You've heard the expression "thinking ouside the box," but do you know how to do it? There are some simple techniques for coming up with solutions "outside the box."
When innovators talk about thinking outside the box, they mean coming up with creative ways to solve problems - new ways to look at things. How do they do it? How can you do it too? We first have to ask what the "box" is. Then we can look at how to get outside of it.
The "box" is the normal way of doing things and looking at things. It is the assumptions that almost everyone involved is making. The best way to start thinking out of the box then, is to identify and challenge all the assumptions that make up thinking inside the box.
Thinking outside the box require you to think differently. Sometimes You may think that your ideas are are absurd or far fetched but that is just a vice from the enemy who is trying to hinder you in your progress. All your ideas have value and some are more important than the others. But when you have things that are brewing in your mind you are harnessing that new mixture of ideas. Once that mixture is ready you will be able to pour out that energy onto a platform for written material. That's the power of thinking outside of the box.
Ways To Get Outside The Box
Challenging assumptions is a powerful creative problem solving technique. The difficult part is to identify the assumptions. If you are designing a new motorcycle, write down assumptions like "speed matters," "it has to run on gas" and "it needs two wheels," not because you expect to prove these wrong, but because challenging these can lead to creative possibilities. Maybe the time has come for an electric three-wheeled motorcycle.
Another way to get to creative solutions is to "assume the absurd." This is either fun or annoying, depending on how open-minded you can be. All you do is start making absurd assumptions, then finding ways to make sense of them. The easiest way to do it is by asking "what if."
What if a carpet cleaning business was better off with half as many customers? It seems absurd, but work with it. Hmm...less stressful, perhaps. More profitable if each customer was worth three times as much. Is that possible? Commercial jobs that involve large easy-to-clean spaces (theaters, offices, convention halls) make more money in a day than houses, with fewer headaches. Focusing on getting those accounts could be the most profitable way to go - not so absurd.
So you see, a box is just an imaginary barrier that prevents you from thinking more freely about things you can do and accomplish. If you can just get your mind focus in the thing that you desire and the place that you want to be, then that would make all the difference.Get it done Family!
Be Blessed!
When innovators talk about thinking outside the box, they mean coming up with creative ways to solve problems - new ways to look at things. How do they do it? How can you do it too? We first have to ask what the "box" is. Then we can look at how to get outside of it.
The "box" is the normal way of doing things and looking at things. It is the assumptions that almost everyone involved is making. The best way to start thinking out of the box then, is to identify and challenge all the assumptions that make up thinking inside the box.
Thinking outside the box require you to think differently. Sometimes You may think that your ideas are are absurd or far fetched but that is just a vice from the enemy who is trying to hinder you in your progress. All your ideas have value and some are more important than the others. But when you have things that are brewing in your mind you are harnessing that new mixture of ideas. Once that mixture is ready you will be able to pour out that energy onto a platform for written material. That's the power of thinking outside of the box.
Ways To Get Outside The Box
Challenging assumptions is a powerful creative problem solving technique. The difficult part is to identify the assumptions. If you are designing a new motorcycle, write down assumptions like "speed matters," "it has to run on gas" and "it needs two wheels," not because you expect to prove these wrong, but because challenging these can lead to creative possibilities. Maybe the time has come for an electric three-wheeled motorcycle.
Another way to get to creative solutions is to "assume the absurd." This is either fun or annoying, depending on how open-minded you can be. All you do is start making absurd assumptions, then finding ways to make sense of them. The easiest way to do it is by asking "what if."
What if a carpet cleaning business was better off with half as many customers? It seems absurd, but work with it. Hmm...less stressful, perhaps. More profitable if each customer was worth three times as much. Is that possible? Commercial jobs that involve large easy-to-clean spaces (theaters, offices, convention halls) make more money in a day than houses, with fewer headaches. Focusing on getting those accounts could be the most profitable way to go - not so absurd.
So you see, a box is just an imaginary barrier that prevents you from thinking more freely about things you can do and accomplish. If you can just get your mind focus in the thing that you desire and the place that you want to be, then that would make all the difference.Get it done Family!
Be Blessed!
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