What’s the best way to create and sustain a new habit?
đ “Don’t break the chain”.
Jerry Seinfeld is one of the most successful comedians of allâtime. What is most impressive about Seinfeldâs career isnât the awards, the earnings, or the special moments â itâs the remarkable consistency of it all.
Seinfeld is able to produce consistently top quality writing year after year, decade after decade, because of his incredible work ethic: he writes jokes *every single day*.
His process, as described by another young comic who asked for his advice:
” He told me to 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. He said for each day that I do my task of writing, I get to put a big red X over that day.
âAfter a few days youâll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. Youâll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job is to not break the chain.â “
Keep up the process. Don’t worry about the outcome. Just don’t break the chain.