<ol><li class="ql-align-justify">You don't need to be an expert to share your work. </li><li class="ql-align-justify">Become a documentarian of what you do.</li><li class="ql-align-justify">Take people behind the scenes.</li></ol>

Share something small everyday

<ol><li>Attract an audience with similar interests for fellowship, feedback, and patronage.</li><li>Find your scenius — a group of like-minded people supporting each other and contributing ideas</li><li>Take advantage of the network instead of wasting time "networking".</li></ol>

Benefits of Sharing

"Put yourself, and your work, out there every day, and you'll start meeting some amazing people."

Austin Kleon's 'Show Your Work!' changed the way I documented my process and shared something small every day to my audience as a content creator in the early stages. 

In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing” from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey—getting known. Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.” It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery—let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive. In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity— what he calls the “ecology of talent.” From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing—and the dangers of oversharing—to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.

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Personal Development

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Reading & Writing

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Creativity

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Books

In his New York Times bestseller Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing” from the community of other movers and shakers. Now, in an even more forward-thinking and necessary book, he shows how to take that critical next step on a creative journey—getting known. Show Your Work! is about why generosity trumps genius. It’s about getting findable, about using the network instead of wasting time “networking.” It’s not self-promotion, it’s self-discovery—let others into your process, then let them steal from you. Filled with illustrations, quotes, stories, and examples, Show Your Work! offers ten transformative rules for being open, generous, brave, productive. In chapters such as You Don’t Have to Be a Genius; Share Something Small Every Day; and Stick Around, Kleon creates a user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity— what he calls the “ecology of talent.” From broader life lessons about work (you can’t find your voice if you don’t use it) to the etiquette of sharing—and the dangers of oversharing—to the practicalities of Internet life (build a good domain name; give credit when credit is due), it’s an inspiring manifesto for succeeding as any kind of artist or entrepreneur in the digital age.

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/

Austin Kleon

Show Your Work!

"Loneliness is the point of intersection between our divine roots and our sinful inclinations." -J. Ellsworth Kalas

Experience Is A Good Teacher 

"But our self centeredness gets in the way... of communication...and our own insecurities prevent our being as honest as we should."-J Ellsworth Kalas

Loneliness And Sin 

Sometimes you just act without fully understanding why. That's the universe pulling you in a direction just listen and accept.

Everyone attends the School of Experience, but some learn more than others. Whatever comes our way in life, it is up to us to make the most of it. The lessons are presented; how well we learn them is our choice. In this book, readers will find invaluable insights to equip themselves for the "course of study" ahead. J. Ellsworth Kalas provides a profile of some of the teachers in the School of Experience: Friendship, Regret, Love, Success, Defeat, Enemies, and others. He draws from the lives of saints and sages -- as well as from rogues -- to discover inspiration and insight for today's Christian. The wisdom in this book opens our eyes to the often overlooked subtleties in the lessons of life.

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Motivation & Inspiration

Everyone attends the School of Experience, but some learn more than others. Whatever comes our way in life, it is up to us to make the most of it. The lessons are presented; how well we learn them is our choice. In this book, readers will find invaluable insights to equip themselves for the "course of study" ahead. J. Ellsworth Kalas provides a profile of some of the teachers in the School of Experience: Friendship, Regret, Love, Success, Defeat, Enemies, and others. He draws from the lives of saints and sages -- as well as from rogues -- to discover inspiration and insight for today's Christian. The wisdom in this book opens our eyes to the often overlooked subtleties in the lessons of life.

J. Ellsworth Kalas

If Experience Is Such a Good Teacher, Why Do I Keep Repeating the Course? with Study Guide

If Experience is Such a Good Teacher, why Do I Keep Repeating the Course?

You are life but you are so covered with a cloud of thought, emotion, ideas, ideologies, philosophies, religions and prejudices that this psychological drama has hugely overshadowed the life process. And today, largely when people say “my life,” you are supposed to understand that they are talking about their job, their business, their family, their car, their wealth, their party; they are not talking about the life that they are. Only because you are a life and you are alive right now, all these accessories mean something.

What is life???

If you were very blissful and ecstatic at this moment, would you think, “What is the purpose of life?” – No. Only when in some way, life has become burdensome, these questions arise: “To be or not to be?” “Is there a good enough purpose for me to exist?” Your experience of life itself has not become grand and worthwhile enough. That is why you are trying to find a meaning. If just <a href="http://isha.sadhguru.org/blog/lifestyle/food/want-a-high-no-drinks-no-hangover-just-you/">sitting here and breathing was ecstatic</a> for you, you wouldn’t ask, “What is the purpose of life?”

What is the purpose of life???

So, before you ask that question, the most important thing is you need to learn to enhance this life to its maximum potential. When I say “life,” you don’t even know what life is. All you have right now is your body and mind. Make them as pleasant as you can. Only when your physical body and mind are in a state of pleasantness, everything in you works at its best. Your intelligence works at its best only when you are joyful and blissful. If a human being manages to remain in a continual state of blissfulness, let’s say for 24 hours, one’s intelligence will double.

