11 Questions That May Change Your Life: http://www.clarkdanger.com/download/ Let's talk about stealing shit. Why did The Beatles started as a cover band? Can you write a bestselling book with just 50 words? Why is “art” really “theft”? And good artists copy, but great artists really steal? These are 10 things no one told you about being creative. Steal Like An Artist is a great book by Austin Kleon. This book summary and book review of Steal Like An Artist will go over the BEST 10 IDEAS from Austin Kleon's book. You might also consider getting the full book or audiobook for this – it’s killer! Here are the best 10 ideas from “Steal Like An Artist” by Austin Kleon GET THE BOOK: http://amzn.to/2bBXdbt MASTER JOURNALING: http://www.mybestjournal.com ★★★ BIG 10 IDEAS ★★★ (1:40) 1. NOTHING IS ORIGINAL Start viewing art as objective not subjective. There’s not “good ideas” or “bad ideas” - only ideas worth stealing & ideas not worth stealing. We can embrace influence, not run from it. When people call something original, nine out of ten times they just don’t remember where influences came from. (3:00) 2. EVERYTHING IS A REMIX We are all remix. Mother + Father = You. 1 + 1 = 3. Process of evolution. We are the average of the top five people we hang around most. We are also the sum of our role models and influences. Create your own "Influence Family Tree". (5:45) 3. DON’T WAIT - START BEFORE YOU’RE READY It is not that we must “know who we are” before we create, it is in the process that we find who we are. Life isn’t about “Finding ourselves” life is about CREATING OURSELVES (7:45) 4. IMPOSTER SYNDROME Shift in identity is hard - might feel as if not there yet. Can’t view it that way. Imitation is how we learn. Musicians = scales. Painters = reproduce masterpieces. Kids = alphabet. Drums = cover songs. Remember: even The Beatles started as cover band. Paul McCartney said the only reason The Beatles wrote their own songs was so other bands couldn’t copy set! GET THE BOOK: http://amzn.to/2bBXdbt (9:20) 5. STEAL, DON’T PLAGERIZE Plagiarism: to try to pass someone else work as own. Plagiarism is self defeating. When you plagiarize something you deny your own creativity. Like a mechanic takes apart car to see how works. We reverse engineer ideas. WILSON MIZNER: “if you copy from one author it’s plagiarism, but if you copy from many, it’s research.” (11:00) 6. GO DEEPER Don’t just copy style, copy thinking behind style. Conan O’Brien says all comedians start by emulating heroes, fall short, then find own style. Kobe Bryant says there isn’t a move that’s a new move. Watched tapes of heroes and tried to copy. Then realized didn't have same body type to pull off - became “original”. (11:40) 7. WRITE THE BOOK YOU WANT TO READ Scratch your own itch - EX: male cosmetics / hair products. Couldn’t find any made from scratch / good ingredients that didn’t kill my soul using. Salon style / etc. Start business you want to run. Play music you want to hear. Build products you want to use. (13:40) 8. LIFESPAN OF A PROJECT See also: THE DIP - WAR OF ART - RESISTANCE - BURN OUT (16:30) 9. WRITE IT DOWN Importance of keeping a journal. Write it today: http://www.mybestjournal.com (17:40) 10. SIMPLIFY No more than 3 points videos. Apple = obsessed with clean and simple. iPhone only have ONE button! Streamlined. Dr. Sues wrote “The Cat in The Hat” with only 236 words! Then editor dared him with 50 words = Green Eggs and Ham. One of bestselling children's books of all time. Creativity is subtraction. (20:00) BEST BOOK YOU'VE EVER READ Write it today: http://www.mybestjournal.com (21:00) YOUR FREE TOOLS! Your free tools: http://www.clarkdanger.com/download/ GET THE BOOK: http://amzn.to/2bBXdbt ______________________________________ ★★★ Y O U M A Y A L S O L I K E ★★★ THE HAPPINESS HYP. https://youtu.be/rnwGZ_xv8nc THE ONE THING https://youtu.be/03Enex_MWpc THE 4-HOUR WORK WEEK https://youtu.be/Pe670Q9cJXE RICH DAD POOR DAD https://youtu.be/iw2Y4nt0Crs _______