Cake

Little Ethan has been given a cake to share between himself and his other seven siblings (eight children all together)

How does he cut the cake with only three slices for each person to have a piece?

Solution

Cut the cake into two equal slices and put the other half on top of the other. Cut it again in half and stack the other half pieces on top of one another and cut them again.

Thinking out of the box !!!! yah

The Russian Bussinessman

A story is told of a Russian businessman who went to a Swiss bank and applied for a loan of US $ 100, compounded at an interest rate of 10% per annum. He staked his US $ 500, 000 luxury buick lasabre car as collateral. Though the Swiss banker was so puzzled and wondered whether the Russian businessman really needed that little money given his business status, he did not ask him why?

After one year when the Russian businessman came to pay up the loan amount and the interest due (US$ 110). The Swiss banker then asks the Russian businessman whether he really needed that US$ 100.

The Russian answers him with a question –“ Where else in the middle of Geneva would you get parking space for only US$ 10 for 12 months?”

Thinking out of the box, right !!!!!!!!!

We are all born creative

We are all born with creative minds, that’s why children are very inquisitive when they are growing up, a long the way when we grow older, we tend to use less of the creative abilities. Most people will end up being engrossed in patterns of doing anything (thinking within the box).

Patterns do a lot in helping us to accomplish certain tasks such as driving, eating or swimming. However, these are the same patterns that limit people to think out of the box and create alternative solutions to a dilemma especially when challenged.

To think out of the box never shy away from some of the things you will do or ideas that you may generate because they will seem a little crazy because they may be things that are out of the patterns that most people are used to.

Below are some of the ways you can stimulate your brain to enhance the creativity in you, remember we are all born with creative abilities.

Have an open mind for listen to any kind of music that you have never listen to before, try out a new recipe from a foreign culture, listen to other people 's opinion however absurd.

Learn to say the alphabet backwards

Learn a new language.

Break the patterns try to reverse patterns, designs or solutions and arouse new interest.

Take things as they are and turn them inside out, upside down, or simply turn them around.

Do things you do not normally do. Try taking a walk somewhere you rarely go, start an interesting hobby, let your mind wonder when reading, read about anything and everything you can. The possibilities are endless.

Take up unusual classes like learning to dance foxtrot, salsa, martial arts, basket weaving.

For an hour or half an hour a day, perform your morning routine differently like walk backwards, work with eyes closed.

Give some thought to the mysteries of the world. Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Or think about places like the Bermuda Triangle: why do so many people disappear? Why is there less crime in countries that have many atheists than in countries with many Christians?

There are a million other ways you can stimulate your creativity, I have given you a few you can think of others.

Thinking out of the box

Some books refer to thinking out of the box as lateral thinking. So what is thinking out of the box all about.

Out of the box thinkers are individuals who have changed the world to make it a better place to live in. Thinking out of the box means that there are a million solutions to any existing problem.

These individuals do not have the word impossible in their world.

Many of the world’s richest people, inventors, and innovators are known to be or to have been out of the box thinkers.

Thinking out of the box is about creativity and innovation. In my quest to make the world a better place for me, my family, my community and the individuals I meet in my lifespan, I am determined to be an out of the box thinker.

It is in this quest of learning to be an out of the box thinker. I decided to create this blog to share the knowledge that I acquire in that process. After all knowledge is worthless if it is not shared or implemented.

This blog is about out of the box thinking ideas .