So one of the biggest inspiration I have had all year apart from Gary Vee, is this guy, Austin Kleon and his book "Steal Like An Artist". Now if at 1 am, a this time of the night, Jassica could start jabbing at her laptop and write about some dude, then he must be pretty shit hot, and seriously, he is.
Now I haven't finished reading the book yet. But I am so fired up that I really want to share something that slapped me in the face the first time I read it:
If I'd waited to know who I was or what I was about before I started "being creative," well, I'd still be sitting around trying to figure myself out instead of making things. In my experience, it's in the act of making things and doing our work that we figure out who we are.
You're ready. Start Making Stuff.
For those of us perfectionist content creators, this is one of our biggest run-in. Or maybe it is mine.
I tend to sit on a content for so long, or a video for so long, and I finished the editing but never published it!
And here's why. We are often so bogged down by what people think, and what they feel our product should be. Yes, sure, learn from the best. However, here is the counter argument.
To find your "speciality", to find "Your" style, you need to start making content. The book is called "Steal Like An Artist", and if you guessed it right, it is about creating and finding your own voice, your "originality", through gathering (or stealing) ideas from the world around you, your idols, your heroes, and etc.
Simply put, ponder this quote:
"What is Originality? Undetected plagiarism." - William Ralph Inge
Gather ideas, make content, and be utterly shit at it - at first.
Fake it till you make it - literally. And no, that didn't come from me. I stole it from Austin Kleon, and yet I am not the only one who did.
This is probably a trademark of most successful people.
Applying that in the context of content creating:
Create something even though you have no idea what the heck you are doing. Continue at it until it actually becomes something. And if you haven't arrived at your destination, don't stop until you do. (That is if you really wanna be a bomb ass content creator)
Make mistakes - don't be afraid to look stupid. Truth is, we can only learn by making mistakes. Don't be afraid to fall. Austin made such a good point of saying something along this lines of "Make full use of your time when you are not famous."
Why? Because no one actually cares.
That means you get to hella lots of mistakes, look stupid (to you), but gain alot of experiences and learnings from it. And even if no one still cares, sometime along the line, when you get really good, they would.
And here's the thing, you will never learn and understand all this, if you never start. You can only sit, twiddle your thumbs, and think of the "What-ifs" because you have never even tried.
Best part? This is not just for us content creators. This applies for everything else in Life.
How cool is that??
J x
I am absolutely passionate about being able to create content that will create value in YOUR life and which will help you live more amazing lives. All of your support will go in to supporting my passion to be able to live what matters for me, that is to share and give back to the community.
