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Author/Speaker/Artist/Screenwriter John Vorhaus: Let’s just imagine that you said those words to me when I was 25 years old Oh, you’re so funny! I would have had a couple of problems with it. One is I’d have trouble fitting it into my paradigm because I don’t think of myself as funny. I mean, I do think of myself as funny, but not just funny, so I might feel like I’m achieving a low target but that’s not my big problem. My big problem is I have to fit your approval into my mindset. You just told me I’m funny and now you’re demanding that I feel how I feel about what you just told me because I’m creative and I’m insecure and I’m 25. I have a lot of trouble owning your validation. I have a lot of trouble feeling good about the approval you just gave me. I carry in my mind a construct that says I’m not worthy and because I’m not worthy I have trouble accepting praise and also because I’m not worthy I have trouble operating effectively in creative spaces. For myself as a practitioner, I had a very clear moment of revelation where I learned the difference between fearing I’m not worthy and knowing I’m not worthy and in that moment my life changed…(Watch the video interview on Youtube here).
BIO:
John Vorhaus is best known for his comedy-writing classic, The Comic Toolbox: How to be Funny Even if You’re Not. He has taught and trained writers in 37 countries on five continents at last count, and created TV shows of his own in Nicaragua, Romania and elsewhere. His writing credits include dozens of teleplays and screenplays, plus seven novels and some two dozen works of non-fiction. His latest book is the little book of STANDUP. Vorhaus is a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University and a member of the Writers Guild of America. He lives in Southern California and secretly controls the world from JohnVorhaus.com.
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