Think Out of the Box: You won't come up with good ideas until you think outside the box

Sunday 14 July 2013

You won't come up with good ideas until you think outside the box

THINK OUT OF THE BOX: TIPS FOR THE DAY

"You won't come up with good ideas until you think outside the box."

" Let's think outside the box for a minute and try to find a better solution."

No doubt you hear this phrase quite often and perhaps it let you ponder what it means in actual fact. The following steps will show you some quick ways to "Think Out of the Box" dint of stepping out of your comfort zone.

PREPARE YOURSELF FOR A COLOSSAL CHANGE:

Some indications which tell you that it might be time to change your way of thinking include:

You're in a rut, you know it, and no matter what you try, you keep fall back into the same rut.

You're not able to fathom out the solution to pestering problem and keep racking your brains to get the answer which is right on th top of your head and just at that moment someone else deciphers it and which turns out to be an incredibly obvious one; it happens a lot.

CHALLENGE ASSUMPTIONS:

Just because it has always been that way, doesn't mean that it will go unchallenged. By expecting things to never change, you're infact setting yourself up for a lot of pain and unhappiness when things – and people –change around you, without taking you along.

Ways to challenge assumptions include:

Constantly question yourself, keep badgering yourself to give them free reign.

Haste makes waste : Don't jump to hasty conclusions. Reflect upon things until you arrive at better solutions.

CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE: You've been hammering out a new design for something at work. You've been trying this design for weeks, always in the same position. Try twirling it, turn it upside down, observe it in sunshine maybe under the trees, or project it into the ceiling and have all your co-workers lie on the floor to observe it. You'll be amazed by what a change in position can do.

When you limit your thoughts, you're caught with "Thinking inside the box" grappling with a limited set of ideas, and once you broaden your perspective you'll be amazed as you unveil that incredibly creative side of you.