Waste

I just cleaned out my garden to harvest what I had, remove what was old and make room for my summer "crops". I have to admit there was an excessive amount of "waste" I think the ratio was 1/4 = food, 3/4 = went to the compost. Now often we reference nature as having NO waste. And how inefficient I would be if this were my business. If I were tossing out 75% of my investments, I wouldn't be in business for too long.
But there is a different story here. This organic waste isn't going just anywhere, it is going into a compost that will be broken down into new soil for future gardens and thus supporting future plants. Really I have to take a very long term approach to how I look at my garden and thus giving me better examples of how to look at how I would build on the nature model for my business. Everything we don't use, we should use at some point. And this is probably the strategy behind hoarders. Keep it, for it might be useful at some point.
This is different, keep it because you KNOW HOW it will be useful at some point. But knowing that means you have to have a pretty in-depth understanding of what your needs will be in the future. And that is not easy. If you look at the market economy to day and compare it to the needs of 10 years ago, there have been many changes. But there have also been many similarities.
This is where you can at least plan for. Humans will need to eat, to sleep, to shelter themselves, we are addicted to culture, so if your waste can feed those needs then it serves a purpose. Even if that purpose is not short term.