Who’s who in offering sound motivational advice? For a simple classic method to stay productive, Jerry Seinfield, wins the prize.

The mastery of any skill always requires perseverance and consistency and practice. We all know that and thousands of books have been written that cajole us to do it. We are admonished to do so in the business network tips we receive in seminars. It’s just that blasted first step that is the killer. But once the momentum builds and the results from dedicated effort materialize, the game is on. We want more of that delicious satisfaction that comes with accomplishment. Discipline is a sweet and sour thing – hard to inculcate but so sweet when self-mastery is achieved.

Software developer Brad Issacs tells of his chance encounter with Jerry Seinfeld and the advice he was given…

“One night I was in the club where Seinfeld was working, and before he went on stage, I saw my chance. I had to ask Seinfeld if he had any tips for a young comic. What he told me was something that would benefit me a lifetime…

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. But his advice was better than that. He had a gem of a leverage technique he used on himself and you can use it to motivate yourself – even when you don’t feel like.” it.
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But there is more. Go out to Staples, get yourself a huge wall calender displaying the entire year. If Jerry’s advice works for you, that calender will be a solid mass of red ‘X’s come this time next year.