Thinking Outside the Box with 5 Methods

There is a phrase that foreigners translate as “think outside the box”, and we translate it with alternatives such as “thinking outside the box”, “thinking outside the box”. Does your job require creativity? Then you probably do this process often, but there is another thing, we do not only perform the act of thinking while working. We think at every moment of our lives and put these thoughts into action. From time to time, we think that we have reached the limits of our sea of ​​thought, and we can say, “I can’t think of a different idea.” So, let’s step out of the box a little and “get our heads around it”.

1) Fight your inner voice.

I am someone who loves to think critically. Of course, I like to find a flaw in the work done and say “I wouldn’t have done it that way” and for this reason, ironically, I get criticized a lot. But I don’t just do this to others. I have incredible discussions with my inner voice until I put forward a work or decide on an issue. Sometimes he seems right and discourages me from what I am going to do. Even though he makes harsh statements such as “What kind of an idea is this? If someone else says this, you wouldn’t look at your face, are you trying to sell this to me now?”, I know that he thinks the best for me. Knowing this doesn’t change the fact that I have to fight it. In order to produce my best work, I have to work until I convince my inner voice that this is actually good. The person who criticizes me best and knows best what I can do is myself. Therefore, I can reach the truth by struggling with myself.

2) Think like a child.

When we were little, we did our best to grow up. Growing up and having a job, going to meetings, and exchanging ideas with someone for hours always seemed very exciting to me in the movies. When I gradually became one of those people, I teleported to the past and said to myself, “Look at what you admire. I want to say, “Come on, watch some more cartoons, don’t miss this episode of Ninja Turtles.” When I’m looking for an idea and I’m stuck, I advise my brain: Think like a child. A child thinks in the most basic way. He is not afraid to talk nonsense, he never gets tired of asking questions and he always tries until he finds the truth. When I give this command to my brain, dozens of ideas that did not come to my mind five minutes ago rush into my brain. With my mind that is not afraid of nonsense and thinks simply, I can reach the right conclusion.

3) Listen to something different than what you’re used to.

The types of music we all listen to while working are different from each other. I have a music list that I listen to while working: Molotov Motivation. This list includes different types. I prefer music that has nothing to do with each other, from classical music to metal, from hip hop to blues, from electronic to acoustic. In this way, I keep my brain alive by sending a completely different signal after one song. A familiar music playlist is very helpful when I want to think about something outside the ordinary.

4) Sometimes quantity is more important than quality.

Most of the time, what matters is not quantity, but quality and originality. Except for most, sometimes, especially if you are working on a business from scratch, a larger amount will do better. For example, when I am working on a new brand, ideas on completely different subjects come to my mind. This is not something I did willingly or intentionally. I take notes of all these ideas in a way that I can understand. When the number of ideas starts to dwindle, I start to categorize the ideas I have. After making the right distinction by saying, “I thought about these things about In this way, I obtain a set of ideas that have several alternatives, have been thought through from every angle, and have been reviewed over and over again. For this reason, sometimes “quantity” is above “quality”, as foreigners say.

5) Get the opinions of people who have nothing to do with the subject.