growing bell peppers

Adding To Your Project Checklist

I have checklists
of all the things
I need to know
or do
or gather
for each type
of project.

I add to these checklists
during or after
each project.

For example,
I tried growing bell peppers
directly in the garden
this year.
That was a disaster.
The slugs ate them.

So I added
“Grow all bell peppers
in containers.”
to my gardening project checklist.

Before starting a project,
I’ll review the appropriate checklist
for that type of project.

In the Spring,
for example,
I’ll review my gardening checklist.

I’ll see
my note about growing peppers
in containers.
Do that.
And my chances of a great pepper harvest
will greatly increase.

Our lives
are already extremely complicated.

Make projects easier
by keeping checklists.

They will ensure
we learn from mistakes
and that will increase
our probability of success!

The world is a bit of a mess
lately.

But it is important
to remember
there are usually opportunities
aligned with every disaster.

The bell peppers
in my garden are being
devoured by slugs, for example.

But those slugs
are providing food
for a recovering bird population.

They are enriching the soil.

That ‘disaster’ striking
your business?

It might provide an idea
for a product or service.

Or it could lead
to another opportunity.

LOOK for those opportunities.

My bell pepper plants
are being decimated
by slugs.

When this started happening,
I almost sprayed
the plants
with poison.
This would have killed
the slugs.

Which would have
also killed
one of my true goals
for the garden
– to provide ‘food’
for insects
and other tiny wildlife
…like slugs.

Sometimes we get so focused
on intermediate goals
we lose sight
of our true end goal.

We focus
so much,
for example,
on going viral
on social media
that we post things
that wouldn’t interest
or,
worse,
upset
prospects
for our products.

Review your true goals
regularly.
Ensure your actions
move you
closer to achieving them.