THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX

In 1969, the Swiss dominated the watch making industry. They help 65% of the world market and 80% of the profit. However something went wrong because 10years later in 1979, their market share plummeted below 10% and they were force to retrench 50,000 of its 65,000 workers.

Alas! Japan, which had no market in this industry in 1968 came to take over. You can't believe this. What changed the equation was the quartz watch invented by the Swiss themselves but rejected by their scientist because in their own thinking, they couldn't see it as the watch of the future. As a result they didn't patent and protect it.

In 1969, they presented this watch at the World Congress of watches. All Texas instruments of America and Seiko of Japan needed to do was to take a good look and the rest today is history.

Do you know that there are people thriving today on other people's dreams and ideas simply because they didn't value it enough to protect it?

Never reject an idea because it's unpopular or it has not been done before. It could be what you are waiting for to take you to heights unknown.

To take progress in life, you have to learn to think outside the box. We live in a time when people are caged and imprisoned.

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So many people are blinded and limited by the language of those who tell them it can't be done because " this is the way we have always done it. "

You know one of the menaces of our time that discourages creativity, cripples initiative and restricts progress is traditional thinking.

Tradition blocks progress, it stops people from thinking, thus aiding mental deficiency. Rather than encourage potentials, it narrows peoples thinking, thus, hindering them from attaining heights. It put people in bondage and ignorance.

Remember, where ignorance thrives, superstition will always prevail. You were born to think, to imagine and be creative. You are here to see beyond your present condition, to envision a world far better than. Where you are and take noble strides to explore and to conquer.

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Many have resisted change to their own peril. The world is moving forward. You cannot afford to be stagnant.

To keep your place and position in life, you must dare to think outside the box.