This document discusses thinking beyond boundaries and limitations. It encourages dreaming, creativity, innovation, and imagination to think divergently without constraints. Conventional thinking leads to mediocrity while unconventional thinking allows one to believe in new ideas through free thinking beyond what is seen and known. The document advocates encouraging irrelevant, half-formed, new, and unconventional ideas to achieve success.

1. THINK BEYOND THE
BOUNDARY

2. TABLE OF CONTENTS
• SUCCESS
• IN THIS COMPETITIVE MILIEU
• CONSTRICTED MIND
• FACTORS AFFECTING THINKING WITHIN REALMS
• LIMITATIONS TO …
• PITFALLS OF CONVENTIONAL THINKING
• DREAM
• CREATIVITY
• INNOVATION
• IMAGINATION
• LONG DIVERGENT THINKING
• BELIEVE IN
• ENCOURAGE
• WHERE THE MIND IS FREE

3. SUCCESSPreviously
• Defined by
Affirmation
• Means
Accomplishment
in Absolute
Terms
InToday’sWorld
• Defined by
Comparison
• Means
Accomplishment
by Outshining
Others

4. IN THIS COMPETITIVE MILIEU
Outshine
Others
Outclass
Others
Outspeed
Others
Through speed, skill, strategy

5. CONSTRICTED MIND
1. Certain
2. Safe
3. Comfortable

6. FACTORS AFFECTING THINKING
WITHIN REALMS
Genetic
Heritage
Environmental
Condition
Indirect
Experiences
Of Peers
Own Direct
Experiences
Tradition Time

7. LIMITATIONS TO …
 One’s Thinking
 One’s Movements
 One’s Risk Bearing Capacity
 One’s Stretch ability
 One’s Aggressiveness
 One’s Comprehensive Performance

8. PITFALLS OF CONVENTIONAL
THINKING
 Mediocrity
 Partial Utilization of Alma – Mater
 Blocking Thought Process

9. Dream is
• a cherished
aspiration,
ambition, or
ideal.
Dream
• the seemingly
difficult targets
Dream with
• an element of
discontentment
and
restlessness in
order to
challenge the
given axioms
of life

10. Creativity is
• mental
characteristic
that allows a
person to
think outside
of the box
Creativity
• enables one
to think
differently
and to go
round
barriers or
impediments
Be Creative
with
• an open
fearless
mind which
has no limits
and is a
challenge to
itself only

11. Innovation is
• a new idea,
more
effective
device or
process
Innovation
• signifies the
human
determination
to achieve
something
which seems
impossible
Be Innovative
with
• concrete
divergent
ideas in order
to explore
beyond the
obvious

12. Imagination is
• the faculty or
action of
forming new
ideas, or
images or
concepts of
external
objects not
present to the
senses
Imagination
• compels the
mind to infer
and conclude
beyond what is
perceivable to
the naked eye
Imagine with
• free spirits,
undeterred
enthusiasm,
unputdownable
courage ,
unbridled mind

13. LONG DIVERGENT THINKING
• Use association and combination of Ideas
• Dream Create Innovate
• Believe in own ideas
• Be fearless
• Be different
• Unshackle the mind
• Emerge out of the box

14. BELIEVE IN
No single correct answer but different alternatives

15. ENCOURAGE
Irrelevant
Ideas
Half
Cooked
Ideas
New Ideas
Unconvent
ional
Ideas

16. WHERE THE MIND IS FREE
Spectacular
Film
Scientific
Discovery
Gripping
Novel
Masterpiece
Poetry
Professional Success

18. DISCLAIMER
• Created by Arpan Dutta, Jadavpur University,
during an internship by Prof. Sameer Mathur,
IIM Lucknow. www.IIMInternship.com