Thinking Outside The Box: How to Think Creatively By Applying Critical Thinking and Lateral Thinking

By Bruce Walker

DISCOVER:: How to ACTIVE Your Creative Mind


What does it mean to be limited to inside the box as opposed to being outside?

The key, according to experts on the subject, is to apply creative thinking to your daily life. Perhaps up until this time, you've never really thought of yourself as a creative person. Many of us go through life thinking that the only people capable of being creative are artists, writers and others who have been trained to apply this thought process in specific and sporadic circumstances. The truth of the matter is that every single one of us is capable of being super creative! We've just allowed it to lie fallow, unused. When anything lies unused for so long, it may be difficult to stimulate it back to life.

This book can help you seek out answers to your everyday problems easier. You don't need to be an artist, a business executive, a physicist, or even a scientist to employ these immensely insightful thought processes.
 

LEARN:: The 2 Types of Thinking That will IMPROVE Your Problem Solving Skill

You'll discover and learn how to implement the two types of thinking skill that you should be using everyday: critical and lateral -- or out of the box thinking.

Far too often we listen to the constraints of the outside world, the social standards of the society and fail to use all of our resources to change even the smallest of circumstances in our lives. Now is the time to tackle problems in your life, from lack of space to starting a new career on a small budget or even relationship problems.

What this book proposes at a surface level may not appear to make an impact in your life. But as you read and apply ideas from this book, you'll begin to understand how changing the way you view your circumstances can change how you approach all problems in your everyday life.
 

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Bruce Walker
• Release date: Mar 10, 2018
• ISBN: 9781386820727

Bruce Walker

Bruce used to be an ordinary person with a high school degree. He’d been working as an order packer in a warehouse, but spent a lot of his spare time learning how to build an online business. A few life-changing books completely altered the way Bruce perceived his life and his online business. Today, Bruce strongly believes that success is 80% mindset and 20% strategy. Without his mindset and dedication, he would never be the person he is. Bruce is an entrepreneur who has launched several online businesses, the author of the book 'The Smart Passive Income Guide', and a coach who teaches other new entrepreneurs how to earn residual income and building an online business. Bruce loves animals, and when he’s not working he enjoys spending time at the zoo or aquarium with his girlfriend. He also loves to read.

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Thinking Outside The Box

How to Think Creatively By Applying Critical Thinking and Lateral Thinking

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Bruce Walker

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Contents

Thinking Outside The Box

Introduction

What is Thinking Outside The Box?

How the Phrase Even Came to Be? (9 Dots Puzzle)

How Creative Are You? Quiz

How to Use this Book

Chapter 1: The Invisible Trap of Social Standards

Comfort Zone or Stagnation?

Chapter 2: Kicking the Box Open and Sparking your Creativity

Best Way to Active Your Creative Thoughts

Chapter 3: Lateral Thinking is the Key

Taking One Idea at a Time

Chapter 4: Applying Critical Thinking to Understand your Life Value

The Internet and Critical Thinking

Analyzing Problems without Emotions Involved

Steps to Critical Thinking

Chapter 5: Activities that force you to think outside the box

How to Naturally Start to Think Outside The Box

Conclusion

Introduction

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Thinking outside the box.

It’s a phrase that has been used for nearly forty years now. For many in the corporate world, it has become a cliché—so much so, you’ve problem heard it in any number of commercials. That doesn’t mean the idea behind it isn’t a powerfully useful instrument for your daily life, because it is.

Despite its overuse as a term, it’s without a doubt one of the most potent methods you can improve the quality of your life, gain more time—and even begin dipping your feet into the waters of your dream career.

You may assume that since out of the box thinking is such a cliché in the business world that it has no place in your personal life. Think again. Cliché or not it’s still one of the most valuable and necessary assets many of us have—even if we don’t know it’s bubbling just below the surface of our consciousness.

Consider the term life hacks which has caught on with people on the internet in the past few years. It’s nothing more—or should we say nothing less - than thinking out of the box. Have a space problem in your home that needs to be solved or you’ll be sleeping on the front porch because you’re out of room in your bedroom? Nothing less than out of the box thinking may help you keep your stash of precious items and allow you to sleep in your bed tonight.

