Do you think that only creative people are able to Think Out of the Box.

I think being creative doesn't always a good thing. Being unconventional, thinking out of the box has two extreme sides. Either you are accepted by the society totally and rewarded or you are not accepted at all even if what you think is great. Perhaps there should be some conventional thinking in unconventional thinking too.

Creative people do think outside the box and I consider us to be risky people. Taking all into consideration yet upping a bit more to take chances on theories. Closed minded for instance just will never risk ever going a bit outside of rules per-say. Follow ruled paths and never taking a chance or considering theory.

Creative thinking means thinking in unconventional ways or out of the box.But i noticed a few friends would get into trouble due to their erroneous ways of the past.Then they would expect me to bail them out saying out of the box thinking is required.I think this is putting pressure on the other person.

Creative people tend to think outside the box more than anybody because it's called for in their profession. To be creative you have to be think of the unusual or different.

By labelling people as less or not creative is putting them in a box with no opening. That seems to be final. But we can be creative in so many ways and in so many areas. Perhaps, our definition of creativity is quite limited and limited to those we are conscious of being creative. I believe all has the capacity to be creative. Like, a person may be doing something new for him/her but not new to us. But as far as that person is concerned, he is being creative. Don't you think so?

yup, i realize and i admit that only some what you called as creative can make the life more comfortable and more fun... but sir in many experts point of view everybody is creative , everyone has their own specciality , a creativity can be fun and giving right amount of comfortable if it`s create by the right person,.. happy lotting..

i dont think so. i think anyone can be creative, it just takes time and practice.

hi its been proven by mental fitness classes that non creative people can also be taught to think out of the box and we did exercises just to sharpen our out of the box creativity. like if you had a bunch of large coffee cans what could you make out of them, or if you had a package of safety pins of different sizes what else could you do with them besides the conventional fastening something. I ended up with a novel necklace made of different sizes of safety pins chained together and a few beads thrown in., we had so much fun in this class here but since it was funded by the garden grove school system and this past year they were cut back a few million so the first things to be dropped were the programs here at this retirement center.Like always elderly people do not count for much in the US by most people.

Hi carpediem17, I think we all have a little creativity in us. Some of us are just more creative ideas than others, which makes them extraordinary. If there were no extraordinary people in this world, we would not have so many inventions that make our lives as comfortable as they are. I do think that creative people are able to think outside the box; they have to, it is their calling. Their minds go beyond "black and white." They see a rainbow of possibilities. They don't give up when their first try fails. They just persevere until they have found the solution to another one of life's mysteries.

Yes, I think it is true. Actually, all of us are creative in our own. All we have to do is know our craft and likes. Because, most of us we are just copying things to other people. sometimes we forget our own identity and sometimes we are frustrated because we are failed in doing things that we copied. so, know who you are, know your passion, Know your strength, weakness, likes and dislikes. then look for a person who has the same passion with you, then you can follow his/her footsteps.

Well you're right in some ways. It is never fun to be criticized when you have new ideas. But if you really believe in what you have,prove to them. One way is to make a sample of your idea, it will be easier to explain your concept through a prototype. If you can't be brave enough to take the criticisms, it is one way of learning too. Just consider each as a constructive one, it might help you to improve your work.