What Entrepreneurs Can Learn From Jerry Seinfeld About Unlocking Creativity

'Don't break the chain.'

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Often times, inspiration and insight come from unlikely places. For Entrepreneur.com contributor James Clear, one of those sources is comedian Jerry Seinfeld.

In this video, Clear explains a lesson he learned from Seinfeld about beating procrastination and unlocking your creativity. The key is putting in consistent work, every day, and not "breaking the chain."

"This strategy, this idea of consistency and showing up, I've seen it over and over again," Clear says. "The way creative genius reveals itself is when you show up enough times that you get the average ideas out of the way."

For more, check out the short video above.

Related: How the 'Seinfeld Strategy' Can Help You Stop Procrastinating
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Jason Fell is the VP of Native Content, managing the Entrepreneur Partner Studio, which creates dynamic and compelling content for our partners. He previously served as Entrepreneur.com's managing editor and as the technology editor prior to that.

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