Happy Friday,

I hope you're off to an excellent start for March and getting ready for Spring (not considering allergies).

I routinely share an illuminating review from a book segment, a few quotes that captured my attention, and a thought-provoking find from the internet—small bites of wisdom. Here is the Wise Bites memo for you to consider for the week.

Book Segment
I dove into Show Your Work this month! 10 Ways to Share Your Creativity and Get Discovered by Austin Kleon. In this follow-up to his first New York Times bestseller, Steal Like an Artist, Kloen shares ten strategies that creatives can employ to get their work out into the world and build an audience around it. Throughout the book, he shares quotes, pictures, and very straightforward gems of practical wisdom and inspiration designed to help you focus more on your process than your product. The key segment I want to spotlight in this week's Wise Bite comes from Chapter 4 - Open Up Your Cabinet of Curiosities. In that chapter, Kleon encourages creatives to maintain a collection, physically or mentally, of our curiosities - books, music, places, people, or any source of wonder. He also shared that our collection forms our taste, and our taste influences our work. One of my favorite quotes from Chapter 4 is, “Your influences are all worth sharing because they clue people in to who you are and what you do sometimes even more than your own work.”

Quotes

If a fellow isn't thankful for what he's got, he isn't likely to be thankful for what he's going to get.
-Frank A. Clark
There are two ways of exerting one's strength: one is pushing down, the other is pulling up.
-Booker T. Washington

Internet Find
Have you ever yearned to read more? I know I have. This week I found an 18-minute video, How to Read More Like Ryan Holiday, in which Holiday shares a compelling rationale for why we all should read more and follows with a set of strategies for being a better reader, reading more, and making time for reading. So find a quiet place, grab a cup of coffee or tea in your favorite mug, and enjoy this motivating video.

Stay tuned for future Wise Bites memos, and tell a friend!