Practice This

Lifehacker published motivation post that became a true hit. It is Jerry’s Seinfeld’s Productivity Secret.  Quote from the post:

He [Jerry] 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

I adopted it to myself. And then adapted it a bit to my needs:

• I blocked 1 hour each day for blogging – either writing or related activities. Researching, link building, etc.
• I set the rule that I’m ready to post another post only when I have another in the pipeline – not the idea but completely written one. Now here is the situation – imagine I have written post ready to be posted, my hands are itchy to hit “Publish” button, but NO – there is the rule – I need to write another one. No second post in the pipeline, no publish. The only way out is writing another one.
• Here is the best part. When another post is complete I enjoy twice – once for hitting the "Publish" button and twice for another post being completed.

This techniques turns out to be very motivating and productive. I started to publish more frequently. Thanks, Jerry!