Think Out of The Box Quotes

“Adam Grant, in his famous TED speech, talks about how procrastinators develop more creative 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

“How to use Procrastination to incubate 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

“Whenever you meet strangers in any setting, show curiosity in what they do and listen deeply about the way they think about their life and work in general. This may generate some new ideas in your mind.”
― 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

“Surround yourself with idea-oriented people who are exploratory in nature.”
― 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

“For example, if you want to generate new ideas to improve your marketing and sales, then meet doctors, engineers, or lawyers, or other unrelated industry people, and understand what would be their process, and ask them what they would think as an observer about your process.”
― 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 someone who is outside your field and listen to his ideas and thoughts about how to solve your problem.”
― 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

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― 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

“Breakthrough ideas come only through the ability to look at your idea from an independent non-expert’s point of view.”
― 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

“They can see your problem from a distance as an observer (which you can’t see because you are too closely associated with the problem) and might come out with some suggestions or advice that gives you an entirely different perspective of looking at the things.”
― 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

“They will think openly, widely, and probably their questions might sound quite naïve to the experts.”
― 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

“On the other hand, the non-experts (about your subject) do not really have an expertise to draw the borders to any idea related to your 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

“Based on their years of experience, they form a certain thinking pattern, and it becomes difficult for them to see through beyond that pattern.”
― 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 more a person is an expert in one area, the more difficult it becomes for them to form a new idea related to their own 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

“Experts have a deep perspective of just a limited subject, which is a good thing for gaining knowledge about that subject, but that limits their understanding about other aspects.”
― 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 key takeaway here is – if you want to generate innovative ideas, don’t seek advice from experts.”
― 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

“Arthur C. Clarke, a British science fiction writer, very rightly said: “If an elderly but distinguished scientist says that something is possible, he is almost certainly right; but if he says that it is impossible, he is very probably wrong.”
― 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’s common in all the above examples from history? All the predictions about the new ideas by the experts almost went burst; rather, those ideas turned out to be a breakthrough success in history.”
― 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

“And just 15 years later, Alexander Graham Bell registered a patent in his own name for inventing the telephone.”
― 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

“But he stopped at the advice of experts, who told him that there wouldn’t be any commercial viability or the need of transmitting speech, as “the telegram was good enough.”
― 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

“In 1861, A German scientist and inventor, Philip Reis, had gone way ahead in his research of inventing the ways of transmitting speech by technology.”
― 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 For Great 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

“But the key is to keep asking yourself questions. Don’t accept the status quo or don’t let life keep moving as it has been. You can generate”
― 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

“I’ve listed some sample questions to give you an idea. But what you should do now is to take a pen and paper and list down your most important projects, be it your personal life, work, relationship, family, adventure, spirituality, and ask these questions from yourself.”
― 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

“How should I improve the quality of my personal life, relationship with others, and live in a more fulfilled way?”
― 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

“When is the optimum time to do any particular thing, so that I generate maximum ROTI (return on time invested.)”
― 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

“Who should I be meeting or consulting that can improve the pace of my growth in my 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

“What else can I do to speed up the execution of my work?”
― 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

“Why is it that I’m following a particular approach to handling my most important 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

“Here is what you can do to make questioning a daily habit of your life in all areas by asking some standard 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

“Therefore, to generate a new set of ideas, ask a newer set of 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