Great read by Jeff Weiner on what practice, patience, making sushi, Jerry Seinfeld and New York Yankee’s Ichiro Suzuki all have to do with each other.
Jeff Weiner article… From Seinfeld to Sushi: How to Master Your Doman
New York Times article on Jerry Seinfeld… Jerry Seinfeld Intends to Die Standing Up.
From the Wiener read… Jiro Ono, the 86-year old master sushi chef and subject of the highly acclaimed documentary Jiro Dreams of Sushi has been preparing sushi for over 70 years; Seinfeld has been a stand-up comic for over 35 years. Both are widely considered to be among the best in the world at what they do, and yet listening to them, one comes away with the impression they will never be satisfied. They are constantly practicing, honing their work, and seeking to improve.
As Jiro describes it: “All I want to do is make better sushi. I do the same thing over and over, improving bit by bit. There is always a yearning to achieve more. I’ll continue to climb to reach the top but no one knows where the top is.”
From the Seinfeld read…..
“Seinfeld will nurse a single joke for years, amending, abridging and reworking it incrementally, to get the thing just so. “It’s similar to calligraphy or samurai,” he says. “I want to make cricket cages. You know those Japanese cricket cages? Tiny, with the doors? That’s it for me: solitude and precision, refining a tiny thing for the sake of it.”
and on Ichiro Suzuki, the lean Yankees outfielder… “This is the guy I relate to more than any athlete,” Seinfeld said. “His precision, incredible precision. Look at his body type — he’s made the most of what he has. He’s the hardest guy to get out. He’s fast. And he’s old.”
Related articles
- Seinfeld & Startups (diggingintwo.blogspot.com)
- Jerry Seinfeld: How to write a joke (joannagoddard.blogspot.com)
- What’s the Deal with Pop Tarts? Jerry Seinfeld Explains How to Write a Joke (openculture.com)
