Your brain gets too comfortable in your everyday surroundings. You need to make it uncomfortable. You need to spend some time in another land, among people that do things differently than you. Travel makes the world look new, and when the world looks new, our brains work harder.
Austin KleonThere's a balance between what you want to give the world and what it needs. If you're lucky, your work is in the middle.
Austin KleonThe best way to get started on the path of sharing your work is to think about what you want to learn, and make a commitment to learning it in front of others.
Austin KleonUnless you are actually a ninja, a guru, or a rock star, don't ever use any of those terms in your bio. Ever.
Austin KleonYou are, in fact, a mashup of what you choose to let into your life. You are the sum of your influences. The German writer Goethe said, "We are shaped and fashioned by what we love."
Austin KleonDig into almost every overnight success story and you’ll find about a decade’s worth of hard work and perseverance.
Austin KleonIn the end, creativity isn’t just the things we choose to put in, it’s the things we choose to leave out.
Austin KleonBe curious about the world in which you live. Look things up. Chase down every reference. Go deeper than anybody else--that's how you'll get ahead.
Austin KleonThe biggest task in the morning is to try to keep my headspace from being invaded by the outside world.
Austin KleonThe thing is: It takes a lot of energy to be creative. You don't have that energy if you waste it on other stuff.
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