I love "Seinfeld." No other show on television has ever shed a light on the small quirks and annoyances of everyday life that we don’t think about quite like "Seinfeld." Whether it’s losing a button on your shirt, not knowing whether or not you got a job, or dating a woman with hands like Sylvester Stallone’s, every story in the show is as relatable as the show's goofy characters. The characters aren’t saints, they're sinners who are trying to get through their short lives with at least some level of dignity.
One character in Jerry Seinfeld’s entourage has taught me more about the human condition than any other. It's the one character who, ironically, seems to have thrown out his own decency and dignity a long time ago: George Costanza.
Through this short, stalky, bald, sad man’s attempts to lie, cheat, and understand life, viewers learned very valuable lessons that relate to all of us. Why is that? It's because there is a little Costanza in all of us that reminds our conscience to go screw itself.
1. Apply yourself in everything that you do.
2. Appreciate every accomplishment.
3. There's always a good explanation.
4. It's important to have perspective.
5. Hold on to the people who you love.
6. A positive self-image is important.
7. The best comebacks are the simplest ones.
8. Everybody is a critic.
9. Just because it isn't true, it doesn't mean that it's a lie.
10. It pays to tell the truth.
