Five easy steps to make your mind playful and free to wander, making you more spontaneous and creative!

1. Five steps to making your life more
creative

2. John Cleese’s Philosophy on
Creativity
1- Space
2- Time
3- Time
4- Confidence
5- Humor

3. 1
Space
-An undisturbed quiet space away from the usual
demands
- No daily pressures, mind is free to become playful

4. 2
Time
- A specific moment, period of time
- Equal start and stop moments
- Seal from the usual routine, secluded time frame
- “Oasis of quiet” for the mind to freely be playful
- Idea rush + calming down – 1h30 is best

5. 3
Time (yes, again!)
- Understand how to use the time frame
- To get rid of the anxiety that rises at the idea rush
- Taking a decision: the longer it takes, the more
original & creative it will be

6. 4
Confidence
- The very essence of playfulness is the openness
of the mind to anything, and the freedom to play with
ideas
- There is no such thing as a mistake and any
wonder is a solution
-David M. Kelley, people who gain new confidence
see themselves differently about many things in life
and are more creative

7. 5
Humor
- Fastest gateway from the closed to the open mode
- Essential part of the spontaneity and creativity
needed to solve problems
- Laughter brings relaxation from the anxiety
- Humor frees the mind

8. “You can’t be spontaneous within
reason.”
- Alan Watts

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