How to think out of the box? We have 20 best tips that will help you to think out of the box, innovate, and lead a better and happy life.

1.     Read a lot of books

Reading is a great habit you can develop.

To think out of the box and make your ideas innovative, you have to read many books.

What books to read?

You have to read books written on innovations.
Here’s a list of a few books:

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  The Innovation Stack: Building an Unbeatable Business One Crazy Idea at a Time
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  How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom

2.     Learn from the mentors

Join some classes where you can learn from the actual people who have worked in the sector of innovation.

They will teach you everything that you need to think out of the box.

3.     Think of alternatives

Pick one problem and think about its alternative solutions.

Search alternative methods that are efficient and easily accessible to the majority of people.

Your alternative ideas to solve a given problem should be time and money-saving. In short, you have to search for the methods that could cut the cost of it and help people solve their problems.

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4.     Explore the world

The world is full of inspiration, and you have to step out to see the world.

Most of the great artists, inventors, and writers get inspiration from nature.

They step out to explore different places, forests, mountains, and valley.

If you can’t spend money on a far travel destination, step out of your house and explore what is happening around you.

You’ll get inspiration from there.

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5.     Learn how things work

Learn how different things work.

You can learn the working principles:

• A magnetic bell
• How does the train’s engine work?
• Why do airplanes fly?
• How does the engine of cars are made in the factory?

You can learn anything that attracts you.

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6.     Empty your mind.

Throw away every thought that stress your mind and keep it empty for new ideas.

Fill that space with the subject of your interest.

Don’t let any other thing enter in it because that will drain your useful thoughts. You can keep your mind empty by writing your ideas on a piece of paper or in your journal.

7.     Spend time alone.

The greatest inventors of all time spend most of their time alone in their rooms.

They say that most of the ideas had struck their mind when they were alone.

To think out of the box, you have to get inside a peaceful room and hang a do not disturb boardoutside so that no one can disturb you.

Take a pencil and paper and write down every thought that came to your mind.

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8.     Use trial and error method

Do some experiments to check whether a particular thing works in some other ways or not.

In the trial and error method, one needs to try different combinations and different possibilities to find new solutions.

Every invention has gone through this process.

9.     Stay away from aimless and pessimistic people.

You have to make sure you won’t fall into a bad relationship because it could damage your career and future.

Disconnect yourself from people who have no goals, no aim.

Your minds need to be litter (negative thoughts) free to think out of the box and create new things.

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10.Join a group of smart people

When we combine new ideas, new things are born.

Join a group of smart people because they’ll share their knowledge that could help you innovate new things.