You might think of Jerry Seinfeld as a comedian. But he thinks of himself as a writer.

It's how he was able to create a TV show that generated over $3 billion in revenue.

And become one of the greatest comedians to ever live.

So how can you write like him? Let's break it down:

1) Embrace The Difficulty Of Writing

The problem with writing isn't that it's hard.

The problem is that people want it to be easy, so they quit when it gets difficult.

If you're serious about becoming a writer you have to realize that it's hard.

Seinfeld likes to say, "The right way is the hard way."

Writing is just like running or weight training, it's hard.

You're going to have to grind and put the work in.

No one is ripped like Schwarzenegger who doesn't go to the gym.

Internalize the fact that writing is hard.

2) Writers Block Doesn't Exist

If there's no such thing as writers block, what do you do?

Seinfeld says you have to time box your writing practice. What does this mean?

Commit to a set writing time.

What a lot of people do is give themselves unlimited time to work on an open-ended problem.

Instead tell yourself that you're going to get this done in 30-60 minutes.

When you go to the gym and set a timer for 60 minutes, you know that you can go home at the top of the hour.

It's the same with writing.

On the days you don't feel like doing it, set a time limit.

Start with 15 minutes. Set a timer and write until the clock runs out.

After it goes off, walk away from it. You're done.

3) Full Focus Everyday

This is Jerry's famous writing routine.

He sits down to write with zero distractions around him.

He doesn't have to write, but he can't do anything else.

No phones, no social media, no emails, nothing.

Just full focus on the pen and paper.

The 3 pillars that have built Seinfeld's writing routine is:

1. Full focus

2. No distractions

3. Show up everyday

You can be lazy, scared, or a shitty writer, but there is no such thing as writers block.

To help with staying consistent, here's a story from Seinfeld.

One day Seinfeld meets a young comedian at a theater.

This guy is just getting started in his writing career and meets the legend himself.

So naturally he asks him, "hey Jerry you got any tips for a young comic?"

Seinfeld answers, "the best way to be a successful writer is to write better jokes."

No duh, but here is where it gets good.

"And the best way to write better jokes is to write everyday."

He tells this comic to get a huge wall calendar and put it in his room.

He then tells him to get a big red marker and for everyday he writes, mark a fat X on that day.

After a few days of writing, you'll have a chain.

That chain will grow bigger and you will become more motivated to continue.

Your only job now is to not break the chain.

It doesn't matter what results you got that day.

All that matters is you showed up and did what you were supposed to do.

So get yourself a calendar or habit tracker and start a chain.

Everyday you sit down and write, mark an X and watch your progress grow.

4) Distraction Is The Enemy

One of the biggest problems writers have is getting distracted as they write.

A lot of people struggle with checking their phones or emails mid sentence.

You gotta avoid these minor distractions that may not seem harmful, but are.

Now, when you become more successful, the distractions will get bigger.

A lot of the time people who become successful writers get swept into the scene.

Taken over by the glitz and glam.

Then they stop doing the thing that made them successful in the first place.

This is going to take work.

Saying no to things that aren't writing is hard.

This also means saying no to tasks you can delegate to others.

When Jerry was writing "Seinfeld" the show, he spent 99% of his time behind closed doors.

Doing nothing but writing.

He wanted to ignore the outside world as much as he could.

So get your head in the game and put the work in.

Remember, "the right way is the hard way."

Get your hands in the clay and shape the hell out of what you want to do.

But it all starts with eliminating distractions.

5) Fail At What You Want To Do

When you're a creative, you need to think about what projects to pursue.

There's a bunch of options but you can only do 1 or 2 things at a time.

So Seinfeld advice is to fail at doing exactly what you want to do.

If you're going into a scary project, make sure you fail doing it exactly the way you wanted.

Because then you can live with that.

When it's someone else's idea, that's what gets you.

When you're a creative who's serious about their work, you're going to have a vision.

When you're afraid to follow your heart, its because you're afraid to fail.

Afraid of rejection, judgment, etc.

When you choose something you want to do and give yourself permission to fail, it's not bad.

The fear of failure goes away and you can focus on your creative ability

So here's what you need to do:

1. Understand that writing is difficult

2. Write for a set amount of time

3. Write everyday and don't break the chain

4. Eliminate all distractions

5. Pick something you are ok failing at

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