Out of the Box Business Sense: The Entrepreneur Uncommon.
What is the Box? Where is it? What is it For? What will it do For me? And Why?
How do you get out of the box if you don't even know your in it? What is the "box" anyway. Is being opened minded the same as being an out of the box thinker?
I think the "box" can mean many things. First of all in calls to mind words like common, unoriginal, safe, acceptable,sensible, realistic, conformity, logical, understandable, reliable, and congruent.
People tend to naturally developer tendencies and one powerful force or law that govern those tendencies is what I like to refer to as the "law of the herd". You may have caught yourself asking the inward question of what will so and so think about this or, how will this make me look. These thoughts are indicative of the "law of the herd". It is crucial for an out of the box entrepreneur to stay connected to the herd and maintain understanding but also be able to separate.
I have read a number of books on the human mind, how it works, and why we experience the things we do. I won't go into that here, it is however, quite fascinating. The bottom line is this. When we think, or "figure out", or sit down to make a decision we enter the box.
When we sit down to ponder and brainstorm and mastermind with other select individuals we are approaching the "out of box" realm of thought. Intuition is my favorite analogy to true out of the box thinking and living. Have you ever gone out into the woods, maybe by a river or some lake and been walking along and have a thought. Maybe something you saw or smelled, or heard spurred a thought. Not just any thought but a thought that was a creative and unique answer, view or question to a particular issue you had been facing? it is important for an out of the box entrepreneur to make time to do this on a regular basis.
Encouraging a real and substantial change in your life will often times be achieved through an out of the box idea. We have all heard the adage "Doing the same thing over and over, expecting different results is a definition of insanity" Einstein. Well here is what happens.
When we think about a problem the problem itself brings up a feeling or an impression. That feeling or impression has likely been felt before and because of this you have stored in your brain information that is pertinent to this feeling. The brain contains information. That is it. It does not contain answers. It contains information that you decide or choose to be answers. Problem is most of us don't realize we are making the choice.
We have all noticed by our thirties or so that our lives have some patter ens that seem to repeat. Whether we like the patterns or not, they are there. The reason they are there is because we think our way through our "problems".
Want an out of the box experience? Try this. The next time you are frustrated with something or really are sick of a situation in you life, instead of thinking about the problem and deciding what you will do to remedy it do this. Cr eat a solution. Write down exactly the way you would like your life to be in this area. Read it over the work back word to what it is your experiencing now.
Entrepreneurs are often times refer ed to as out of the box thinkers. Many are I suppose. Many of the great entrepreneurial advances or inventions were so simple, they could only be thought of out side of the box. Many times the way we do things or the current solution is so ingrained that we simply cannot see another option.
Remember for some fun out of the box thinking start with the end in mind. Ask your self what you really want. Write down all your ideas even if they seem stupid or unsupported by current beliefs, these could be the good one.
Joe Crawford
Entrepreneur/ Home Business Coach
CEO Create Liberty Enterprises
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