Out of the box

Logic of logic

Logic and reasoning are mandatory for survival. Evolution claims even more. Soundness and rationality are the key ingredients for success. A blend of these enables appropriate judgment, facilitating personal and professional growth. Yet there are times when logic fails, rationality miscarries and prudence misses its mark. These do sound like catastrophic instants; yet there is hope. There emerges that spark of optimism and innovation that allows for solutions which invariably seem like they existed, but were casually overlooked. These are not casual; they supersede commonsense and logic. These involve out of the box thinking.  Lateral thinking will often produce solutions whereby the problem appears as "obvious" in hindsight

Think about it…

We think over 1000 thoughts a minute. This is true for most people not just the highly intellectual ones who think even harder! Thinking is almost involuntary. The mind travels in the vaguest of directions; it is unchained, it is free. To soar to the heights it deems or delve to the depths it desires. A thought is a cognitive activity, something one is aware of in subjective consciousness. Thoughts can be channelized, focused and directed; or they may indeed be muddled and disorganized. They involve arrangements of ideas that may be real or imaginary. Thinking offers meaning to existence. A world without thinking would be relatively meaningless. Thoughts are the most important cognitive processes; wherefrom arise emotions, memory and behavior. There is little one can do in this world without thinking. We occasionally remark when we hear something we feel is bizarre: 

• What were you even thinking?
• What do you think of yourself?
• Do you think before you talk?
• What do you think about this?

We think about thinking more than we are even aware...