Show Your Work!

In his New York Times bestseller, Steal Like an Artist, Austin Kleon showed readers how to unlock their creativity by “stealing. ” 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. Numbered lists, quotes, stories and examples help the author make this user’s manual for embracing the communal nature of creativity. What he calls the “ecology of talent. ”