Think Out of The Box: Generate Ideas on Demand, Improve Problem Solving, Make Better Decisions, and Start Thinking Your Way to the Top

by Som Bathla

Think More Creatively, Generate Exceptional Ideas on Demand, Solve Problems Quickly, & Set Yourself Apart From The Crowd! Thinking out of the box is powerful way to separate average from the exceptional . It’s your secret tool to attract expert insights that will empower you to make difficult decisions with speed and confidence . Filter information overwhelm, invite creativity breakthroughs & instant understanding to solve complex challenges effortlessly Som Bathla is an avid reader, and researcher of human psychology and behavior. He has written multiple bestselling books on how to redesign your mind by thinking smarter and taking consistent actions to achieve professional success and greater happiness in life . In THINK OUT OF THE BOX , you’ll be embarked on an exciting journey to understand how anyone can think faster, smarter and more creatively by instilling right beliefs (with easy to implement techniques). Idea is modern world currency for any startup, business or for rewarding professional success. Whether you are a student, employee, professional, or running a business , discover how by specifically designing your surrounding environment and practicing just a few creativity routines followed by smartest thinkers of the world, you can transform the way you think and predict the future. Learn how to generate exceptional ideas in plenty (and on demand), be known as “idea person”, make smarter decisions to start getting things done in less time Design a creative thinking environment, install super-quick habits to boost your creativity day by day Become an idea machine, Boost your creative confidence and Think your way to wealth with innovative thinking. This creative thinking handbook offers practical tools to get started instantly and unleash the creative potential within all of us. Ready to boost your creativity? Don’t let your most creative ideas buried in your overloaded brain anymore. Get Out Of Your Own Head, and Take Your First Step To Build Your Idea Treasure by Clicking the BUY BUTTON above.

Genres: Productivity, Nonfiction, Psychology, Brain

140 pages, Hardcover

Published October 17, 2021

About the author

Som Bathla loves to research human psychology & behaviour in order to get maximum out of life. He is always eager to learn, embody and then impart the fundamental of optimal living to help others lead a resourceful life. He has written multiple bestseller books on topics about how to transform your mindset and enhance performance to get better and faster results.

He is deeply convinced about the vastness of the human potential and is dedicated to teaching the ways to overcome self-doubt and fears, unleash the true human potential and thus enable one to take massive action through principles backed by psychological research and scientific evidence.

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Reviews

[Diana Cipcigan · Rating 4 out of 5]

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world" is my favorite quote of this book. I found it very organized, complete and structured, a real framework.
Think out of the box involves creativity, wondering and curiosity, develop the inner infrastructure and a solid foundation to start thinking creatively and part of it is influenced by parents, teachers, immediate friend circle, etc. There are presented a lot of techniques, mechanisms, and methods that help understand the human mind, way of thinking and acts. Exposing ourselves to different environments and behaviors, the theory of right and left brain hemisphere, the 9 dots exercise, the Tick-Tock technique, taking shower, feed your brain with a variety of info, the power of the question, use idea fusion, doubt the default or question the assumption, big ideas pop up out of boredom and so on are the secrets of improving the creativity used by the most successful entrepreneurs and science people like Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Isaac Newton, Albert Einstein or Archimedes.

[Shimelis Bekele]

Greetings to you all Goodread Friends/Families.

How are you? How is the day? I hope it to be well with you.

Saying this, just want to share my idea on what I simply acronym for myself as a ‘Think Out of The Box'. I was triggered to share below take after just debating with someone on how differences have led to the split of employees to two Labor unions slogging exactly the same core slogan 'defending for the best of Employees’; and the ideas that
have brought to the births of the Labor Unions that fail to unite but 'fight for the rights of employees work for the same company' where I work.

I was asking myself that, really, what make these guys not to discuss openly? Is it really their things fall apart? Or they really chained by their own self-worth /Thinking Box?

My intention here is to condense my own experiences on a matter that many like to talk about but very few have true experiences.

As one may know, motivational slogan often used by Modern day managers - in trying to push their employees to or over their limits of performance, to reach new levels of applied innovation - is the well-known phrase: THINK OUT OF THE BOX!

Let's begin:
First of all – What BOX ?
We may understand that the value system in which we are brought up:
- Family values in early socialization
- Maybe Religious concepts in later years
- Educational concepts and knowledge acquired in schools
- Social concepts like loyalty, patriotism, allegiances, etc.
- Norms of social and interpersonal behavior, communication patterns
They all form an Individual or Communitarian Complex Space of Normalcy, which I believe, we could call (define) it:
• “Our Box” – the space of our family and our social environment, or just
• “Box” – the space of Individual Knowledge and Personal Experiences (My Box)
• “Their Box” – the space of those that are outside of “Our Box”.
We do not think of this space as a "Box" but rather a "System of Normalcy". We are not even aware that we are in a "Box"! Only when someone tells us "Think out of the Box"! Isn't it my friends?

