I’ll be doing a Review of Show Your Work by Austin Kleon. A couple of months ago, I came across the wonder that is Austin Kleon and I was moved to do better creatively and content-wise. After I read his book, Steal Like An Artist, I have been pushed to read the sequel, Show Your Work by Austin Kleon. Read through and you will be tempted to read this book, that’s if you haven’t already. YOU DON’T HAVE TO BE A GENIUS Chapter 1 of Austin Kleon’s “Show Your Work” starts with a quote by Steve Martin. It says “Be so good they can’t ignore you”. While you are always going to be found by your audience, you should also put in the work to be findable. To do that, build sharing into a routine, and always talk about what you are building. Also, leave networking for a while and…
Today on the blog, I’d be doing a book review. I’d be reviewing STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST by Austin Kleon. The first thing that comes to mind is, “Why steal? Why steal like an artist? What sort of title is this?” But this ten-chapter book promises to be a very interesting read. For more insight, the subtitle of this book is “10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative”.This book is a very short read and so will this review, it will be quite brief. I’d do the review one chapter after the other. CHAPTER 1 – STEAL LIKE AN ARTIST. The first thing to note is that nothing is original. Everything you have ever thought of doing, someone has thought of it and some have gone ahead to even do it in a better or worse from than you could have. Anything new and original is created by fools.…