Productivity - The Secret And The Website

Have you heard about Seinfeld’s productivity secret?

Yes, that Seinfeld.

Apparently back in the day an aspiring young comedian named Brad Isaac asked him for some tips on becoming a successful comedian.

Seinfeld told Brad his secret.

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. “After a few days you’ll have a chain. Just keep at it and the chain will grow longer every day. You’ll like seeing that chain, especially when you get a few weeks under your belt. Your only job next is to not break the chain.”

“Don’t break the chain.” He said again for emphasis.

You can read the full story by Brad at Lifehacker.

Don’t break the chain…it’s so powerful. You can use this productivity tip for so many things in your life. Want to learn a language? Teach yourself one new word each day. Want to write a blog? One post per day. Want to get in shape? Do some sort of exercise each day. Whatever you do, don’t break the chain.

But wait, there’s more! Not long after Brad wrote about what he learned from Seinfeld, someone awesome created a website called dontbreakthechain.com

Here’s what it looks like:

It may look simple, but it’s meant to be.

Just register (free, of course) and start creating a chain for whatever you choose. All you have to do is click on a date and it will fill in. You can also create multiple chains like I have. Go to Don’t Break The Chain and begin to improve something (anything) about yourself!