Transcriber: Emanuele Conforti Reviewer: David DeRuwe
So here's something to think about.
We spend our entire lives in boxes, both literally and figuratively.
So think about it, when you’re first born, you’re put into a box or a crib.
As a child, you spend most of your time in a box, your home,
and when you’re not at home, you go to a different box to learn.
You go to school.
After about 20 or so years, you finally land a job.
Of course, the office that you work at will be a box,
and if you really love boxes and you’re super passionate about them,
you’re probably going to end up in a cubicle.
I know that’s crazy.
A box inside a box, like... who would have thought of that?
So you work hard the rest of your life to get a bigger box to live in,
a better box to drive, and finally, when you die,
when everything is said and done, you get buried in a coffin.
Yet another box ... you see where I’m going with this?
We spend our entire lives in boxes, and it may seem like a bad thing,
but, for a lot of people, the box ensures a reliable job
and a life without too many struggles.
It does not, however, ensure success or happiness.
The box just provides the comfort and safety
that you would not get outside of the box.
But as Steve Harvey once said, “Success is not a comfortable procedure.
You’ve got to get comfortable with being uncomfortable to be successful.”
Taking the safer out will only lead to a mediocre life.
Henry Ford would not have made his company as big as it is today
if he didn’t think outside the box.
He decided to take a risk, and look at where his company is now.
We still use his methods to mass-produce cars more efficiently.
So what does it mean to think outside the box?
And more importantly, how do you think outside the box?
Well, the first step is to know what your box is.
It could be anything from coming up with a solution to a problem you have,
or even something as simple as coming up with painting ideas.
For me, I wanted to have some extra cash to spend when I go out with my friends.
The problem being I have school on the weekdays,
and I’m just busy with homework and extracurriculars.
So that’s my box,
and once you’ve established your box, it’s time to move on to the second step -
come up with possible solutions to get out of your box.
Now in this case, some would just say get a job over the weekend
because that’s when I’m free,
but thinking outside the box means that you have to think a little differently,
even if it means that you have to take risks.
So I started investing or day trading.
Although it poses some risks,
the rewards are huge if I play my cards right.
And I think of it in this way: If a risk pays off, you’ll be happy.
If not, you get wise and you’ll gain knowledge.
I’m not saying that you should put all of your money into just Tesla
and just hope it works.
You should also set parameters in case something goes wrong,
and this leads me to my third step: take action.
Once you've set up your parameters and once you're ready to go,
it's time to execute your plan.
In my case, I saw profits only after a few weeks of investing.
It wasn’t easy.
I would start at market open on my school bus.
During lunch, I would analyze my investments,
and after school, I would spend hours researching and learning new strategies.
So thinking outside the box
is a very beneficial skill that can be life-changing.
Utilizing it averts a mediocre lifestyle, and the possibilities are endless.
In the end, thinking outside the box and taking risks is the key to success.
Thank you.