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Write 2 Hours Daily Like Jerry Seinfeld to Boost Productivity
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- They think that they're spending all their time working, but your output, like you don't even know how to work.
- Like, you think you know how to work, you don't know how to work.
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0:00Jerry Seinfeld talks about this from a writing perspective. He says that every day, no matter what, he sits down and he writes for 2 hours. Now, he doesn't have to write, but he's not allowed to do anything else. And so, he can sit there, but there's nothing else to do except for write jokes. And so, I think a lot about that from the climb perspective, which is like most of everyone who's listening to this who isn't achieving what they want is [ __ ] with their time. They think that they're spending all their time working, but your output, like you don't even know how to work.
0:28I'm being really real with you. Like, you think you know how to work, you don't know how to work. And I will I'll measure this by like, what is your output? It's probably not as high as you think. And so, rather than trying to learn all these productivity hacks, the ultimate productivity hack is no.