Think Outside Of The Box

Hello friends. I would like to share with you an article I wrote some time ago for a website. I think you will share my opinion on this topic and if not feel free to leave a comment and express yourself.

Think Outside of The Box: Be Unpopular

If you feel ready to leave the HERD behind and stand out, there is a solution for you! In order to make this come true, however, you will have to forget about what others think at all. You will have to think differently! I know you hate thinking and you are not alone. The indifferent people group is getting bigger and bigger every minute. If you choose to stay a narrow-minded soul, It’s OK, but if you really want to stand out and lead, you are on the right place. Don’t stop to read further because the following lines will tell you a story about the first steps to THE CHANGE!

Withstanding the popular thinking may be a really hard job, no matter If you’re a businessman, a clergyman or a teenager.

Get rid of THE POPULAR THINKING because it’s…

• Too ordinary for you and makes you not see the true value of good thinking.
• Too lazy for you to accept the creative thinking process.
• Too small for you to assimilate the wisdom of thinking.
• Too limited to display the potential of focus thinking.
• Too traditional to show you the joy of thinking at all.
• Too simple to help you understand the meaning of realistic thinking.
• Too undisciplined to make you free to think strategically.

Why should you doubt the popular thinking.

1. The popular thinking sometimes equals lack of thinking.

Thinking is a hard job! If it was easy everybody would be now a thinker. Unfortunately, there a lot people who prefer to live their lives the easy way. They simply don’t want to do the hard work while thinking or pay the price of success. It’s much easier to copy what others do and to believe that they got the SUCCESSFUL PLAN.

1. The popular thinking suggests false hopes.

Most people are looking for the safety of the common accepted thinking. They consider that if majority of individuals does something it must be the RIGHT THING to follow. Well, it isn’t!

1. Thinking like everyone else embraces no changes.

The popular thinking loves the status quo.

It directs its confidence to a particular idea and sticks to it with all its power. Moreover, It fights back changes and rejects everything what is called innovation.

If you’re truly willing to fight all this, you’ve got to realize that it’s a very slow process and it takes time. However, undertaking such battle is worth it.

1. The popular thinking leads to poor results.
   If we choose to think the way like others do, we automatically reduce our chances for reaching any success. In order for you to implement extraordinary results you’ll just have to forget about others.

How to bring the popular thinking in question?

Turns out that common accepted way of thinking is most times wrong and restricting. Once you learn to bring it in question, you’ll find out how easy it actually is to have your own opinion. Make the first step as you follow the next tips:

• Think first, then follow

Many people follow orders as if they are robots and have no brains. They mainly do that because it’s the easier option for them. Others, on the other hand, are afraid of being rejected, or simply believe that there is something BIG in what others do. But, If you really wish to succeed you’ve got to think what would be the best and most effective for you. Leave the most popular for others.
When you start the battle against the popular thinking, remind yourself that:

• The Unpopular thinking, even when proven to be successful, is underestimated, unrecognized and misunderstood, most of the time.
• The Unpopular thinking brings the seeds of opportunities.
• The Unpopular thinking is needed during the whole process.
  Next time, when you are about to obey the popular thinking, just stop and think for a while.

• You have to value different opinions
If you want to be able to embrace innovations and changes you will have to learn first to value the way others think. In order to do that, you should constantly communicate with all kind of people.

Before you start fighting the popular thinking, you should have spent some time talking with people with different origins, professional qualifications, personal interests and etc. If you spend more time with people who think differently it’s more likely that you start fighting the popular thinking correctly and discover new perspectives.

• Always doubt your own opinion

Let’s get things straight. Every time when we find a working model of thinking, there comes the temptation that makes us count on this model over and over again, even when it’s not working properly for us anymore.

• Try new things

When was the last time you did something for first time? Do you stay away from taking risks? One of the best ways to change yourself for good is to make little changes in your every-day-routine. You could accomplish that by simply making daily changes like: ordering unknown dishes, asking someone else to help you with the project and etc.

I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.
Ricky Williams