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Show Your Work!

by Austin Kleon

Three key ideas

  1. Share parts of your process, not only polished outcomes.
  2. Pick material that gives context or learning, and tell a rough experiment from a finished result.
  3. Aim for generosity and relevance, not a flood of updates.

The five 2-minute lessons

  1. 1.Show the messy middle
  2. 2.Small and useful beats loud
  3. 3.Teach it, then name who helped
  4. 4.Add context, then join in
  5. 5.Take the note, keep making

From the comic

Another beautiful shelf photo. I have answered the question aesthetically.

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