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🌳 The 'Seinfeld Strategy' - How To Stay Consistent
Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most successful comedians of all time. He is regarded as one of the top comedians and tv producers of all time and according to Forbes, Seinfeld reached his peak in earnings when he made $267 million dollars in 1998. (Yes, that was in one year. No, that's not a typo.) A full 10 years later, in 2008, Seinfeld was still pulling in a cool $85 million per year.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
THE SEINFELD STRATEGY
Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most successful comedians of all time.
He is regarded as one of the top comedians and tv producers of all time and according to Forbes, Seinfeld reached his peak in earnings when he made $267 million dollars in 1998. (Yes, that was in one year. No, that's not a typo.) A full 10 years later, in 2008, Seinfeld was still pulling in a cool $85 million per year.
You would in conclusion call the man somewhat successful. However, what is most impressive about Seinfeld's career isn't the awards or the earnings, it's the remarkable consistency of it all. Show after show, year after year, he performs, creates, and entertains at an incredibly high standard.
Compare his results to where you and I often find ourselves. We want to create, but struggle to do so. We want to exercise but fail to find motivation. Wanting to achieve our goals, but — for some reason or another — we still procrastinate on them. And this is where the ‘Seinfeld Strategy’ comes in which is the secret to his productivity, performance and consistency.
Seinfeld used an action-focused strategy where he put up a big calendar on his wall and for every day he wrote (to improve his jokes) he would mark it with a big X, after a period of time a chain started to develop of him successfully writing every single day which helped him to develop his one focus: Don’t break the chain. That was his one goal. (Notice how there is no result in that).
It didn’t matter if he was motivated or not. It didn’t matter if he was writing great jokes or not. It didn't matter if what he was working on would ever make it into a show. All that mattered was “not breaking the chain.” And that's one of the simple secrets behind Seinfeld's remarkable productivity and consistency. For years, the comedian simply focused on “not breaking the chain.”
ACTIONABLE NEXT STEPS:
Try it yourself, grab a calendar (here’s an inexpensive one) and decide what it is that you know you need to stay consistent at and start doing it every day and marking it when you do. Finally, don’t break the chain!
TAKEAWAYS:
Breaking it down you’ll understand that you’re just gamifying your consistency and growth, so figure out a way in which it works for you - It doesn’t have to be putting a big red X on your calendar, but it can be.
BOOK OF THE WEEK ⤵️
The book of the week is ‘The Power Of Now’ by Eckhart Tolle. It’s a book about Spiritual Enlightenment. It presents itself as a discussion about how people interact with themselves and others. The concept of self-reflection and presence. Check it out HERE
CREATOR OF THE WEEK ⤵️
The creator of the week is a youtube based creator known as @nathanieldrew. He makes content about how to live a better and more fulfilling life. He shares stories, Insights, lessons and more with an extremely personal touch. Check him out HERE
LESSON OF THE DAY ⤵️
Changing your mind is something admirable, not embarrassing. It is a success and not a failure. It should be celebrated, not ridiculed.
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