From the Inspirational Thought Unit
Any kind of creator is faced with never ending possibilities when it comes to what project to work on. Whether you're getting hit up all the time with offers to help out with something, or you have a growing list of ideas you'd like to tackle, or you're faced with two different opportunities and can only choose one, it is sometimes debilitating to know what to work on next.
There's two quotes I keep coming back to when I'm faced with decisions:
If I'm saying yes out of guilt or fear, then it's a polite "no." Neil Strauss
If it's not a "Hell, yes!" It's a "No." Derek Sivers
I like both of these because they operate on two ends of the enthusiasm spectrum. I've said yes to projects I wasn't excited about, and only took on because I felt guilty I'd regret it. Worse yet, I've taken on projects out of fear that I wouldn't succeed on the path I was currently on.
Guess what? At best they were a neutral impact project. I didn't grow at all by taking them on. The worst cases wasted my time and energy taking me down paths I never should've been on in the first place.
Don't do something out of fear or guilt. If you do take on a project, take it because your head is in that "Hell, yes!" space.
-Jake