Thinking outside of the box...

So... what's up doc???

We are constantly reminded by fellow friends and teachers and everyone else to "THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX"

But let me ask you, what is the box? How big is YOUR box? And how would you know where is the edge of the box when you've never gone out of it yourself?

Now, one of the first things I learnt in Uni was that we all live in our own habitus. We perform our daily activities as a result of what we experienced in our habitus. We cannot therefore perform anything out of our ordinary. If we have not experienced it, we do no know it. That is why when someone asks you to do something, and you've never done it before, you do not know how to do it.

It is as simple as this: Your boss asks you to buy buns for him. You've never bought buns for him before. This is totally a new experience for you. Your habitus does not and will not accomodate this. You do not know what the boss likes, whether he has any special liking for cheese or jam, pineapple or coffee flavour, and you do not know whether he has a favourite bakery.

So in this instance, you're asked to 'Perform outside your box.' But how would you be able to perform such a task if you've never experienced it before?

You give it a shot! (Tembaklah!)

It's just like picking between A, B, C and D in a multiple choice question paper.

So sometimes, it isn't that difficult to think outside the box.

All you need to do actually is to think outside of the other person's box. People, being snobbish individuals that they are, do not like to be treated as ill-informed or stupid. So when you suggest something that the other party knows nothing about, then you'll score 1,000 points in impression marks.

So, when you're asked to think outside the box, you need only think outside of that other person's box.

wah... that was deep... and confusing... and mind-boggling...

and that got me off 15 minutes of work, awaiting the weekend.

Need to get some groceries on my way back today...