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This book cured my imposter syndrome 📖

2024-03-22 · Short · Ali · recording, 0:50 · watch on YouTube

Topic: YouTube, writing online and creators · mode: Personal story · tags: Lesson from a book

Ali says Austin Kleon's Show Your Work cured his imposter syndrome, the fear that what he had to say was not valuable enough: you do not have to be a genius or a guru, documenting what you know or have done is showing your work, and eight years later that is still the philosophy of his channel.

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00:00:00 — How Show Your Work cured his imposter syndrome and became his channel's philosophy

  • ★★★ Ali says Austin Kleon's book Show Your Work taught him that what held him back was imposter syndrome, the fear that what he had to say was not valuable enough. — 00:00:00 · Show Your Work!, imposter syndrome, show your work
  • ★★★ Ali's lesson from Show Your Work, in his own guide-not-guru wording rather than Austin Kleon's: you do not have to be a genius or the guru, you can be the guide; as long as you document what you know or have done, you are showing your work and can publish, and the way you get discovered is by showing your work and putting it online. — 00:00:00 · Show Your Work!, show your work
  • ★★ Before reading Show Your Work Ali thought he needed to write long blog posts with a lot of value; afterwards he thought he just needed to show his work, and eight years on it is still the philosophy of his YouTube channel. — 00:00:29 · Show Your Work!, show your work

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Also: guide, not guru · imposter syndrome

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