# Show Your Work! (book) - Author(s): [[Austin Kleon]] - Link: https://amzn.to/4bnCuVe ![[Show Your Work! (book).jpg|200]] # Brief description # Key quotes > ... # Key ideas - Share everything you know - There is an art behind every profession, and if you present it in a compelling way, it will interest a lot of people - Storytelling matters; tell good stories! - Share everytime you learn something - Share whatever you're working on. People want to see behind the scenes - Become a documentarian of your work / of what you do - Conditions for sharing - Helpful - Entertaining - Collect people's e-mail addresses. When you gain notoriety, those fans can be turned into patrons - Every day, put a piece of media online; this can be a picture of you working, advice, the finished product, etc - Create a space for yourself on the Web - Create your own domain. You want a reliable place where people can access your content - Being present on the Internet is a great advantage, which will lead to opportunities and friendships - If you want fans, be a fan first - Be a good member of the community # Share everything - Take people step by step through your processes - Make people better at something they want to get better at - Share techniques, recipes, skills, tools we're skilled with - Show your work - Determine what you want to learn and make a commitment to learning it in front of others # Teaching doesn't mean instant competition - Teaching people adds value - Esprit d'abondance - Generates more interest in your work - You can't find your voice if you don't use it. Talk about the things you love # Amateurs vs pros - Amateurs aren't afraid of making mistakes or looking ridiculous in public # Process vs result of the process - Process: execution - Result of the process: result # Stock and flow * Economic concept * Flow is the feed (posts & tweets * Stream of daily updates that remind people you exist * Stock is the durable stuff * Content that we product that's interesting now and will continue to be * What people discover via search * Advice: identify patterns in your flow and turn those into stock * # Interesting quotes - [[Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make big choices in life]] - [[People I've lost in my life inspire me to live fully every single day]] - [[If you're serious about growth, think about processes]] - Artwork vs Art work - "People often ask me 'How do you find time for all this?' and I answer, 'I look for it'"