Austin Kleon is the author of Show Your Work, and one of the many guest speakers at South by South West in Austin this week. In this short video co-hosts of the No. 1 iTunes social media podcast – Social Media for Small Business, Cat Matson and Suzi Dafnis, review his presentation on what makes genius and why if you want to be a master you have to first be an apprentice. If you’ve ever thought that the only way to get ahead is to squirrel away glory for yourself then consider that this may be a faulty notion of creativity and work. The video explores:
- Vampires and human spam – and how to avoid being both (and how to banish them from your life)
- Why sharing your work brings you closer to mastery
- When the process is more important than the end result
- Why the idea of being a superhumanly gifted genius is a myth
- How to be part of the ‘scene’ of great movements
- Why mastery is not a ‘solo act’
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YdEXMTI97jE
“Austin explained that you don’t have to be a genius, just be part of the scenius (the scene of genius in the area you want to excel in). If we think more about how we can contribute and nurture a scenius we can adjust our expectations and and stop asking what others can do for us and, instead, ask what we can do for others.” – Suzi Dafnis
