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Showing posts with label jerry Seinfeld. Show all posts

Monday, May 25, 2015

Don't Break The Chain


I've found another tool to help us "waste time wisely" thanks to our favorite comedian, Jerry Seinfeld.
 
It's DON'T BREAK THE CHAIN. (Puffy shirt not required.)

The story goes that before the success of his tv show, Seinfeld was a touring comic. One night before he took to the stage, a young comic, Brad Isaac approached him backstage and asked him for some advice.

He 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. To help him do that, every January he would hang a big Year at a Glance calendar on his wall. For every day he wrote, he would then put a giant (gratifying) red X over that day. After a few days, he had a chain of red X's.


His focus then was to keep the chain going....don't break the chain. This little exercise kept him motivated to keep at it.

We think it's a great idea to keep our thoughts on time.

Daily action builds habits so this week we're getting our red markers out to see if this technique can help us "consume less, create more" in our quest to "waste time wisely".

Red X's never looked so good!

Have a great week:-)

Sunday, March 8, 2015

master of nothing


Gotta love Seinfeld, the show that became synonymous with nothing.

Interestingly enough, "nothing" was not the original premise for the show. The quote, "show about nothing" was just a tag that caught fire with the media when the show skyrocketed in the ratings and went on to dominate TV programming for the next 9 years.

The original idea for the show was to follow a comedian's life to show how they came up with material.

See, that's something. But, what seems like nothing is actually the use of a very particular skill. It's nothing special but it's the best of comedians that know to use it.  

Simply put, they pay attention. Nothing more.

The seemingly ordinary of moments that most people would gloss over become play for an observant eye like Jerry Seinfeld.

Did someone say PLAY? We like this idea so that's where we will begin this week with our March rule, "Do Nothing". We're going to pay attention and report back.

Wanna play along? There's still room at the table at the diner. We'll save you a seat.

Happy Monday!!

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