Purposeful Coach Development — The Seinfeld Strategy

Jerry Seinfeld one of America’s greatest stand up comedians.

He was also the co-creator and co-writer of Seinfeld, considered to be one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms ever made. Jerry has sat atop the list of the worlds wealthiest actors, with a net worth of $860 million. But not always, Jerry was once a struggling broke comedian, dabbling with comedy a few days a week and getting paid in food.

Eventually Jerry thought to himself while standing outside watching these construction workers trudge back to work, these guys show up to work every day whether they feel motivated or not — and that’s what it takes to become great. Here I am dabbling in comedy a few days a week, and expecting it to be a full time gig.

From that day forward, Jerry worked on his comedy every day whether he felt like it or not, whether he was in the mood for it or not, whether he had the energy for it or not. He stuck to a commitment and a routine of sitting down, writing jokes, working on his material, every single day.

Mastery Follows Consistency

Jerry’s advice to young comedians was to get a big calendar and put it on your wall, every morning after you do your writing task put a big red X on that day.

“After a few days…