New business Sunday.
New business Sunday helped me cope with the demands of business and provided me an outlet for my intellectual energy.
For about 2 years till 2021, I did this thing called New Business Sunday. I took a notebook and kept a list of ideas at the back. Every Sunday, I’d sit down and get the energy out.
One of my biggest issues is “Shiny Object Syndrome”, I would be in a really good place and somehow I would be pulled astray by yet another shiny object. My mind is moving so quick and (back then) I did not really take the time to slow down. It was all turned on and churning all the time. So sometimes, something new would catch my eye and i’d go off on a tangent. This would not healthy for existing pursuits. I’d end up neglecting the work i needed to do. To solve this, I implemented “New Business Sunday”.
What is New Business Sunday?
Every time a new inspiration hit, I’d note it down in a list near the back of the notebook. Every Sunday, I would sit down for 1-2 hours, pick and idea and plan how the business would take shape. Sometimes this was about marketing and sometimes it was about design and/or engineering. In some cases, I have even banged out a landing page to test customer responses (happy to report that most have not worked).
So what happens with the plan? In most cases, absolutely nothing. It just needed to get out. It needed to be a way for me to learn. Perhaps one day, those dots will be connected. But that is not the point of New Business Sunday. The point of New Business Sunday is to let the monkey out of my mind.
With AI, New Business Sunday takes on new dimensions. the AI becomes both a brain dump and a partner. Not sure if this is good or bad. But my preference is to write. Use the computer for research but write.
chatGPT helped me generate an image.
Anyway, the point of this writing. I’m going to bring back New Business Sunday. My week is going to be spent on the businesses that are currently working for us. I’ll note down the ideas and wait for the end of the week to let that energy out.
Sunday is going to be spent on ideas.
PS. I’m going to be sharing about new technology that I use in the business. The links will definitely be affiliate links that would allow me to earn a commission. But, by and large, i’ll only share things i think would be helpful.