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“Repetition is the mother of learning, the father of action, which makes it the architect of accomplishment.” ~ Zig Ziglar”
― Som Bathla, The Science of High Performance: Develop Mental Toughness, Boost Willpower, Master New Skills, and Achieve Your Goals Faster

“The future is not something we enter. The future is something we create”
― Som Bathla, The Power of Self Discipline: Resist Temptations, Control Impulses, Boost Mental Toughness & Willpower, and Create A Life of Success & Abundance

“once your brain is filled with all these negative emotions, you don’t really have a space to think anything other than a vicious cycle of negative thinking only. All creative people are joyful and positive about life.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“You don’t always need to run around and struggle finding your purpose. Sometime your life’s purpose is just under your nose.”
― Som Bathla, Discover Your Why: Unleash the Power Of Why, Find Your Strengths, Use Obstacles to Your Benefit, and Lead A Purpose Driven Life

“Belief is not merely a vital part of any major accomplishment; rather, belief is EVERYTHING before you take even the first step in any direction.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“The two most important days in your life are the day you are born and the day you find out why. ~ Mark Twain”
― Som Bathla, Discover Your Why: Unleash the Power Of Why, Find Your Strengths, Use Obstacles to Your Benefit, and Lead A Purpose Driven Life

“Here is the key. Procrastination is a vice when it comes to productivity, but it becomes a virtue for creativity.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“That’s what procrastination does. It gives you enough time to consider divergent ideas, to think in non-linear ways, and to make unexpected moves.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I may not have it at the beginning.” ~Gandhi”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Instruct - Instruct your subconscious mind to find the answer. Incubate - Now, leave the problem aside - don’t work on the problem, go and do something else. Maybe take a shower or go on vacations, etc. Eureka- the moment will jump out of air suddenly, and you will be supplied with the great idea that can transform your life.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Stay relaxed and wait for your Eureka moment. It will come at a time and places generally when you least expect it to come.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“If you don’t believe (or maybe you don’t’ want to believe) that you can climb the Mount Everest, you won’t take any action.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“While we are awake, our brain works in Beta brainwaves, which is not an ideal condition for ideas to come up. To generate creativity, you need a calmer and relaxed state of mind that comes with Alpha brainwaves.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Developing ideas is also like building muscles. If you want to build muscles, you work out with heavier weights and stretch your muscles.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Often, we already have the answers to our problems, but we don’t quiet ourselves enough to see the solutions bubbling just below the surface.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“But beware. When it comes to the question of why should you do it? No one else can help you out. It’s only you who can answer that question. And the only way is to keep asking yourself what to do.”
― Som Bathla, Discover Your Why: Unleash the Power Of Why, Find Your Strengths, Use Obstacles to Your Benefit, and Lead A Purpose Driven Life

“Neuroscientists and psychologists have been doing their research on the subject, and they discovered that while we are getting bored, it activates the default mode network of the brain. In fact, there are two different types of network in the brain: Active Network Default Mode Network (DMN)”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Take notes while reading: Write notes everywhere in the book to identify and distinguish different facts.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“The item being manufactured would travel to the skilled worker through the assembly line, and that itself revolutionized the productivity and speed of the manufacturing process manifold while saving time, energy, and efforts of the manual workers.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Confirmation bias is our general tendency to interpret the new evidence as a confirmation of our existing belief system. We are so glued to our old beliefs that instead of learning something new or different, we cherry-pick the information that confirms our existing belief system.”
― Som Bathla, Mind Hacking Secrets: Overcome Self-Sabotaging Thinking, Improve Decision Making, Master Your Focus and Unlock Your Mind’s Limitless Potential

“A man's mistakes are his portals of discovery. ” ~ James Joyce”
― Som Bathla, The Intelligent Thinking: Overcome Thinking Errors, Learn Advanced Techniques to Think Intelligently, Make Smarter Choices, and Become the Best Version of Yourself

“One of the best ways to fuse ideas is to do it by way of mind mapping, a technique invented by Tony Buzan, a brain expert, and author.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“It’s not always a brand new innovative idea that flourishes versus the people who make improvements over the previous innovations.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Actually, your mind has an unlimited potential that needs to be tapped by asking the right set of questions and the SCAMPER method does the very same thing by asking different set of questions in an intelligent manner. SCAMPER offers subtle cues or triggers that trigger your mind to come out with various alternatives.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“But the irony is that the modern technology doesn’t leave any scope for any of us to get bored, as compared to even one generation before, who didn’t have their eyes consistently glued to their smartphones.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“You can convert the problem into challenges by asking specific questions like:”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“In order to be more creative and generate a new set of ideas: You should start doubting any and all kind of default settings as the only way to go for.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Now, get away from the challenge for a day or two, or engage yourself into some other project.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“Use Boredom to Invite Brilliance: Getting bored means to not get continuously driven by your frequent cravings and getting distracted often. If you are not doing anything, you’ll feel bored. But the benefit of getting bored is it activates your default mode network (DMN) i.e., imagination network of your brain.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

“The more you remember your experience through your memory, the more you are able to form new ideas. Someone rightly said that creativity is nothing but a fusion of memory and imagination.”
― Som Bathla, Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top