{"id":8401,"date":"2012-04-28T08:38:19","date_gmt":"2012-04-28T12:38:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?p=8401"},"modified":"2012-04-28T08:38:19","modified_gmt":"2012-04-28T12:38:19","slug":"john-cleese-on-creativity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/8401\/john-cleese-on-creativity\/","title":{"rendered":"John Cleese \u2013 On Creativity"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"315\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tmY4-RMB0YY\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n\u201cCreativity is not a talent. It is a way of operating.\u201d \u2013 John Cleese<br \/>\nAmong the many gems John Cleese shares, he outlines \u201cThe 5 factors that you can arrange to make your lives more creative.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>1 &#8211; Space<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cYou can\u2019t become playful, and therefore creative, if you\u2019re under your usual pressures.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>2 &#8211; Time<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s not enough to create space; you have to create your space for a specific period of time.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>3 &#8211; Time<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cGive your mind as long as possible to come up with something original.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>4 &#8211; Confidence<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cNothing will stop you being creative so effectively as the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2011\/09\/12\/fear-creativity\/\">fear of making a mistake<\/a>.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>5 &#8211; Humor<\/strong><br \/>\n\u201cThe main\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.brainpickings.org\/index.php\/2012\/02\/03\/chris-bliss-texrainier-comedy\/\">evolutionary significance of humor<\/a>\u00a0is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else.\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/blog\/?s=john+cleese\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View more creativity videos by John Cleese here.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/downloads\/creativity\/creativity-video.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">View more creativity videos here.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/http:\/\/www.johnpaulcaponigro.com\/downloads\/creativity\/creativity.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more with my creativity resources.<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/johnpaulcaponigro.com\/workshops\/illuminating_creativity.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Learn more in my creativity workshops.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cCreativity is not a talent. 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