Being a valuable part of a scenius is not necessarily about how smart or talented you are, but about what you have to contribute — the ideas you shar… - Austin Kleon

We can stop asking what others can do for us, and start asking what we can do for others.

If we forget about genius and think more about how we can nurture and contribute to a scenius, we can adjust our own expectations and the expectations of the worlds we want to accept us. We can stop asking what others can do for us, and start asking what we can do for others.

When you get rid of old material, you push yourself further and come up with something better. When you throw out old work, what you're really doing is making room for new work.

You got to make your case.” — Kanye West

Human beings want to know where things came from, how they were made, and who made them. The stories you tell about the work you do have