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Apply Austin Kleon's sharing framework. Trigger on: "what should I share?", "build an audience", "document my creative process".

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## Core Philosophy

Austin Kleon's *Show Your Work!* makes a single counterintuitive argument: **you don't need talent, credentials, or a finished body of work before you start sharing. You need to share the process of becoming.** The audience finds you not because of what you've produced, but because they recognize themselves in how you work.

The fundamental reframe: stop thinking "I need to finish this before I can share it." Start thinking "sharing IS the work."

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## When to Use This Skill

Use this skill for queries that match the trigger phrases in the description and require applying the decision framework from *Show Your Work!* rather than summarizing the book.

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