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An Audience of One Audiobook Summary

The creator of the Unmistakable Creative podcast makes a counterintuitive argument: By focusing your creative work on pleasing yourself, you can increase your productivity, happiness, and (eventually, paradoxically) the size of your audience.

Creating for your own pleasure–whether you’re writing a novel, composing songs, or painting a landscape–can seem pointless. It’s tempting to focus on pursuing money and fame, rather than the process itself. But as Srini Rao warns, creating then turns into a chore that can harm your self-esteem and suck the pleasure out of life, rather than being a source of joy.

Rao, host of the podcast The Unmistakable Creative, argues that we should counter this thinking by intentionally creating art for ourselves alone–an audience of one. In this book he shares the fascinating true stories of creatives who took this path, along with actionable tips and the research of creativity experts. You’ll learn, for example:

  • How Oprah’s intentional focus on her own work rather than the opinions of everyone else catapulted her into one of the most popular talk shows of all time.
  • How being process-driven can not only help you produce more work, but can make you happier outside of your creative time.
  • How to put together a creative “team of rivals” whose feedback can help you hone your craft and filter out useless feedback.
  • By playing to an audience of one, we can find more happiness, increased productivity, and a greater sense of community.

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    Srinivas Rao is the narrator of An Audience of One audiobook that was written by Srinivas Rao

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    An Audience of One Full Details

    Narrator Srinivas Rao
    Length 2 hours 59 minutes
    Author Srinivas Rao
    Category
    Publisher Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
    Release date April 27, 2024
    ISBN 9780525633242

    Subjects

    The publisher of the An Audience of One is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: morning routines, habits, creative habits, inspiration, artists, art, flow state, flow, creative process, writing music, painting, novel writing, happiness, productivity, creativity, creative, art books for artists techniques, business, self help, entrepreneurship, motivation, business books, money, motivational books, self help books, graduation gifts, mindset, creative writing, inspirational books for women, confidence, self help books for women, creative thinking, intuition, economy, success books, self improvement books, Business & Economics, Personal Success, Self-Help, Creativity, Business & Economics, Motivational The BISAC Subject Code is Business & Economics, Personal Success

    Additional info

    The publisher of the An Audience of One is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Penguin Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9780525633242.

    Global Availability

    This book is only available in the United States.

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