I can't believe James Clear wouldnt fact check this. The "seinfeld" strategy has nothing to do with Jerry Seinfeld, he said it so himself... just some sort of internet myth. Strange to see this is James Clear blog.
How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy”
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#72Earlier quoted context omitted.
Is this true? I’m not aware of any topics that major and minor comics don’t discuss today.
Try Ukraine... the military industrial complex... the financialization of the economy... global trade policy and the Rust Belt... I mean, you can be edgy about social issues, I guess, but not about who owns Netflix and what their agenda is. Here's someone on the Vietnam War for comparison... But it's hardly a 'current event' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT1u8J9jyOk
> who owns Netflix and what their agenda is
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/NFLX/holders?p=NFLX
Pensions that are underwater like Chicago?
To make more money so their obligations aren't bankrupt?
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
Same. Stuck at a “modest” diet & exercise habit daily for 8 months with great results. Then I stopped for a couple days and haven’t been able to “keep the chain” going again since. From the article: > While most people get demotivated and off–track after a bad performance, a bad workout, or simply a bad day at work, top performers settle right back into their pattern the next day. I think that’s the key (which I’ve n…
I've done the big red X and felt the pain of breaking the chain as well. Instead of that, I've started just listing the number of days of my latest chain on a whiteboard, and if I hit 30 days then I reset it to 0. This helps me not feel bad when I miss a day, but still gives me the feeling of don't break the chain . I've been doing it for about 3 months and I'll see if it continues to works out :)
I've noticed that Duolingo is does something similar. They have a streak wager feature where you bet a few gems on how long you can keep a streak going, but four weeks is the maximum. After that the wager resets to zero and you start over, trying again for a perfect month.
There's also the Duolingo "streak freeze" - give yourself a couple of freeze tokens in reserve that you can use if you miss a day. Give yourself a way to earn streak freeze tokens again if you use one (eg maybe if you get 30 days in a row again). I'm currently on a 2000+ day streak on Duolingo, and while I've definitely missed days over those 5+ years, the streak freezes mean I've never missed more than a day in a row over that time. Gives an incentive to regroup and restart immediately if you do break the chain, rather than losing all motivation.
Re: How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy”
#74Stop diseasing procrastination. It's not a problem, it's a behavior. It's not just a behavior, it's a tactic. It may be the right tactic for your situation. If procrastination means that I have a deadline and instead of focusing on it with my mind and actions, I focus on something else, then I have procrastinated my way to a good living. I learned when I was a kid that a good way to get myself to read a book is to wa…
Never have I felt so personally attacked! Have you ever found a solution?
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#75The don’t break the chain thing is nice. I’ve used it a few times, but it can be very demotivational when you had a super long chain and you broke it. It’s very hard to get momentum again.
Never miss twice is generally a good doctrine to follow.
Of course not breaking the chain demands a certain precondition, let not getting sick. Not neglecting minor chores daily, that they might some day take a week of your time. Things like that.
That given, its generally hard to break the chain. In fact it might become something like addiction after a while, a.k.a habit.
Re: How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy”
#76Stop diseasing procrastination. It's not a problem, it's a behavior. It's not just a behavior, it's a tactic. It may be the right tactic for your situation. If procrastination means that I have a deadline and instead of focusing on it with my mind and actions, I focus on something else, then I have procrastinated my way to a good living. I learned when I was a kid that a good way to get myself to read a book is to wa…
> It's not a problem, it's a behavior. It's a problem in the way it's understood by most people: not achieving anything of importance at all day after day, month after month. Nobody is saying that you should not have any distraction in your life.
I would argue that when it gets to being months, it's no longer procrastination. Maybe you actually just don't care about doing the thing? Maybe you're depressed?
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#77Sounds like something that only fits creatives IMO
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#78The funniest part of all this is it’s not true that Seinfeld ever said that. 1. Read the footnote in the article 2. Read this Reddit post by Jerry Seinfeld https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/1ujvrg/comment/ceitfx... I mean I definitely have increased my own skills over time by being consistent, but this is definitely a fake claim.
I took his reply in the AMA as “Yes I do this, but it’s dumb that I get credit for it because it’s a pretty common idea.”
It’s strange. This has been an idea for a long time. 30 years ago we did this in elementary school for reading contests. So, yeah it is weird to call it the “Seinfeld Strategy”.
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It piques more people’s attention if it is attached to a famous name.
Sounds like a U.S. thing too. Worshipping of rich people, who must be rich because they are virtuous (Weber) therefore if you copy their habits you can be virtuous too, become rich and go to paradise. On my way to make 9 babies in order to become the next Elon Musk.
Really? You can’t think of any examples of any other country doing this?
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#80Stop diseasing procrastination. It's not a problem, it's a behavior. It's not just a behavior, it's a tactic. It may be the right tactic for your situation. If procrastination means that I have a deadline and instead of focusing on it with my mind and actions, I focus on something else, then I have procrastinated my way to a good living. I learned when I was a kid that a good way to get myself to read a book is to wa…
Chores are the best bc you can meditate on ideas whilst closing a tangible todo item
I still can't stick to doing any exercise at home. But boy am I good with a pressing iron and a mop these days.
The direct feedback you get from chores really does help.