all my side projects that made it a little bit
further than the ideation phase.
Meaning: I bought a domain, launched a Shopify store, wrote
down some emails, designed a logo, ran some ads.

I’m now convinced that this is the wrong way to achieve
anything.

Here is why.

Internet mermaids lure you in with easy ideas. You start
thinking about all those potential other ways to make it online:
info products, dropshipping, print-on-demand, services as a
product, podcast, a Clubhouse room…
How are you supposed to learn or deliver results from one
project if you are always thinking about what’s next?

They praise that you need many failures before finding
one that will stick. No, perseverance is key especially if you
believe that this idea is right.

The number one piece of advice I heard from podcast
creators: never launch with only one episode recorded. This
is true for all side projects especially those that need content.
Create a backlog before launching (that’s close to the system
recommended for Ship 30for 30)
I should have known this before launching an interview series
for one of my blogs. The total interview count is still on one…

My advice for you now:

Open your list
Pick one idea that you are truly curious about
Go all-in for at least 6 months.
Don’t open that list to add new ideas in the meantime.

Tomorrow, I will share how this helped me become a YouTube
niche influencer no one ever heard about with 7,345,691
views.
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