Comments on: The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becoming Famous http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/ Demystifying Sustainable Success Mon, 15 Mar 2010 04:38:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2 By: QOTD::The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becoming Famous : On the 8 Spot http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-11818 QOTD::The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becoming Famous : On the 8 Spot Fri, 08 Jan 2010 18:10:33 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-11818 [...] Study Hacks » Blog Archive » The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becomin.... 0 [...] […] Study Hacks » Blog Archive » The Steve Martin Method: A Master Comedian’s Advice for Becomin…. 0 […]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Are Passions Serendipitously Discovered or Painstakingly Constructed? http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-10331 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Are Passions Serendipitously Discovered or Painstakingly Constructed? Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:18:45 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-10331 [...] Your real focus should be on the long road of becoming so good they can’t ignore you. [...] […] Your real focus should be on the long road of becoming so good they can’t ignore you. […]

]]> By: Tiago Capristano http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-10246 Tiago Capristano Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:43:43 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-10246 Thank you for your insights. Although i understand your analysis, I have to point out a single fact - Martin is not funny anymore -. Yes he was, 30 years ago, but the simple fact is that, if he had a strategy, it only worked for a while and never allowed him to get out of the comedy genre. Nevertheless, "Intellectualize" and "Don’t wander" are good advices if you tend to be Practical or a Dreamer. I would say: Just focus on something you're good at and enjoy it, the rest is out of your hands. Thank you for your insights.
Although i understand your analysis, I have to point out a single fact - Martin is not funny anymore -.
Yes he was, 30 years ago, but the simple fact is that, if he had a strategy, it only worked for a while and never allowed him to get out of the comedy genre.
Nevertheless, “Intellectualize” and “Don’t wander” are good advices if you tend to be Practical or a Dreamer.
I would say: Just focus on something you’re good at and enjoy it, the rest is out of your hands.

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Double Majors Don't Publish Novels http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-9938 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Double Majors Don't Publish Novels Tue, 27 Oct 2009 15:29:21 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-9938 [...] mission here, as the goal of becoming a popular writer can be a stand-in for almost any quest to “become so good they can’t ignore you.” And as I’ve argued again and again, it’s this building of an outstanding ability [...] […] mission here, as the goal of becoming a popular writer can be a stand-in for almost any quest to “become so good they can’t ignore you.” And as I’ve argued again and again, it’s this building of an outstanding ability […]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Grit, Grinds, and Living the Low Stress Life http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-9178 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Grit, Grinds, and Living the Low Stress Life Wed, 08 Jul 2009 22:31:51 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-9178 [...] to Study Hacks readers. With sufficient squinting of the eyes, it can be found at the core of the Steve Martin Method, my pleas for more boredom tolerance, the A* strategy, and, most recently, my coronation of hard [...] […] to Study Hacks readers. With sufficient squinting of the eyes, it can be found at the core of the Steve Martin Method, my pleas for more boredom tolerance, the A* strategy, and, most recently, my coronation of hard […]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » My Focus-Centric Work Day http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-8795 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » My Focus-Centric Work Day Wed, 13 May 2009 20:03:18 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-8795 [...] The Steve Martin Method [...] […] The Steve Martin Method […]

]]> By: Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Have We Lost Our Tolerance For a Little Boredom? http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-7917 Study Hacks » Blog Archive » Have We Lost Our Tolerance For a Little Boredom? Wed, 04 Feb 2009 23:07:03 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-7917 [...] things — be it ideas, writing, mathematics, or art — require hard work. This, in turn, requires boring stretches during which you ignore a mind pleading with you to seek [...] […] things — be it ideas, writing, mathematics, or art — require hard work. This, in turn, requires boring stretches during which you ignore a mind pleading with you to seek […]

]]> By: Success Strategies | Albert Wavering http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-7810 Success Strategies | Albert Wavering Tue, 20 Jan 2009 01:55:08 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-7810 [...] recently stumbled across two blog entries by the author Cal Newport.  The first entry regarded the “Steve Martin Method” of success.  The basis of the Martin Method is “Be so good they can’t ignore you”.   A [...] […] recently stumbled across two blog entries by the author Cal Newport.  The first entry regarded the “Steve Martin Method” of success.  The basis of the Martin Method is “Be so good they can’t ignore you”.   A […]

]]> By: Barbara Saunders http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-6858 Barbara Saunders Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:25:07 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-6858 The trickster thing about a quest is that a quest is not a track. Staying on the quest might look to outsiders, and even to oneself, like doing a bunch of unrelated things. This is basically what Joseph Campbell said about following your bliss and doors opening that wouldn't have opened there for anyone else. The trickster thing about a quest is that a quest is not a track. Staying on the quest might look to outsiders, and even to oneself, like doing a bunch of unrelated things. This is basically what Joseph Campbell said about following your bliss and doors opening that wouldn’t have opened there for anyone else.

]]> By: Study Hacks http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-6292 Study Hacks Thu, 17 Jul 2008 12:51:48 +0000 http://calnewport.com/blog/2008/02/01/the-steve-martin-method-a-master-comedians-advice-for-becoming-famous/#comment-6292 <blockquote>Be willing to have bad banjo jokes on the way to the good ones.</blockquote> A profound axiom if I've ever heard one!

Be willing to have bad banjo jokes on the way to the good ones.

A profound axiom if I’ve ever heard one!

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