Amateurs are not afraid to make mistakes or look ridiculous in public. They're in love, so they don't hesitate to do work that others think of as sil… - Austin Kleon

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Amateurs are not afraid to make mistakes or look
ridiculous in public. They're in love, so they don't hesitate to do work that others think of as silly or just plain stupid. [...] Amateurs know that contributing something is better than contributing
nothing.

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About Austin Kleon

Austin Kleon (born June 16, 1983) is the New York Times bestselling author of Steal Like an Artist, Show Your Work!, and Keep Going.

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Necesitas incomodarlo. Necesitas pasar un tiempo en otras tierras, con gente que hace cosas diferentes a las que estás acostumbrado. Viajar hace que el mundo se vea nuevo, y cuando el mundo se ve nuevo, nuestro cerebro trabaja más.

If you want followers, be someone worth following. Barry Hannah said to one of his students, “Have you tried making yourself a more interesting person?” This seems like a really mean thing to say, unless you think of the word interesting the way writer Lawrence Weschler does: For him, to be “interest-ing” is to be curious and attentive, and to practice “the continual projection of interest.” To put it more simply: If you want to be interesting, you have to be interested.

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We want you to take from us. We want you, at first, to steal from us, because you can’t steal. You will take what we give you and you will put it in your own voice and that’s how you will find your voice. And that’s how you begin. And then one day someone will steal from you.

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