## Metadata * URL: [https://hbr.org/2017/01/lifes-work-jerry-seinfeld * Author: Daniel McGinn * Publisher: Harvard Business Review * Published Date: 2017-01-01 * Tags: ## Highlights * If you’re efficient, you’re doing it the wrong way. The right way is the hard way. The show was successful because I micromanaged it—every word, every line, every take, every edit, every casting. That’s my way of life.