SHOW YOUR WORK by Austin Kleon | Book Summary
Key Ideas:
Share your creativity and get discovered.
Even if not an expert, you can write about your experiences and lessons learnt.
Sharing your experience with the world will contribute towards helping people.
Teach what you know You don’t have to be a genius.
Share something small every day.
Put yourself out there if you have something to say.
The fear of showing your work:
1. Nobody will care.
2. You are not good enough. You don’t have to be an expert to share.
3. People will think you are self-centred.
You can do it in silence and show the end product of your work or show your work and the progress made in public.
The second option is better.
Benefits of showing your work:
1. Feedback loop
2. Accountability
3. See your progress
4. Establish a community
Finally, be so good that they cannot ignore you.
If you just focus on getting really good, people will come to you.
You don’t find an audience for your work, they find you.
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