When you’re writing that short story, making that gift, recording that song, or formulating that presentation, leave it all on the field.
In other words, don’t be afraid to put your best ideas in.
Don’t save the best melody for another song. Don’t save that electric character for another story. Don’t suggest the second best business idea.
Many people worry that if they use their best ideas now, they’ll have nothing left for the future. But that worldview sees ideas and inspiration as a finite currency.
As Patricia Ryan Harris says, “There is always something in the box.”
There will be more ideas tomorrow.