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How to Stop Procrastinating on

Your Goals by Using theSeinfeld Strategy

by James Clear Get free updates of new posts here

Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most successful comedians of all

time.

He is regarded as one of the Top 100 Comedians of ll!Time"

by Comedy Central# He was also the co!creator and co!writer

of Seinfeld$ the long!running sitcom which has recei%ed

numerous awards and was claimed to ha%e the Top T&

'pisode of ll!Time" as rated byTV Guide#

ccording to Forbesmaga(ine$ Seinfeld reached his pea) in

earnings when he made *+,- million dollars in 1../# es$ that

was in one year# 2o$ that3s not a typo#4 full 10 years later$ in

+00/$ Seinfeld was still pulling in a cool */5 million per year#

6y almost any measure of wealth$ popularity$ and critical

acclaim$ Jerry Seinfeld is among the most successful

comedians$ writers$ and actors of his generation#

Howe%er$ what is most impressi%e about Seinfeld3s career isn3t

the awards$ the earnings$ or the special moments it3s the

remar)able consistency of it all# Show after show$ year after

year$ he performs$ creates$ and entertains at an incredibly high

standard# Jerry Seinfeld produces with a le%el of consistency

that most of us wish we could bring to our daily wor)#


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Compare his results to where you and 7 often 8nd oursel%es#

9e want to create$ but struggle to do so# 9e want to e:ercise$

but fail to 8nd moti%ation# 9anting to achie%e our goals$ but

for some reason or another we still procrastinate on them#

9hat3s the di;erence< 9hat strategies does Jerry Seinfeld use

to beat procrastination and consistently produce =uality wor)et3s tal) about how you can use the Seinfeld Strategy in your

life@

How to Stop Procrastinating

Top performers in e%ery 8eld athletes$ musicians$ C'?s$

artists they are all more consistent than their peers# They

show up and deli%er day after day while e%eryone else gets


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bogged down with the urgencies of daily life and 8ghts a

constant battle between procrastination and moti%ation#

9hile most people get demoti%ated and o;!trac) after a bad

performance$ a bad wor)out$ or simply a bad day at wor)$ top

performers settle right bac) into their pattern the ne:t day#

The Seinfeld Strategy wor)s because it helps to ta)e the focus

o; of each indi%idual performance and puts the emphasis on

the process instead# 7t3s not about how you feel$ how inspired

you are$ or how brilliant your wor) is that day# 7nstead$ it3s Aust

about not brea)ing the chain#"

ll you ha%e to do to apply this strategy to your own life is pic)

up a calendar here3s an ine:pensi%e one4 and start your chain#

A Word of Warning

There is one ca%eat with the Seinfeld Strategy# ou need to pic)

a tas) that is meaningful enough to ma)e a di;erence$ butsimple enough that you can get it done#

7t would be wonderful if you could write 10 pages a day for

your boo)$ but that3s not a sustainable chain to build# Similarly$

it sounds great in theory to be able to deadlift li)e a maniac

e%ery day$ but in practice you3ll probably be o%ertrained and

burnt out#

So step one is to choose a tas) that is simple enough to be

sustainable# t the same time$ you ha%e to ma)e sure that

your actions are meaningful enough to matter#
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Bor e:ample$ researching good Ao)es each day is simple$ but

you3re ne%er going to write a Ao)e by merely researching#

That3s why the process of writing is a better choice# 9riting can

actually produce a meaningful result$ e%en when it3s done in

small doses#

Similarly$ doing 10 pushups per day could be simple and

meaningful depending on your le%el of 8tness# 7t will actually

ma)e you stronger# eanwhile$ reading a 8tness boo) each day

is simple$ but it won3t actually get you in better shape#

Choose tas)s that are simple to maintain and capable of

producing the outcome you want#

nother way of saying this is to focus on actions and not

motions$ which is a concept that 7 e:plained in this articleDThe

ista)e That Smart Eeople a)e

Mastery Follows Consistency

The central =uestion that ties our community together and

what 7 try to write about e%ery onday and Thursday is

how do you li%e a healthy life


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Fon3t brea) the chain on your wor)outs and you3ll 8nd that you

get 8t rather =uic)ly#

Fon3t brea) the chain in your business and you3ll 8nd that

results come much faster#

Fon3t brea) the chain in your artistic pursuits and you3ll 8nd

that you will produce creati%e wor) on a regular basis#

So often$ we assume that e:cellence re=uires a monumental

e;ort and that our lofty goals demand incredible doses of

willpower and moti%ation# 6ut really$ all we need is dedicationto small$ manageable tas)s# astery follows consistency#

P.S.

Bor the last eight months 73%e written a new article e%ery

onday and Thursday without missing a beat# Simply setting a

schedule has helped me )eep that pace and 7 plan to )eep it as

we mo%e forward#

6ut 7 also want to graduate my writing habits to the ne:t le%el

and start writing 1$000 words each day# Some of those words

will turn into boo)s and courses$ and some of will continue to

be my onday and Thursday posts#

y 1$000!words!per!day" chain is currently at # 7 made it to

5 last wee) before brea)ing it for a day#4

ou may ha%e a couple false starts yourself$ but e%entually 73m

hoping that both you and 7 can simply tell oursel%es$ Fon3t

brea) the chain#"


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Lessons on Success and Deliberate

Practice from Mozart, Picasso,

and Kobe Bryantby James Clear /5$,51 people recei%ed my free newsletter last

wee)# Clic) here to sign up#

How long does it take to become elite at your craft? nd w!at do t!e

"eo"le w!o master t!eir goals do differently t!an t!e rest of us?

