Open Mode Quotes
- We all operate in two contrasting modes, which might be called open and closed. The open mode is more relaxed, more receptive, more exploratory, more… — John Cleese
- The main evolutionary significance of humor is that it gets us from the closed mode to the open mode quicker than anything else. — John Cleese
- The open mode is a mood in which curiosity for its own sake can operate, because we're not under pressure to get a specific thing… — John Cleese
- We need to be in the open mode when we are pondering a problem, but, once we come up with a solution, we must then… — John Cleese
- If you are leaping a ravine, the moment of takeoff is a bad time for considering alternative strategies... Do it in the 'closed' mode. But… — John Cleese