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Austin Kleon

Show Your Work!: 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered

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In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing” from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey—getting known.
Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.” It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery—let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive.
In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity— what he calls the “ecology of talent.” From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing—and the dangers of oversharing—to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.
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  • nabinshared an impression10 months ago
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    I am not a "productivity enthusiast" type of person. And naturally, I never got to the ending of a productivity book except this one. I think that says what type of book it is.

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    So valuable, whatever talent you have inside of you, it’s worth sharing, and this is the best book you will ever read about this 🥺💛💛

  • Сабыр Жакиповshared an impression4 years ago
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    И советую и не советую. Да-да, вот так вот. Среди множества прекрасных цитирований, которые Остин здесь приводит, более всего цепляет это: "Do your work, without hope, without despair". Единственный способ сделать неизбежное дело - полюбить его всем сердцем.

Quotes

  • Vasily Betinhas quoted10 years ago
    It’s very important to separate your work from the rest of your life. As my wife said to me, “If you never go to work, you never get to leave work.”
  • Ann Catherine Dizon Perezhas quoted7 years ago
    The minute you learn something, turn around and teach it to others. Share your reading list. Point to helpful reference materials. Create some tutorials and post them online. Use pictures, words, and video. Take people step-by-step through part of your process. As blogger Kathy Sierra says, “Make people better at something they want to be better at.”
  • Ann Catherine Dizon Perezhas quoted7 years ago
    The impulse to keep to yourself what you have learned is not only shameful, it is destructive. Anything you do not give freely and abundantly becomes lost to you. You open your safe and find ashes.”
    —Annie Dillard

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