Show Your Work by Austin Kleon

Austin is partly responsible for me finally starting to write (see my post Just Get Started). His take on sharing your work as a way to better your own work and connect with an audience is brilliantly simple, inspiring, and actionable.

Think Again by Adam Grant

Alright, technically I just finished this, but it’s relevant. In general - but perhaps specifically relevant today - taking the time to understand why we think the things we do is a beneficial practice. Adam breaks down the consequences of not rethinking our assumptions, positions, and sometimes even things we consider factual, and gives tools for doing it ourselves and getting others to rethink.

Transitioning to work as an independent and a writer, holding onto existing frameworks as gospel can be really detrimental, whereas reminding myself to look for new ways of thinking and doing lets me choose when to do what’s always worked and when to try something new and creative.