"If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be sitting around trying to figure myself out… - Austin Kleon

"If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are."

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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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Scenius doesn’t take away from the achievements of those great individuals; it just acknowledges that good work isn’t created in a vacuum, and that creativity is always, in some sense, a collaboration, the result of a mind connected to other minds.

Suena un poco extremo, pero en el momento en que vivimos, si tu trabajo no está en la red, no existe. Todos tenemos la oportunidad de usar nuestra voz, de decir algo, pero muchos la estamos desaprovechando. Si quieres que la gente se entere de lo que haces y de las cosas que te interesan, tienes que aprender a compartir. “Recordar que un día no muy lejano moriré es la mejor herramienta que he encontrado para tomar las decisiones más importantes de mi vida.

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El mejor consejo no es que escribas lo que sabes, sino lo que te gusta. Escribe el tipo de historia que más te gusta, la historia que quieres leer. El mismo principio aplica para tu vida y para tu carrera profesional: cuando no sepas cuál es tu siguiente paso, sólo pregúntate: “¿Qué será una mejor historia?

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