2006-08-10 16:49:26 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
It's derived from an old brain teaser... 9 dots in a 3 X 3 grid... can you draw a line through all of them without lifting the pen from the paper and using only three straight lines? The only way to do it is to "think outside the box", i.e. one of the lines must extend outside the grid of dots to make it work. Nowadays it has become a metaphor for any creative thinking which is not constrained by social norms.
2006-08-10 16:57:04 · answer #1 · answered by eggman 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you were to describe the regular thought process as a box, then the phrase, "think out of the box" means that you would be thinking beyond the regular thinking process.
2006-08-10 16:55:58 · answer #2 · answered by ladyjailbird424 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think out of the box but still confined within a circle.
2006-08-14 15:46:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Go well beyond the Expected level in your thoughts.
2006-08-10 17:45:55 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is in fact no more than the old fashioned concept of getting an idea.
2006-08-14 16:31:54 · answer #5 · answered by shawnhome 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not the normal answer, a solution with a different approach. A more creative answer
2006-08-10 16:56:30 · answer #6 · answered by ryturriaga2002 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Use your mind, don't come up with a cookie cutter idea. Be inventive, be creative, free your mind....and the rest will follow.
2006-08-10 16:56:06 · answer #7 · answered by Paris Flea 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free your mind. Think more like a child -- no inhibitions. Don't limit yourself to pat answers.
2006-08-10 16:55:04 · answer #8 · answered by bikerpjb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think beyond the normal practice.
free your mind to brainstorm for anything that you can think of. :)
2006-08-10 17:59:42 · answer #9 · answered by *n*g* 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
to not let your perception of the problem define or constrain how you solve the problem
2006-08-11 02:56:50 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