The amazing John Cleese shares his wisdom on writing, creativity, getting in the zone, and interruptions. It’s great to see advice that we hear all the time reaffirmed from outside the tech industry.
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Watched by Jason Z. on August 27 2010. There are 9 comments.
Robert 27 Aug 10
He’s really smart.
Heiko Behrens 27 Aug 10
John Cleese is able to flesh out and conclude things all of us somehow already know in a simple yet evindent manner. And he uses only everyday occurrences to do so. Thank you for sharing!
Anonymous Coward 27 Aug 10
What a pompous ass! He used to extremely brilliant back in the late ‘60s/early ‘70s, and then just lost it all. Truly sad…
Vasily Myazin 27 Aug 10
Love this guy. Mr Cleese is one to look up to.
Aaron M 28 Aug 10
Getting into the zone carries across so many things. Guitar is one of them, you need to warm up the muscles, just get some practice in for 15-20 minutes. Then you can really get into it, and play some parts.
Wilson Usman 28 Aug 10
Wow I thought he was just an actor, but his words really changed that. Pretty smart guy. I agree Robert.
hasen 29 Aug 10
I thought the first two minutes were stupid, but I thought I should just give it a chance.
It was worth it.
It’s pretty much something we all already know, subconsciously, and this is what makes it great!
Phil Willis 30 Aug 10
Brilliant.
Interesting that he used the analogy of the turtle’s shell. It completely lines up with Steve Pressfield’s “War of Art” and Seth Godin’s “Lynchpin” ideas about the lizard brain.
The reptile part of us that is dominated by fear needs boundaries of time and boundaries of space in order to come out of it’s shell.
Incredibly profound. Thanks for sharing. —Phil
sebastian 01 Sep 10
Good stuff.
He’s good, he shares useful insights and his criticism has high touch.
I didn’t knew this guy.
Thank you for sharing Jason!
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