Steal like an artist book summary

Creativity means to create something new. 5 rules have been mentioned in this book to achieve creativity, Which are:

1. Steal like an artist.

All the inventions in this world isn't 100% original, it also those also copied some other ideas in a way that it became unpredictable.

So the main technique of creating something new is to steal the ideas, thoughts of your idols and applying the chosen ideas in your work. 

2. Don't wait until you are ready.

This concept is somehow also related to self discipline. Self discipline means to do the things you should do instead of doing the things you just want to do.

This rule is is habit to get things done instead of waiting for the perfect time, which results in not getting the work done.

3. Write the book you want to read.

This rule helps to decide what to create. There are many things that can be created uniquely but people might not like to consume it.

You simply have to work on the idea or product that you needed but that isn't available in this world.

4. Side projects and hobbies are important.

This rule helps to boost your creativity. It shows how much important hobbies are.

Having hobbies are same effective as having idols, because you can steal the ideas of them. You can apply idea of your hobby in your work like how you apply idea of your idols in your work.

5. Creativity is subtraction.

This rule helps to further specify the ideas that you will copy. 

This rule says not to copy anything fully, it says to discard some ideas when working on applying those ideas on your work to make it easier for you to create something new cause the choices are endless.