the ten things Austin Kleon says nobody tells you

his original list, from the talk that became the book. numbering is his, not mine.

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Steal like an artist - trace your influences honestly, nothing is original

this is the book's whole thesis, still true

Don't wait until you know who you are to start making things

Write the book you want to read

pin this above the desk

Use your hands

Side projects are important

Do good work and put it where people can see it

the 'secret,' per Kleon

Geography is no longer our master

Be nice (the world is a small town)

people skip this one and shouldn't

Be boring (it's the only way to get work done)

Creativity is subtraction

(still true) - constraints, not more tools

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