Second – How to “Think Out of The Box ”?
We can “Think out of The Box” only if we exit the “Box”, or more exactly expand the "Box"! Unfortunately, the education inside “Our Box” projects an image of threat and danger onto the spaces outside the “Box” and onto Box-Outsiders, they are they are "foreigners", "strangers", “invaders”, “enemies”, “immigrants”, “UFOs”, or just... "The Others". We witnessed these from Ethiopia to Mandela's South Africa to USA to Europe.

So I don’t be surprised if the first reactions after stepping out of your own “Box” will be a sense of bewilderment, surprise, observing that things are “Not Normal”, at least not the way you were used with them inside of “Our Box”. People have other behaviors, other logic, other personal and social value systems. They seem to be "Abnormal", against our sense of Normalcy inside “Our Box”. It is what some call “The Cultural Shock”.

It takes quite some empathy, time and understanding to recognize that the value systems outside of “Our Box” have their own rationalize. You will also observe that the people outside of “Our Box” which live in “Their Boxes” will look at you as to a “stranger”. Just because you visited Thailand during vacation, it does not mean that you “Think like an Thai”. It takes many years of living the “Thai way of Life” (whatever that might be – because even Thailand has very many subcultures, all “Small Boxes” inside “The Great Thailand Box”) to understand and accept the “Thai Normalcy”.

Such a chain of personal experiences means that you have expanded your own “Box”. We can expand our “Box” by studying new fields of knowledge, acquiring new experiences that expand our logical, emotional and spiritual “Box”.

Eight years ago, I had a chance got me in Oman for Marine Training course. Spent some time there learning together with Omani Marine experts, visiting Oman, enjoying and learning a lot about the local culture. I returned home as a happier person (story – not subject of this writing). At that time, I started to describe my experiences (with many pictures) to my then Girlfriend. She was kindly nodding, but really, I felt I could not transfer my personal experiences and excitement to her. 3 years later we also made a trip to Oman. When we returned home, she told me “Now I understand what you wanted to tell me years ago”. Without being there, seeing, smelling, experiencing there is no way to transfer such “Out-of-Our-Box” experiences. Soon after that, I stopped taking pictures and recordings of my trips in the World, as they cannot express the spatial, cultural and emotional complexity of such “Out-of-Our-Box” experiences.

One needs courage to step out of “Our Box”. While we are social beings and try to stay within the protective boundaries of “Our Box”, after a while we will recognize that we actually live in our own “Box” and with every step we do we slowly expand the boundaries of our own Individual “Box”.
What Companies do to help you think out of the Box is that they bring in people from outside the Box, people of other trades, other professional and personal experiences, that may help you realize (or not) that there are many other Boxes out there.

What could expand our capability of Thinking Out of the Box?
1. Learning about areas outside of our “Comfort Zone” (e.g. take a scholarship abroad)
2. Listening to and empathizing with those that have been extensively outside of the Box.
3. Exercise “Divergent Thinking”
4. Recognizing and reducing the effects of “Self-Censorship”, “Fear”, “Peer Pressure”
What limits our capability of Thinking Out of the Box?
1. Self-Censorship – an involuntary self-limitation driven by our sense of right-wrong, acceptable-unacceptable, decent-indecent, loyalty-disloyalty, normalcy-abnormalcy, etc. specific to the Box we are in;
2. Fear – a concern of exceeding the limits of Self-Censorship (what will the others say? I am breaking “The Law”?, am I overstepping the limits of decency, “normalcy”);
3. Peer Pressure – an expectation from peers to stay within certain limits of thinking, behavioral norms, “normalcy”...;
4. Dogma – a strong belief in certain irrational rules, values and ideas that are above question.
What are the risks of going “Out of the Box”?
1. Stepping on other people’s toes – when we step out of our Box, we step into someone else’s Box, into a new World, with new rules, customs, value systems; be aware of this and be careful, compassionate, recognizing your ignorance about the “New Boxes”;
2. The Reverse Cultural Shock – when we return into our original Box we will be shocked to recognize how small and how limited it actually was; people inside the Box will see you as a potential threat to their small Box of rulehttps://www.goodreads.com/review/new/... and values; you might be seen as traitor, unloyal, unpatriotic, blasphemous, etc.
3. There is no way back into your original Box...
However, expanding our BOX is a gracious LIFE experience, it is experiencing the World, experiencing LIFE in its complexity and beauty. Enjoy it, do not be afraid! We can always say “Thanks, No”

Ladies and Gents, I will Wait your feedback.

