Show your work: 10 Learnings

{Thread} 🧵👇
1. Be an Amateur 🙌

“In the beginner’s mind, there are many possibilities.
In the expert’s mind, there are few.” - Shunryu Suzuki

Amateurs are NOT AFRAID to make mistakes or look ridiculous in public.
2. Find a Scenius,
pay attention to what others are sharing,
and then start taking note of what they’re not sharing.

Don’t worry, for now, about how you’ll make money or career off it.

Share what you love, and the people who love the same things will find you ❤️
3. Become a Documentarian of what you do

- Take photos of everything 📸
- Show your workspace
- Make a vlog 📹
- Journal your experience
- Draw, Sketch, Record audio

Document Everything
4. Send out a Daily Dispatch ✍️

Put out your work every single day

Early stages: Share your influences and what’s inspiring you.

Middle of executing a project: Write about your methods or share works in progress

Completed a project: show the final product or what you learned
5. "So What" test https://twitter.com/pradologue/status/1306917131875954689?s=20
6. Build a good domain name

Create a personal website 🏠

Social medias come and go

The beauty of owning your own turf is that you can do whatever you want with it.

http://Pradologue.com 
7. Tell good stories ⚡️

Good storytelling doesn’t come easy to everybody

It’s a skill that takes a lifetime to master

So study the great stories and then go find some of your own

Your stories will get better the more you tell them

http://thestorycards.com  (For great stories)
8. Teach what you know

Share your trade secrets

LEARN 🔁 TEACH
9. Don't turn into human spam

You want hearts not eyeballs

Don’t be creepy.
Don’t be a jerk.
Don’t waste people’s time.
Don’t ask too much.

And don’t ever ever ask people to follow you.
“Follow me back?” is the saddest question on the Internet.
10. Pass around the hat

When you put out work for free: Audience gathers

You might take the leap of turning them into patrons

Easiest way: Ask for Donations

Like A band passing a hat during a gig — if people like what you do, they’ll throw a few bucks

https://www.buymeacoffee.com/prado 
Bonus

11. Stick Around

Don't quit your show

Just keep going 🔑
All you have to do is SHOW YOUR WORK

I've been writing threads every day

Check them out below

Follow for more
https://twitter.com/pradologue/status/1267341552042405889?s=20
https://twitter.com/pradologue/status/1309123816606633984?s=20
You can follow @pradologue.
Tip: mention @twtextapp on a Twitter thread with the keyword “unroll” to get a link to it.

Latest Threads Unrolled:

By continuing to use the site, you are consenting to the use of cookies as explained in our Cookie Policy to improve your experience.