5 must-read comedy books like Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese

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Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

By: John Cleese

3.88

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is …

"Getting discouraged is a total waste of your time."

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

"Getting discouraged is a total waste of your time."

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

"Getting discouraged is a total waste of your time."

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

" But once it's been agreed when that real-world decision has to happen, why make it before the deadline arrives? Why Well, it would be foolish, because if you can wait longer, two incredibly important things may happen.: You may get new information. You may get new ideas. So why would you make a decision when you don't need to? "

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

If you liked the comedy plot in Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. O Barão

By: Branquinho da Fonseca

3.48

Format: 77 pages, Paperback

O texto da obra é composto pela narração da viagem de um inspector escolar a uma zona remota da pro… read more

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2. The Hidden Tools of Comedy: The Serious Business of Being Funny

By: None

3.44

Format: 213 pages, Paperback

While other books give you tips on how to "write funny," this book offers a paradigm shift in under… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • comedy
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3. 101 Power Thoughts

By: Louise L. Hay

3.93

Format: 352 pages, Spiral-bound

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  • self help
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • audiobook
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4. The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual

By: Matt Besser , Ian Roberts , Matt Walsh , Matt Walsh

3.91

Format: 163 pages,

The Upright Citizens Brigade Comedy Improvisation Manual is a comprehensive guide to the UCB style … read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • writing
  • comedy
  • self help
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5. Wasting Time on the Internet

By: Kenneth Goldsmith

3.98

Format: None pages, Paperback

Using clear, readable prose, conceptual artist and poet Kenneth Goldsmith's manifesto shows how our… read more

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  • art
  • nonfiction
  • psychology
  • essays

6. The Invention of Art: A Cultural History

By: None

3.76

Format: 85 pages, Paperback

With The Invention of Art, Larry Shiner challenges our conventional understandings of art and asks … read more

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7. Word By Word

By: Anne Lamott

4.04

Format: 538 pages,

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8. Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

By: John Cleese

3.88

Format: 112 pages, Hardcover

____________________________ We can all be more creative. John Cleese shows us how. Creativity is … read more

Similar categories in John Cleese's Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide book and John Cleese's Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

  • art
  • self help
  • humor
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • essays
  • writing
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"Getting discouraged is a total waste of your time."

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

" But once it's been agreed when that real-world decision has to happen, why make it before the deadline arrives? Why Well, it would be foolish, because if you can wait longer, two incredibly importan…"

-John Cleese, Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

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9. Bedtime Stories for Stressed Adults: Sleep Meditation Stories to Melt Stress and Fall Asleep Fast Every Night

By: Mindfulness Habits Team

2.91

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Here’s How You Can Melt Stress, Relax Faster, And Sleep Like A Baby - Every Night! When was th… read more

Similar categories in Mindfulness Habits Team's Bedtime Stories for Stressed Adults: Sleep Meditation Stories to Melt Stress and Fall Asleep Fast Every Night book and John Cleese's Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

  • audiobook
  • self help
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10. Cuentos telúricos

By: Rodrigo Cortés

3.54

Format: 304 pages, Paperback

Cuentos telúricos es una antología de cuentos casi fantásticos, o una colección de relatos mágicos … read more

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11. The Creative Act: A Way of Being

By: Rick Rubin

4.04

Format: 406 pages, Hardcover

From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their… read more

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  • art
  • self help
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • design
  • writing
  • audiobook
"Find the sustainable rituals that best support your work."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"In terms of priority, inspiration comes first. You come next. The audience comes last."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"When it comes to the creative process, patience is accepting that the majority of the work we do is out of our control."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

"Turning something from an idea into a reality can make it seem smaller. It changes from unearthly to earthly. The imagination has no limits. The physical world does. The work exists in both."

-Rick Rubin, The Creative Act: A Way of Being

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12. Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

By: Kevin Kelly

4.23

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

“I love aphorisms, proverbs, and Secrets of Adulthood . . . Excellent Advice for Living includes wi… read more

Similar categories in Kevin Kelly's Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier book and John Cleese's Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

  • audiobook
  • psychology
  • nonfiction
  • essays
  • self help
"The end is almost always the beginning of something better."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"When you keep people waiting they begin to think of all your flaws."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"The very best thing you can do for your kids is to love your spouse."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

"Don’t treat people as bad as they are. Treat them as good as you are."

-Kevin Kelly, Excellent Advice for Living: Wisdom I Wish I'd Known Earlier

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13. So Many Steves: Afternoons with Steve Martin

By: Steve Martin

3.83

Format: 3 pages, Audiobook

Steve Martin is more candid than he’s ever been about his creative life in this engrossing audio-bi… read more

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  • art
  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
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14. GAMEDEV: 10 Steps to Making Your First Game Successful

By: Wlad Marhulets

4.37

Format: 175 pages, Kindle Edition

Who is this book for? If you know nothing about game development, you're basically me before I sta… read more

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15. Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States

By: Colin Quinn

3.50

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In Colin Quinn's new book, the popular comedian, social commentator, and star of the shows Red Stat… read more

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  • humor
  • nonfiction
  • comedy
  • audiobook
"When you moved, you didn't know know your drug addict cousins were going to follow you and ruin everything and use your good name to get people to trust them. Well, that's the history of America. It …"

-Colin Quinn, Overstated: A Coast-to-Coast Roast of the 50 States

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16. Bidhi Galing: Big Rain

By: Anita Heiss

4.58

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Powerful and moving, Bidhi Galing (Big Rain) celebrates the Wiradyuri heroes of the Great Flood of … read more

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17. Dobra

By: Adília Lopes

4.51

Format: 687 pages, Paperback

Poesia reunida (1983-2007). read more

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18. 28 Stand-ups: Best Tips, Bits & Bombs (UCB Comedy Education Series)

By: upright citizens brigade

3.80

Format: None pages, None

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19. Do Open: How a simple email newsletter can transform your business (and it can) (Do Books, 15)

By: David Hieatt

4.06

Format: 160 pages, Paperback

How do you grow your business when you don't have a marketing budget? How do you stand out in a bus… read more

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  • nonfiction
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20. All Rise

By: Nick Offerman

3.64

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Spend a rollicking evening with Nick Offerman's All Rise, an evening of deliberative talking, mirth… read more

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  • humor
  • audiobook
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21. Transport for Humans: Are We Nearly There Yet?

By: Pete Dyson

3.94

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

Engineers plan transport systems, people use them. But the ways in which an engineer measures succe… read more

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  • nonfiction
  • psychology

8 Best audiobook books like Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide by John Cleese

Transform Your Habits

101 Power Thoughts

Louise L. Hay

3.93

Transform Your Habits

Creativity: A Short and Cheerful Guide

John Cleese

3.88

Transform Your Habits

Bedtime Stories for Stressed Adults: Sleep Meditation Stories to Melt Stress and Fall Asleep Fast Every Night

Mindfulness Habits Team

2.91

Transform Your Habits

The Creative Act: A Way of Being

Rick Rubin

4.04

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31 best-selling audiobook books like Bedtime Stories for Stressed Adults: Sleep Meditation Stories to Melt Stress and Fall Asleep Fast Every Night by Mindfulness Habits Team

Transform Your Habits

Spark Joy: An Illustrated Master Class on the Art of Organizing and Tidying Up

Marie Kondō

3.88

Transform Your Habits

How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe

Charles Yu

3.45

Transform Your Habits

Hallelujah Anyway: Rediscovering Mercy

Anne Lamott

3.70

Transform Your Habits

Postcards from the Edge

Carrie Fisher

3.62

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