The Self-Project: Jerry Seinfeld’s Productivity Secret

Lifehacker ran an article recently on an interview with comedian Jerry Seinfeld.  Jerry is considered to be a highly productive comedian- he cranks out good quality jokes with amazing regularity.  Jerry’s key?  Act every day.  Make a chain.  Use a calendar.  Mark every single day that you met your goal.

The implications to project management are obvious at first- we make project plans and mark off goals as we meet them as part of our core functions.  The thing is the persistence of it- do you and/or your team mark something done every day?  Do you celebrate it?  Do you post it in a way that is obvious, that people can look at and see their progress, that will motivate them not to ‘break the chain’?  This is good for you and your project.  Learn from it.

Here’s a useful web tool, also care of Lifehacker, that can help you use this principle:

http://smarterfitter.com/chain

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