Personal Development 101 – Module 2 A Bestselling Author’s Productivity Secret
He’s written a New York Time’s Best Seller.
His television show has won multiple Emmy Awards.
He’s been hailed as the greatest comic of his generation.
He’s Jerry Seinfeld – and he has a simple productivity secret to share with you:
Don’t Break The Chain.
Credit for this story goes to Brad Isaac and Lifehacker =)
Years ago when Seinfeld was a new television show, Brad had a chance to meet Jerry Seinfeld while he was still a touring comic.
One night before Seinfeld went on stage, Brad had a brief moment where he asked Seinfeld if he had any tips for a young comic.
What he told Brad was something that would benefit him (and all of us) for a lifetime…
Seinfeld’s Leverage Technique – And Productivity Secret
Seinfeld said the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day, and he had a wonderfurl leverage technique he used on himself and you can use it to motivate yourself—even when you don’t feel like it.
He revealed a unique calendar system he uses to pressure himself to write. Here’s how it works.
Step 1 Get A Big Wall Calendar
First, get a big wall calendar that has a whole year on one page and hang it on a prominent wall. The next step was to get a big red magic marker.
Step 2 Mark The Days You Work On Your Task
Tor each day that you do your task (in this case, writing jokes), you get to put a big red X over that day.
Step 3 Don’t Break The Chain
In Seinfeld’s own words:
“After a few days you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to not break the chain.”
“Don’t break the chain,” he said again for emphasis.
Consistent Daily Action Build Extraordinary Outcomes
As Brad explained:
“It works because it isn’t the one-shot pushes that get us where we want to go, it is the consistent daily action that builds extraordinary outcomes. You may have heard “inch by inch anything’s a cinch.” Inch by inch does work if you can move an inch every day.
Daily action builds habits. It gives you practice and will make you an expert in a short time. If you don’t break the chain, you’ll start to spot opportunities you otherwise wouldn’t. Small improvements accumulate into large improvements rapidly because daily action provides “compounding interest.”
Skipping one day makes it easier to skip the next.
Think for a moment about what action would make the most profound impact on your life if you worked it every day. That is the action I recommend you put on your Seinfeld calendar. Start today and earn your big red X. And from here on out…
Don’t break the chain!”
Your Next Step
So for you, what is your next step? I encourage you to be sure you do three things:
- Set aside 15-30 minutes daily for these personal development lessons
- Read your life purpose daily.
- Take specific action daily towards your yearly goal
- Get a large wall calendar to chart your progress. If you want, you can print out month by month (or even the whole year at a time) from this website: http://www.printfree.com/Calendars.htm
Thanks once again for allowing me to join you on your personal development journey – I’ll be in touch soon!
Sincerely,
Sid Savara
sid@sidsavara.com
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This is a follow up to the previous lesson:
Personal Development 101 – Module 2 The Most Important Component In Achieving A Goal
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