Out of the box thinking implies a marvelous twist of the mind. It levels the playing field between you and the likes of Albert Einstein, Steve Jobs, and Thomas A. Edison. We’re not saying you’re about to create the next great computer, the latest revolutionary theory of the universe or something that will replace the electric light bulb. But you’ll be able to turn your personal life on its head and begin to love life again.

What is Thinking Outside The Box?

In a nutshell, the phrase means to tackle a problem with creative or novel thinking, attacking the situation from an unusual or unexpected perspective. Take, for example, the cliché we’ve all heard: When life hands you lemons, make lemonade. That’s out of the box or creative thinking. Taken one level higher, the thinker who kicks the box to the side of the road is the one who after making lemonade, launches his own multimillion-dollar lemonade business.

Some of the nation’s most successful industrialists and entrepreneurs have been thinking creatively—viewing problems from a perspective other business people couldn’t or wouldn't think of. Thomas Edison, who nearly single-handedly drove the Industrial Revolution in the early twentieth century once said: It’s hard to think about achieving the impossible when you’re surrounded with people wanting to discuss only the possible.

He probably found more inventions and innovations on the road to creating something else than most inventors or industrialists. One idea inevitable led to another. He, in effect, refused to limit his thinking to the conventional way of doing

Then there’s Albert Einstein. Most people don’t consider scientists as being very creative. But if anyone could prove that stereotype wrong, it would be Einstein. Asked how he came up with the theory of relativity. He first imagined himself riding a beam of light, traveling at 186,000 miles per second. Have you ever thought of that?

You’re sitting back in your chair right now, thinking, But I’m no Thomas Edison and definitely no Einstein. That very well could be true, but have you ever really put yourself to the test? Have you ever tried to put creative thought into your daily life?

But for your purposes—especially if you’re not used to putting such creativity into your thinking—your thought process doesn’t need to be such a dramatic change of perspective. Something as simple as repurposing an unused ladder into a unique-looking bookcase is a perfect example of thinking out of the box.

You can use this creative approach to any aspect of your life. Yes, you can. Don’t think it takes any special education. Don’t believe that you have to label yourself creative in any way to be able to think creatively.

Many individuals mistakenly believe that only writers,

Reviews for Thinking Outside The Box

[Yukiru · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Great book for creativity. I will just say Listen to your heart! Listen to the rain! Listen to the voices in your brain!

[Pete Siron · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This guys system is absolutely brilliant. I tried it out many years ago and it improved my possibility thinking enormously. Lateral thinking is a must for the creative thinker.

[Andrew · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

A bit short, but the content is just unique , so I will give this a 4 !

[Joshua · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Overall, very educational and fun to read ! you won’t get this kind of information in school for sure.

[Willow Diana · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Very interesting read! It’s a great book for enhancing your creativity

[Henry Joseph · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

It’s a pretty good interesting book I have to say. I like the examples provided in the book. It really reminded us how little we actually use our brain. Most people are just do things in a routine manner. By learning how to think outside the box, we can tackle problems by using creative ideas. Love the concept of the book.

[David King · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

A lot of great advice in this book! I was following many of these habits a while back and have fallen off a bit. This book was just the thing to get myself into the right path.If you feel like you life is going no where and you don't know where to turn, let me suggest you change your habits. Start by investing in yourself by purchasing this book. It is worth way more than the price charged!I will have to say there is one thing missing, if I were making out the list. I think to be truly rich, you have to give.

[Sam Thompson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Very interesting book I have to say~ 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.

[Donna Hoffman · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

This book is a must to read for people who really are concern with improving their thinking ability. I like the fact that the author gives exemplified illustrations to make the concept easier to grasp. I recommend this book to younger folks that wants to be more creative.

[Joseph Jackson · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I read 2/3 of it so far. 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. Well written with exercises to boost one's creativity and imagination. I would recommend this book to anyone who is an entrepreneur, individual contributor, manager, social worker or a student, i’ll say probably everyone must read it.