#!at$s w!at %o!n Hayes, a cogniti&e "syc!ology "rofessor at 'arnegie

Mellon (ni&ersity, wanted to know)

*or decades, Hayes !as been in&estigating t!e role of effort, "ractice,

and knowledge in to" "erformers) He !as studied t!e most talented

creators in !istory + "eo"le like Mozart and Picasso + to determine

!ow long it took t!em to become world class at t!eir craft) *urt!ermore,

!e !as in&estigated t!e c!oices and e"eriences t!at !a&e led to t!eir

success)

Let$s talk about w!at Hayes !as disco&ered about world class

"erformers) nd more im"ortantly, let$s discuss !ow you can use t!ese

insig!ts to ac!ie&e your goals and become your best)

10 Years of Silence

Hayes started !is researc! by eamining successful com"osers) He

analyzed t!ousands of musical "ieces "roduced between t!e years of

-./0 to -122) #!e central 3uestion t!at dro&e !is work was, 4How long

after one becomes interested in music is it t!at one becomes world

class?5
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6&entually, Hayes de&elo"ed a list of 022 "ieces t!at were "layed

fre3uently by sym"!onies around t!e world and were considered to be

t!e 4masterworks5 in t!e field) #!ese 022 "o"ular "ieces were created

by a total of 7. com"osers)

8et, Hayes ma""ed out t!e timeline of eac! com"oser$s career and

calculated !ow long t!ey !ad been working before t!ey created t!eir

"o"ular works) 9!at !e disco&ered was t!at &irtually e&ery single

4masterwork5 was written after year ten of t!e com"oser$s career) :;ut

of 022 "ieces t!ere were only t!ree ece"tions, w!ic! were written in

years eig!t and nine)ladwell)etting your s!ots u") 9!at time did you lea&e t!e facility?5

%-h# just now. " wanted // makes. So yeah# just now.*

*or t!ose of you kee"ing track at !ome, Kobe Bryant started !is

conditioning work around GF2am, continued to run and s"rint until

.am, lifted weig!ts from .am to 7am, and finally "roceeded to make

/22 Eum" s!ots between 7am and --am)

;! yea!, and t!en #eam (S !ad "ractice)

=t$s ob&ious t!at Kobe is getting !is -2,222 !ours in, but t!ere is anot!er

"art of !is story t!at is e&en more im"ortant)

The Importance of eliberate !ractice

Kobe isn$t merely s!owing u" and "racticing a lot) He is "racticing wit!

"ur"ose)

Kobe !ad a &ery clear goal at "racticeG /22 made Eum" s!ots) He was

deliberately focused on de&elo"ing t!e skill of making baskets) #!e time!e s"ent doing it was almost an after t!oug!t) #!at sounds sim"le, but

it$s &ery different from !ow most of us a""roac! our work eac! day)

9!en most "eo"le talk about working !ard, t!ey use t!e amount of time

t!ey worked as an indicator of !ow !ard t!ey worked) :i)e) %" worked

0/ hours this week1*iants
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do after t!ey win t!e 9orld Series? Party for a

week) 9!en you ac!ie&e a milestone, do somet!ing t!at

makes you feel good) (se your celebration to "onder

your net target) #!is will !el" you a&oid yoJyoing

between goals and will also lock in your resol&e for t!enet goal you set)

=f you$re working towards a goal rig!t now, ask yourself

w!at your reward will be w!en t!e work is done)

. Soft Skills #!at

>uarantee Iour Success= failed =ntroduction to %a&a$ in my first year of college

and ga&e u" software engineering for good)

=n s"ite of t!is, = coJfounded a successful9ordPress

su""ortser&ice)

#!ree t!ings !a&e !el"ed me succeed as a firstJtime

entre"reneur) #!e first is luck and t!e second is my coJ

founder, Dan) #!e t!ird?

Soft skills.

=n t!is "ost, =$ll outline si soft skills t!at will !el" you

succeed as an entre"reneur, w!y t!ey matter and w!ere

you can learn more about eac! skill)

4mpathy

4 #!e best &ision is insig!t)5 J Malcolm S) *orbes

6m"at!y is t!e - soft skill you can de&elo" as an

entre"reneur)

Sympathyis feeling com"assion or commiseration for

anot!er "erson, w!ileempathyis w!en you "roEect

yourself into t!em and feel w!at t!ey are feeling)
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6m"at!y will !el" you understand your customer, write

better co"y and moti&ate your team)

#o de&elo" your em"at!y, listen more and talk less) #o

really understand w!ere someone is coming from$, askt!oug!tful and "robing 3uestions t!at draw out

im"lications and feelings) 9!en you listen intently and

talk less, you$ll be amazed at !ow muc! more insig!t you

glean from a s!ort con&ersation)

#!is "o"ular &ideoe"lains t!e difference between

sym"at!y and em"at!y)

5e#otiation

4 Place a !ig!er "riority on disco&ering w!at a win looks

like for t!e ot!er "erson)5 @ Har&ey Cobbins

*or first timers, negotiation feels terribly awkward)

By definition, you seek conflict to work towards an

agreement) Ies, it is counterintuiti&e) Luckily, you can

ra"idly im"ro&e your negotiation skills wit! focus and

"ractice)

#!ere are t!ree keys to negotiatingQ

-) Pre"are yourself wit! e&eryt!ing you can to su""ort your

"osition

A) Know your B#8 :Best lternati&e #o a 8egotiated

greement

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