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STOP Thinking outside of the BOX

STOP THINKING OUTSIDE THE BOX!!

                In “Linchpin” by Seth Godin he talked about thinking along the edges of the box. I’d like to expand on his thought and explain why you shouldn’t think too far out of the box.
                I like to visualize the box as a thought.  It’s a vibrating energy.  If you try to expand it too quickly it will reject the expansion and retract immediately to its original size.   If the thought is so far out of the box, people will reject it and call you crazy (which has happened to me plenty of times).
                Let’s say you decided to just walk along the edges of the box.  You can now lay a foundation for a new thought just outside of the existing thought, slowly expanding the box without its knowing.  If you can find a way to keep expanding the thought box, it will eventually expand big enough to house your original idea.

Why do you event want to be in the box?

I like to view the box as the masses.  It’s were all the people are. If you want to create change and help people then you need to meet them where they are.  If you have a great idea but no one to use or apply it, then it doesn’t do you or anyone any good.

Purpose of expanding the box:

                As you slowly create a bigger box by tippy toeing along the edges you begin to expand consciousness.  This will allow others the freedom to explore their own outer limits of consciousness.  They begin to believe that something bigger and greater is possible. This is where real change happens. As Tupac once said:




It’s those who walk the edges slowly and expand the box that truly change the world. 

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