[Richard Anderson · Rating 3 out of 5]

I purchased this book hoping it would help me to guide my students in new ways to view, analyse, and
approach problems in geometry. Though not written with teachers in mind it did offer some interesting insights.

The primary focus of the book is not, in fact, thinking "outside" the box but in removing the box itself. The author focuses on the built in prejudices and preconceptions with which most people approach problem solving.

There is a certain amount of physiology discussed in the book which, though interesting, was not relevant to what I sought from the book. I found more interesting the fact that he mapped out a plan of action to take to achieve success. First, we should not view problems in a negative way but rather see them as opportunities. He then suggests ways to practice this idea in daily life.
For example, simple things such as planning a driving route or the best way to approach a sales meeting he turns into opportunities to learn how to think. He also impresses upon the reader the importance of identifying exactly what the problem is and how it blends with the information at hand.
This allows a focus for questions to ask ourselves. Our brain, the author concludes, is lazy. It develops comfortable neural pathways for things we do regularly and balks when it needs to open new pathways. It is this resistance to change that prevents us from seeing new ways to view a problem. Thus, the daily training exercises- using small but meaningful tasks to open new pathways.

Many of the authors suggestions are not practical from the point of view of a teacher. Having a student learn to play a musical instrument, begin an exercise regime, or meditate are simply not within my purview. Music is math, exercise produces dopamine, and meditation opens the mind to new possibilities; all of these are important to overall physical and mental health but unfortunately they are out of my control. He also suggests that people shower more.

The main idea, that we must shed the constraints of "the box", is to me the most important aspects of the book. I have had, in a long career, a number of students for whom thinking out of the box was not the exception but the rule. They seem to have a few commonalities. They, in general, eschew the rules. Not blatantly, but enough to notice. They are not quick to see an idea as better than theirs only different. I see this as intellectual confidence as well as a hint of the nonconformist. I have always admired these students. They were not thinking the way I told them to. Good for them.

In conclusion, this book offered a plethora of good ideas. I hope to use some of his ideas in the coming year.

[Anjalica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great Read

Thank you. This was an inspiration to read to help guide, and self start an individual's motivation to generate critical thinking skills.

[Ladan Afshari · Rating 5 out of 5]

Easy english, detailed, science based

[Ngo · Rating 5 out of 5]

i think it wonderful

[Rajan Oberoy]

I want to read

[Nathaniel · Rating 1 out of 5]

It has been several weeks or more since I read this book, so my review will not be as detailed as I would like. Think Out of the Box has one thing going for it: It relies on science and makes genuine recommendations to help people improve their lives.

However, even though Bathla only wrote 166 pages, the book is a massive slog. The syntax is incredibly simple, which makes the book seem as bland as a dictionary or instruction manual. Additionally, there are spelling or grammar errors on nearly every page. For 5 or so pages, I corrected these mistakes with pencil and found dozens of errors. For the rest of the book, I tried to ignore the grammar and spelling errors, but they were impossible to miss. The writing is clunky and unfortunately, there seems to have been little to no editing and minimal use of free features such as spell check.

Additionally, almost all of the advice Bathla provides is common sense. A simple google search of how to be creative, or of how to take care of yourself, would yield the same advice instantaneously. Near the end of the book, Bathla also praises "procrastinating" but uses the word to describe improvisation. This is one of several examples where Bathla simply applies absurd labels to common sense advice.

Ultimately, while I do feel bad leaving such a harsh 1 star review for a small author, I would feel worse allowing hundreds of more people to waste their time on such a basic and poorly written book. My best wishes for Som Bathla and may his future books be fascinating works of art.

[Jessica · Rating 5 out of 5]

Informative and gives keys to be successful

This book covers topics from meditation to thinking habits to belief systems. This book fid my reach me how to think out of the box, it taught me to throw the box away!

[Raza · Rating 5 out of 5]

An excellent read

This book was well researched and contained lots of great examples. A definite primer on the importance of thinking laterally and creatively about big problems.

[Chaitanya · Rating 5 out of 5]

Best thing is the content is explained in simple and interesting manner with examples. Key takeaway after each chapter is very useful also. It eliminates notes taking and works as revision.

[Kris · Rating 1 out of 5]

Meh, is all I can muster for this book. Felt like a rehashing of old stuff that many others have talked about. Nothing new. The writing felt soft. Just not a book I'd recommend. :(

[Kris · Rating 2 out of 5]

I found this read rather weak. Very much just a rehashing of the things we already know, or most know. I'm sure it could be useful for some but I found it just "meh."

[Gabriel Odhiambo Achayo · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wonderful book on thinking out of the box.

I like the practical tips shared in this book. I have tried some of them and they work. Thank you