Austin Kleon- The Idiot's Guide to Being Creative

<p><em>New York Times</em> besetselling author Austin Kleon joins Joe to discuss how all of us can become more creative people. In this episode Joe and Austin talk about:</p><ul><li>The importance of reading widely</li><li>Why routines matter</li><li>The power inside of our old green notebooks</li><li>&quot;Scenius&quot; is better than genius</li><li>Tension makes us better</li><li>How uniforms influence our behavior</li><li>Being present in our personal and professional lives</li></ul><p><br/></p><p>Austin Kleon is the <em>New York Times</em> bestselling author of a trilogy of illustrated books about creativity in the digital age: <a href='https://amzn.to/46CGX4O'><em>Steal Like An Artist</em></a>, <a href='https://amzn.to/3QmKO0o'><em>Show Your Work!</em></a>, and <a href='https://amzn.to/3QogIcF'><em>Keep Going</em></a>. He’s also the author of <a href='http://austinkleon.com/newspaperblackout'><em>Newspaper Blackout</em></a>, a collection of poems made by redacting the newspaper with a permanent marker. His books have been translated into dozens of languages and have sold over a million copies worldwide. He’s been featured on NPR’s <em>Morning Edition</em>, PBS <em>Newshour</em>, and in <em>The New York Times</em> and <em>The Wall Street Journal</em>. <em>New York Magazine</em> called his work “brilliant,” <em>The Atlantic</em> called him “positively one of the most interesting people on the Internet,” and <em>The New Yorker</em> said his poems “resurrect the newspaper when everybody else is declaring it dead.” He <a href='https://austinkleon.com/speaking/'>speaks</a> for organizations such as Pixar, Google, SXSW, TEDx, and <em>The Economist</em>. In previous lives, he worked as a librarian, a web designer, and an advertising copywriter. He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife and sons. (Bio Courtesy of <a href='http://austinkleon.com/'>www.austinkleon.com</a>)</p><p><br/><br/></p>