Episode Notes

Hi there. Ducky Obrien chilling like left over candy after valentines.

Today we go over the two most important questions in life: 1. Outside the box? 2. Something about DMT

Show Notes Short: Think outside the box! It's a muscle most people don't use. So 1. Do your research. 2. Practice what you see others doing. 3. Sit in, face, and grow from failure. 4. Flex your creative muscle after all that practice.

Show Notes Long: So I was playing Temtem. Yes Temtem. It's a Pokemon clone and it's fantastic. I'm in love with this game and I already know that I'm going to play it for thousands of hours. So as a content creator, my mind goes immediately to how can I make content for this game.

My friend Wooptydo informed me of other content creators doing some very creative and imaginative things such as running an auction house and arranging competitive tournaments. This made me realize how small my thinking was. So how does one learn to think outside the box? How does one identify a need that's not being met?

Research. You need to do your research. The only real way to learn how to think outside the box is to see how others do it. Go deep and research all the ways people are making content for a game you're focusing on. You can do this for anything, music, art, business, etc.

Practice. After your research, you need to put it to practice. Try what others are doing. You need to practice by mimicking what others are doing until you are comfortable enough to come up with your own methods. Creativity is a muscle that needs to be worked out as well. You don't go from having no muscle to being a body builder in a short time. You need to exercise all those muscles!

Failure. You will fail, a lot. Don't be afraid of that uncomfortable feeling of facing uncharted territory and the possibility of failure. Sit in it, face it, realize that you do lack certain things, and then move on and see what you can learn from it, take out one thing you can improve on even a little bit. Forward progress is success. The lack of failure only means you are not evolving.

Results. Once you have put into practice trying out different things, failing, and improving, you'll find that you will be able to flex that muscle and think outside the box much easier on demand. You'll often find that you don't need an incredibly new or brilliant idea. Even something slightly different and unique is what you need and that will help provide value to an audience that isn't having their needs catered to.

In the words of Captain Taggart, Never Give Up, Never Surrender!

Anyways hope y'all enjoy the show, thanks so much for dropping by! If you want us to cover a topic in the future, send us an email!

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