{"id":3827,"date":"2024-07-17T09:43:00","date_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:43:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/?p=3827"},"modified":"2024-07-16T18:44:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T22:44:14","slug":"the-only-thing-in-life-thats-really-worth-having-is-good-skill-jerry-seinfeld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2024\/07\/the-only-thing-in-life-thats-really-worth-having-is-good-skill-jerry-seinfeld\/","title":{"rendered":"“the only thing in life that\u2019s really worth having is good skill”\u2014Jerry Seinfeld"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

I do not endorse Seinfeld<\/em> or Seinfeld (no deeply held conviction or ideological bone to pick there; he just never particularly worked for me, as a comedian or writer), but I do wholeheartedly endorse both the above sentiment, and reading the entire op-ed it came from (here’s a gift link 🎁🔗 ):<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Opinion: The life secret Jerry Seinfeld learned from Esquire<\/a>“<\/strong>[*]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The takeways summarized in the op-ed are good and worth your time, and the core message is a fundamental truth: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dedicating yourself to the mastery of a craft\u2014against all odds and despite all distractions and obstacles\u2014is the only path along which there is relief.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Along these same lines\u2014delving into and reflecting on what it means to dedicate yourself to craft\u2014I likewise wholeheartedly endorse this documentary<\/a> (noting that, over the last decade I’ve revised my opinion on it in at least one important detail: although I still love the documentary, I no longer even mildly like any of these comics). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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[*] I also don’t endorse Esquire<\/em>\u2014again, it never really worked for me is all. I do endorse the Washington Post,<\/em> though. I read a lot of news reporting from a lot of sources, and there’s is consistently the most even-handed and makes the most honest attempt at being honest and accurate, in my humble.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I do not endorse Seinfeld or Seinfeld (no deeply held conviction or ideological bone to pick there; he just never particularly worked for me, as a comedian or writer), but I do wholeheartedly endorse both the above sentiment, and reading the entire op-ed it came from (here’s a gift link 🎁🔗 ): “Opinion: The life … Continue reading ““the only thing in life that\u2019s really worth having is good skill”\u2014Jerry Seinfeld”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_share_on_mastodon":"1"},"categories":[11,153],"tags":[107,856,904,572,1016,25],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/a2mi.social\/@dave0\/112802127886474484","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3827"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3833,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3827\/revisions\/3833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}