Wondering what outside, inside the box is all about? I know you've heard the term "think outside the box", but what does that really mean, and even if you really know the definition do you know how to think outside the box? I created this term to show you there are other ways to think. Am I saying the same thing, as "think outside the box"? Here's the concept, I am outside the box that I am presently in, looking at myself inside and creating ways to get me out of the box. Creating new paths to remove my self from being inside. Want to ponder that for a bit?
You see we're always in a box, perhaps a larger box than before because we have expanded our thinking and ways of getting things done, it's called growing. So every time we want to create something new we must step out of the box. It's almost like contemplating, "how the universe began". Now that will make you crazy. I can tell you from experience it's not easy. Even those of us who have practiced this for years get stuck often enough, and have to step back, step out, and think about what we're trying to achieve. We have to remove ourselves from ourselves by visualizing everything anew.
The goal of thinking outside the box is to actually do that, which means to think differently from what you know and believe. To not use all of the same excuses you always use as to why something cannot be done. You must approach this thinking by throwing away all of your preconceived notions about how you will achieve your goal. Your goal is to create something from nothing, paint your greatest vision on a blank canvas, empty your mind and re-imagine your world. Do you think Fulton, Bell, DaVinci, or others could have created what they did by using the same ideas and tools of others?
Whatever the goal, whether it is to gain more customers, build revenue, figure out how to increase profits, construct a new building or design the city of tomorrow. The magic word is "Create", to bring into existence, to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior, to produce through imaginative skill something new, and different.
So you're probably wondering how you go about "thinking outside the box"? As I mentioned, you do this by removing yourself from any and all preconceived notions or ideas about how it has been done before. If you were to re-invent the wheel, so to speak, and you needed to transport an object from point A to point B you would not use the same method of how a wheel operates because you need to invent something better, or completely new. Let me try and paint another picture for you. If you mediate this may help. In meditation the goal is to let all thoughts flow through you, by not expanding on the thought that just entered your mind. It's sort of like getting amnesia or having short term memory loss. You want new thoughts and new ideas that can propel you to invent a better wheel, or another completely new method for transportation in this case.
Typically, you or a group of you, will think they are "thinking out of the box", but you will do the same things you have been doing except do more of it. In other words if you are advertising in a magazine, or on a billboard, or on radio or TV, or through social media, or Google ad words, you will just do more of that in an effort to gain more exposure and more customers. While that strategy can work for you are you really doing anything different? You must create something new and different.
In football, they are constantly re-thinking plays. The goal of course is to get the ball into the end zone and score points, but they have dozens, maybe hundreds of strategies to accomplish this, don't they. And they keep inventing new ones all the time. It's the same for you. Easy to think out of the box? No, but if you want unique solutions and to do things and go places no one has ever gone before (Star Trek, couldn't resist) then you need to change your way of doing things.
So what is the 'Key' to "Thinking Out of The Box"? A combination of amnesia, creativity, guts, chance and entrepreneurship. I am reminded of all the job ads I see where they are seeking someone with qualifications having done the same thing as what that company is doing. They believe that the candidate will be able to hit the ground running using the same methods and contacts to achieve a goal sooner. While this may be true for the short term, isn't the goal to differentiate yourself from everyone else. Isn't the goal to actually create something new or use a new method? Many times, I have helped companies just because I didn't know anything about their industry. I'm a new perspective, a new way of thinking and a new chance at having bigger successes. I could go on with stories about why it's so important to "think out of the box", but instead I'll leave you with this... "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is, yes, "a form of insanity".
Now go and put on a new hat today and create your greatest dream, or hire someone already outside the box to help you get ahead. I can tell you that paying a little more for a consultant can be a lot better, and a lot less expensive in the long term, than paying a little less for an employee, who in the long term may cost a lot more.
I've been improving my life and the lives of others for decades and I invite you learn more about how to improve your life and achieve success with your relationships and increase your financial worth.
