Think Out of The Box Quotes

“There is no such thing as a new idea. It is impossible. We simply take a lot of old ideas and put them into a sort of mental kaleidoscope.”
― 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

“Idea Fusion to Generate Idea Babies”
― 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, feeding your mind is the first step to pump your mind. This is the foundational work, and you can’t generate any ideas if you don’t have enough information stored in your head currently.”
― 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

“This will give you a perspective on the local trends, business opportunities, people’s lifestyle, some better marketing or advertising approach. Later on, you can use them in your area.”
― 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 you are traveling or on the road, look for different newspapers, magazines, local radio stations.”
― 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

“Scan your junk mails before discarding”
― 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

“Do Content Analysis: You need to analyze the different form of content passing through your desk or otherwise. Here is how you should do content analysis:”
― 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

“Attend as many business conferences, seminars or events as you can, related to your profession”
― 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 are into business, try to hire people who are successful in other industries. They”
― 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

“Read magazines on a variety of subjects like science, business, politics, fashion, and others to get an idea of the current trends in different industries.”
― 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

“Read how to books on different subjects:”
― 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

“Read biographies:”
― 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

“Take notes while reading: Write notes everywhere in the book to identify and distinguish different facts.”
― 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

“You should be cautioned that you don’t merely slip into reading what solely entertains you instead of educating you.”
― 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

“Select your reading material carefully.”
― 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

“Don’t always stick to reading something that is related to your profession or industry only.”
― 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

“Study a variety of literature.”
― 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

“Let’s talk about some of the ideas to pump your mind when you read:”
― 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 why they say knowledge is power. You need to feed your mind enough, and with a variety of information for it to process the different ingredients and turn into an idea recipe”
― 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 first step or the groundwork required for idea generation is to feed your head with a variety of ideas, because these ideas have to play with each other in order to generate more and different 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

“As you will see later in the book that there are in fact no new ideas, rather they are the combination of the existing 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

“Idea generation can’t happen in a vacuum. There has to be something underlying. We already talked in the previous section that you need to identify your problem, and then define it in the form of a challenge before you can invite the solutions.”
― 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 experiences you take, the more it will boost your brain’s neuroplasticity, and that in turn, will offer more creativity to your brain.”
― 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 any creativity enthusiast, you can’t make connections between different ideas if you are always busy watching TV, smartphone, or engaged in any other kind of distraction.”
― 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

“Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, have found that prolonged television watching is actually correlated with increased anxiety and low-level depression.”
― 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

“Watching television is the mental and emotional equivalent of eating junk food.”
― 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 openness extends to thoughts. Although we don’t try to engage in thinking, thoughts will inevitably arise anyway. In open monitoring meditation, we don’t try to stop them. We just watch them rising up and falling away.”
― 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 how to get started: “[In open monitoring mindfulness meditation]…..we open up our awareness to everything that we’re experiencing regardless of its origin.”
― 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 do Open-Monitoring Meditation?”
― 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

“Open-monitoring, which involves observing and noting phenomena in the present moment and keeping attention flexible and unrestricted, and 2) Focused attention, which stresses concentrating on a single object, such as breathing, and ignoring other stimuli.”
― 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