What is purpose of life???- continuation 

What is the meaning of life? Sooner or later this question is bound to crop up in a thinking mind. Here is a comprehensive answer by Sadhguru that addresses the very fundamentals from which the quest for meaning arises.

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Leadership & Management

The Meaning of Life

An open mind is a valuable resource. When you're interested in new possibilities and able to think creatively, you're more likely to stay energized in your role – and keep your team or business one step ahead of the competition.

The Power of New Ideas. You don't have to be artistic to be creative. Everyone can learn to generate bold, groundbreaking ideas by adopting a creative approach and applying the best thinking tools.There are three key approaches to generating new ideas:1. Breaking old thinking patterns.2. Making new connections.3. Getting fresh perspectives.

Inspiring Innovation Through Creative Thinking

We can all get stuck in certain "tracks" of thought and fall victim to groupthink . These ideas may be so comfortable that we don't even realize that they're holding us back! So, to have fresh ideas, we need to break away from established patterns of thought and start to see new paths ahead.Here are some of the best ways to do it:Challenge Your Assumptions. Rephrase the Problems. Think in Reverse. Mix Your Media.

1. Breaking Old Thinking Patterns

1. Challenging your assumptions. You likely bring a set of assumptions to each and every situation. Many of them may turn out to be true, but challenging your preconceptions can also open up some exciting possibilities.2. Rephrase the ProblemThe way you define or frame your problem can limit your creativity. If you describe the issue you're trying to solve in a different way, or look at it from a different angle, new solutions can emerge.

A. Ways To Break Old Thinking Patterns. 

3. Think in ReverseIf you're finding it difficult to think of a new approach, try turning the problem upside-down!Flip the question and explore the exact opposite of what you want to achieve. This can present you with innovative ways to tackle the real issue.To come up with a new design for your website, for example, think about how you'd create the worst look possible. Trying to make it boring, frustrating and forgettable may give you some bold ideas for how to do the opposite.

B. Ways To Break Old Thinking Patterns. 

4. Mix Your MediaRadical ideas can arise from tackling problems in unusual ways. A great way to do this is to apply different types of creativity – don't just talk or write about your plans, explore them through music, painting, photography, sculpture… whatever enables you to express yourself. Fresh thinking can emerge when you let your creative juices flow!.

C. Ways To Break Old Thinking Patterns. 

Another way to generate new ideas is to make new and unexpected connections. Some of the best ideas seem to occur almost by chance – you see or hear something unconnected with the situation you're trying to resolve, and a lightbulb goes on in your head!Try some of the following strategies for forging creative connections:1. Random words. Pick a word at random from any document, then look for novel associations between that word and your problem.

2. Making New Connections. 

2. Picture prompts. Images can be a great way to inspire creative thinking. Pick any image, find a connection with your problem – however tenuous – and notice any new possibilities that open up.3. Objects of interest. How about asking your team members to bring a small object of their choice to your next ideas meeting? You could generate new ideas by asking questions such as, "How is this object like the problem we're trying to solve?" or "How could we use this object to meet our challenge?"

A. .Strategies For Making New Connections. 

Finally, you can add extra dynamism to your thinking by taking a step back from your usual standpoint and viewing a problem through "fresh eyes."You'll often get a surprising new take on an issue by talking to someone with a different perspective, maybe because of their age, life experience, or cultural background.

3. Finding Fresh Perspectives

Setting aside the traditional human way of thinking and learn to think anew with the help of new thought process.

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Philosophy

Da 🕵Creative thinking 💭

Here's the 5 ways to develop the creativity in students:1. Create your own IfsNumerous great creators/innovators take an existing object and pose the clever questions to twist its actual idea and make it new. Steve jobs didn't start of an idea of Smartphone. He just took the existed Smartphone and ask the question to himself that how can he modify it to make it better or the best. Let's clear about this, there are nothing universally verified, it's just their approach to develop their own ideas through their interest, speciality and type of thinking or even what type of team working with you.

Creative Thinking Skills

What would happen if I change it?How can I improve in this object if I have to use it for more 10 to 12 years?What would I do if I have One Million Rupees to invest?How much time it will take if I start now?This questions can become Powerful tool to you that can help you to think in a different way. But it is important to practice this to get more useful effect of this. You have to exercise your mind to improve your creative thinking by asking Ifs. To develop creativity in your mind, start thinking more and more. Initially you will not get much better results, but later on you will be pleased.

I usually suggest you to ask simply Ifs to yourself?

The greatest thing is that the creative thinking is not the product of IQ.It is just based upon your imagination, Practicing your power of observation and dreaming.Your imagination can be big or small to change the world. It sounds so simple,but it become very confusing to you when you can't imagine the things. All too often in our daily life,we are just spending our day in front of television.It just kill your creative mind and ability of thinking.So,at the end of the day, we just come up with an idea that we will not watch the television from tomorrow for longer time.Sound so familiar.Right?