At my website http://www.TheCoffeeHouseCoach.com I have free information that will help you immediately. I also have a book called Quantum Shift Into Greatness, which is available in PaperBack or as an eBook.
By Arthur Tassinello
You see we're always in a box, perhaps a larger box than before because we have expanded our thinking and ways of getting things done, it's called growing. So every time we want to create something new we must step out of the box. It's almost like contemplating, "how the universe began". Now that will make you crazy. I can tell you from experience it's not easy. Even those of us who have practiced this for years get stuck often enough, and have to step back, step out, and think about what we're trying to achieve. We have to remove ourselves from ourselves by visualizing everything anew.
The goal of thinking outside the box is to actually do that, which means to think differently from what you know and believe. To not use all of the same excuses you always use as to why something cannot be done. You must approach this thinking by throwing away all of your preconceived notions about how you will achieve your goal. Your goal is to create something from nothing, paint your greatest vision on a blank canvas, empty your mind and re-imagine your world. Do you think Fulton, Bell, DaVinci, or others could have created what they did by using the same ideas and tools of others?
Whatever the goal, whether it is to gain more customers, build revenue, figure out how to increase profits, construct a new building or design the city of tomorrow. The magic word is "Create", to bring into existence, to produce or bring about by a course of action or behavior, to produce through imaginative skill something new, and different.
So you're probably wondering how you go about "thinking outside the box"? As I mentioned, you do this by removing yourself from any and all preconceived notions or ideas about how it has been done before. If you were to re-invent the wheel, so to speak, and you needed to transport an object from point A to point B you would not use the same method of how a wheel operates because you need to invent something better, or completely new. Let me try and paint another picture for you. If you mediate this may help. In meditation the goal is to let all thoughts flow through you, by not expanding on the thought that just entered your mind. It's sort of like getting amnesia or having short term memory loss. You want new thoughts and new ideas that can propel you to invent a better wheel, or another completely new method for transportation in this case.
Typically, you or a group of you, will think they are "thinking out of the box", but you will do the same things you have been doing except do more of it. In other words if you are advertising in a magazine, or on a billboard, or on radio or TV, or through social media, or Google ad words, you will just do more of that in an effort to gain more exposure and more customers. While that strategy can work for you are you really doing anything different? You must create something new and different.
In football, they are constantly re-thinking plays. The goal of course is to get the ball into the end zone and score points, but they have dozens, maybe hundreds of strategies to accomplish this, don't they. And they keep inventing new ones all the time. It's the same for you. Easy to think out of the box? No, but if you want unique solutions and to do things and go places no one has ever gone before (Star Trek, couldn't resist) then you need to change your way of doing things.
So what is the 'Key' to "Thinking Out of The Box"? A combination of amnesia, creativity, guts, chance and entrepreneurship. I am reminded of all the job ads I see where they are seeking someone with qualifications having done the same thing as what that company is doing. They believe that the candidate will be able to hit the ground running using the same methods and contacts to achieve a goal sooner. While this may be true for the short term, isn't the goal to differentiate yourself from everyone else. Isn't the goal to actually create something new or use a new method? Many times, I have helped companies just because I didn't know anything about their industry. I'm a new perspective, a new way of thinking and a new chance at having bigger successes. I could go on with stories about why it's so important to "think out of the box", but instead I'll leave you with this... "Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result is, yes, "a form of insanity".
Now go and put on a new hat today and create your greatest dream, or hire someone already outside the box to help you get ahead. I can tell you that paying a little more for a consultant can be a lot better, and a lot less expensive in the long term, than paying a little less for an employee, who in the long term may cost a lot more.
I've been improving my life and the lives of others for decades and I invite you learn more about how to improve your life and achieve success with your relationships and increase your financial worth.
At my website http://www.TheCoffeeHouseCoach.com I have free information that will help you immediately. I also have a book called Quantum Shift Into Greatness, which is available in PaperBack or as an eBook.
By Arthur Tassinello
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