Think Out of The Box Quotes

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”
― 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

“Chilling out technique: This is more of a passive technique to generate innovative ideas.”
― 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

“Procrastination boost Creativity: While Procrastination is a vice for productivity, it is 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

“So you should look out for non-expert people’s views on things when your objective is to generate innovative ideas.”
― 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

“Talk to Non-Experts to get creative ideas. While experts have a deep understanding of one subject, but at the same time, they have very limited knowledge about other broad areas.”
― 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 Power of Questions: The quality of your life depends on the quality of the questions you ask yourself. All great innovators like Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Elon Musk have the habit of asking powerful and imaginative questions.”
― 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

“Doubt the Default- Question the Assumption:”
― 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

“Here is the road map for getting into Alpha Brainwaves state: Below are the elements that help you transition into an Alpha state smoothly: A quiet environment: you should be in an entirely undistracted and quiet environment. Use specific mental relaxation technique: You have to choose any of the relaxing technique that helps you to enter into a deep meditative state. If you already follow some relaxation technique, be it some kind of mindfulness meditation or any other practice, you should get into a relaxed state of mind, as it is a prerequisite to get into Alpha-brainwave state.”
― 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

“Alpha brainwaves have a frequency range of 8 Hz to 12 Hz, this is a moderate level. If you are under the influence of these brainwaves more, you get in the state of daydreaming, too relaxed, and unable to focus on any one thing.”
― 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

“Ideas are already there in the air. Your brain is like a radio station, and only when you tune into the right frequency will you be able to catch the respective radio station.”
― 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

“Just Chill Technique”
― 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

“Whenever you come across a challenge, the first step that is needed is to do enough research about all aspects of the problem. Read enough literature. Google all the information, search videos, blogs, podcasts on the subject.”
― 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

“What you should do now? Whenever you 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

“Here is the step by step process for activating incubation Identify - What are the challenges you want to solve and how would the solution look like? Prepare - Prepare as thoroughly as you can from all the sources.”
― 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

“Incubation helps you put the challenge in perspective. When you leave a problem and come back to it again, you will have a fresh perspective of looking at it.”
― 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

“Though you get away from the challenge, but your subconscious mind continues working on the original challenge in the background.”
― 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

“Philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein said, “All great ideas come in the bus, bed, and bath.” This is also called three B’s of creativity. It means the best ideas come when you are not thinking about them.”
― 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 research was done on a few people who were asked to develop some new business ideas.”
― 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