Take your ideas and run❗️Paint the painting you want to paintPlay the music you want to playWrite the books you want others to readCreate the products others will loveTake your ideas and just run with them❗️

Go Make Stuff

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<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">Steal like an artist</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Don't wait until you know who you are to get started</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Write the book you want to read</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Use your hands</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Side projects and hobbies are important</li><li class="ql-align-justify">The secret: Do good work and share it with people</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Geography is no longer our master</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Be nice</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Be boring</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Creativity is subtraction</li></ol>

The 10 Things:

Avoid the desire to correct all the stupid mistakes you find out there.Focus on making something special over picking fights online.Waste not your energy on the stupid, the incorrect, or the ignorant.Resist the dopamine hit that comes with being right or judging.Focus on your own mastery.

Go Make Something Special

The right constraints can lead to your very best work.Limitations can draw out our creativity.Create with what you have.Make a movie using only your iPhone.Paint with only 3 colors.Start a business with absolutely no money.Don't wait until you have it all to get started.  Start with what you have and simply move.

True Artistry Comes from what is Left Out

"Telling yourself you have all the time in the world, all the money in the world, all the colors in the palette, anything you want - that just kills creativity."

"The work you do while you procrastinate is probably the work you should be doing for the rest of your life."

Nine out of ten times when people call something "original" they just don't know the reference or original source that sparked the idea."There is nothing new under the sun." Ecclesiastes 1:9

Nothing is Original

Want to continue to be a well of inspiration❓Take care of yourself.Eat the right foods.Drink plenty of water.Exercise and move.Get proper regenerative sleep.Read the right books and listen to the right music.Your body is your number one asset.  Protect it, treat it right.

Take Care of Yourself

Do good work and share it with people.Wonder at something, then invite others to come and wonder with you.When you open up your process and invite others in,  you learn.  Learn from their comments and reactions.Find inspiration from others.Personal Note: I took a lot of my painting inspiration from Bob Ross, just like the author Austin Kleon did.Everyone loves "Happy little trees."

Not so Secret Formula

Create two spaces: Digital (we all have those) and AnalogYour Analog Station:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">markers</li><li class="ql-align-justify">stickie notes</li><li class="ql-align-justify">scissors</li><li class="ql-align-justify">tape</li><li class="ql-align-justify">paper</li><li class="ql-align-justify">keep all digital products away and just create</li></ul>

Make Space for your Best Work

"The only art I'll ever study is stuff that I can steal from."

Creative people need time to just sit around and do nothing.Some of the best ideas come from a place of boring.Multiple projects happening at the same time allow you to bounce back and forth between them in the event things get boring with one.Move to another, and then another, and then back again.

Practice Productive Procrastination

"Complain about the way other people make software by making software."

Want to learn from the best❓Stand next to them, watch, listen, absorb.You Will Need:<ul><li class="ql-align-justify">Curiosity</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Kindness</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Stamina</li><li class="ql-align-justify">A willingness to look stupid</li></ul>If you ever find yourself in the situation where you are the most talented person in the room, leave the room and find a new one.

Stand Next to the Talent

Every artist gets asked the question."Where do you get your ideas?"The honest artist answers,"I steal them."Look at all that is around you.  Steal the ideas as they flow into your brain.

How to look at the World (Like an Artist)

Give yourself the honor of creating and maintaining a praise file.Fill it with all the positive reactions you receive.Emails.  News articles.  Blog posts.  Podcasts. Text messages.Review these during those times of doubt.These are reminders of your greatness.  Your impact on others.When the negative self talk, or ability questioning in your head begins - STOP, consult the praise file.Remember who you are❗️

Create a Praise File

Everything that needs to be said has already been said. But since no one is listening, everything must be said again.

"10 things nobody told you about being creative."

You don’t need to be a genius, you just need to be yourself. That’s the message from Austin Kleon, a young writer and artist who knows that creativity is everywhere, creativity is for everyone. A manifesto for the digital age, Steal Like an Artist is a guide whose positive message, graphic look and illustrations, exercises, and examples will put readers directly in touch with their artistic side. When Mr. Kleon was asked to address college students in upstate New York, he shaped his speech around the ten things he wished someone had told him when he was starting out. The talk went viral, and its author dug deeper into his own ideas to create Steal Like an Artist, the book. The result is inspiring, hip, original, practical, and entertaining. And filled with new truths about creativity: Nothing is original, so embrace influence, collect ideas, and remix and re-imagine to discover your own path. Follow your interests wherever they take you. Stay smart, stay out of debt, and risk being boring—the creative you will need to make room to be wild and daring in your imagination.

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I’m a writer who draws. I make art with words and books with pictures. Author of Steal Like An Artist and other bestsellers. Visit my website: http://austinkleon.com/