Recently I read about a technique Jerry Seinfeld uses to create better jokes for his stand-up comedy acts.  I consider this a form of implementation and something very effective you can practice immediately for your fitness program.

It was originally posted on the blog of http://cultivategreatness.com by Brad Isaac on July 24, 2007.  Isaac stated that years ago when Seinfeld was just starting out as a young comic, he had the chance to ask him for advice on how to succeed.  Seinfeld gave Isaac a piece of information he would benefit a lifetime by saying “the way to be a better comic was to create better jokes and the way to create better jokes was to write every day.”

But there was a simple little technique Seinfeld used or “implemented” on a consistent basis to become a better comic.  Here it is as written on the Cultivate Greatness website:

“He (Seinfeld) 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.”

“His method works because it isn’t the one-shot pushes that get us where we want to go, it is the consistent daily action that builds extraordinary outcomes,” says Isaac.  Try this method with documenting your exercise workouts.  You will see it works.