2. Imagination

3. Set up learning activities in your classroom or home that allow you to explore creativity in relevant, interesting, and worthwhile waysSuppose your teacher has given some rock sample and he told you to determine the differences between these samples which you have understand by the definition. Every students have different opinions regarding this such as someone has created difference by colour, some by appearance and others by hardness.

The one who learn everyday, for them it becomes very easy to learn from their activities. When your teacher have told you to look after the matter, everyone has their different ideas and concepts to see the matter. When you think and imagine more and more, your creativity enhances to give the best results which you deserve.*Activities to develop Creative Thinking:<ul><li>Lateral-thinking </li><li>Visual reading (Concept-mapping)</li><li>Think out of your mentality</li><li> Artistic creativity</li><li> Problem-solving Abilities</li><li>Analytical thinking</li></ul>

"Creativity takes courage" is a notable statement from the artist. Emphasizing the value in mistakes will allow you to create a safe space for making the steps to success.The following are a couple of ways of advancing this idea with your group. <ul><li>Give your friends the positive feedback when they commit an error and permit them to tackle an issue to find an answer. </li><li>Read books,It will assist with supporting transforming mistakes into arts in spite of an initial failure.</li><li>Take a paper with a dot,rip, orpaint splatter and transform it into something lovely.This assists how mistake can be transferred.</li></ul>

4. Embrace mistakes of others

Here we have given the ways to develop the creative thinking an to improve yourself.

How to develop Creative thinking skills in students

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Protein recipe

In India, we don't have many options for a protein diet when it comes to bodybuilding, so here I'm sharing a quick option to the food menu for the fitness freaks.

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Food

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<ul><li>Loving yourself is the first rule of love.</li><li>The biggest milestone on the internet is to earn the first $1.</li><li>Many stories bore people. All people want is a piece of information that will tell them how to survive in chaos.</li><li>Don't beat up yourself when things go wrong. The solution will not come when you lose your cool. The solution will come when you’re at peace with yourself.</li><li>It takes a little effort to turn a page of your memory to recollect something you did in the past that could unlock the door for you in the present or future.</li></ul>

What was the most interesting piece of advice?

<ul><li>People who suffered the worst broken relationships write the most romantic novels. People who went through a hard life write the most interesting stories.</li><li>Start doing something that has never been done before, and people will think you’re crazy. Stop doing it, and people will want to stone you.</li><li>Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about being found by others.</li><li>You could actually go through life without realizing you were there.</li><li>Stop indulging in other people’s affairs. If you’re unable to cope with your own problems, why indulge in other people’s affairs?</li></ul>

What was the most interesting piece of advice on life someone has given to you?

Living artfully / artistically is living in the present moment. Artful / Artistic living as a lifestyle. Being present as a lifestyle. Normalising being present. 💜Normalising art. 💜

Living Artfully As A Lifestyle 

Resonance, when inner and outer world are in sync. 

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Mindfulness

Living Artfully 

When you’re in touch with your honest aesthetic/spiritual/material/intellectual priorities, writing is pretty easy...once you begin, it shouldn’t feel like trying to squeeze champagne out of wrought iron. It should feel like opening a floodgate—whether that results in a furious swell or an amiable trickle.

The self-honesty required here isn’t a one-time thing, it’s an ongoing process. As you continue producing creative work, you will, for better or worse, be changing in the background. You may find that doing the things you once did is no longer congruent with your inner climate. This gives you, roughly, two choices—either you flow with who you’ve actually become, or you slowly descend into a hollow parody of what you once were.

It's not a technique problem, it's a sincerity problem

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Communication

If You Have Writer's Block, Maybe You Should Stop Lying

Trying to resolve things too quickly, especially for complex problems, is detrimental to innovation because you fall prey to premature closure. And resistance to premature closure — a key aspect of creativity — is our ability to keep an open mind when we already have a potential solution.
While mantras like “move fast and break things” can help push people towards action, they can backfire when the underlying problem is complex. In such situations, urging the team to keep searching for more ideas can lead to more innovative and far-reaching solutions.

The Productivity Illusion

Creative thinking is more cognitively demanding than logical thinking. In that sense, creative thinking is a higher-order skill. In practical terms, this means that analyzing an idea is easier than synthesizing a new one from multiple sources.
In an ideal scenario, organizations would pay people in proportion to their cognitive work. In practice, however, we tend to reward “critics” more than “synthesizers” because critics sound more intelligent.

The Intelligence Illusion

Most teams associate successful ideation with group work. Surprisingly, that’s not true. Group brainstorming feels more productive because the social connection we experience with each other during brainstorming makes us happier and we confuse that with productivity.
In practice, nominal brainstorming (where individual team members think independently before sharing their ideas) consistently outperforms traditional group brainstorming, especially for diverse teams.

The Brainstorming Illusion

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Career

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Teamwork

3 Common Fallacies About Creativity

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