I was just over at Jame's forum
Article Productions reading a thread about people in Internet Marketing follow what other Internet Marketers tell them to do, and got to thinking about what it means to think outside of the box instead of being led by the nose into a no win situation.
The key is to be ahead of others in our thinking, and in order to do that we must be able to envision or must have a wider scoped vision! We must be able to see what's coming long before it gets here, and how the market will react or respond. If we can do that, we can actually set specific markets, change other markets, and be pioneers of others.
If you look through history you will see that all great leaders of their time were visionary. Their thinking was outside of their time. We can see the same thing regarding music. Did you ever listen to a singer or group and say, they are way ahead of their time? have you ever watched a movie, and 20 years later notice that some of the technology used in the film is now prevelant in the time we live in? It's the same thing, and this would not happen if people had no vision.
Thinking outside of the box requires us to think bigger! Think better! And think smarter!
Don't settle for what another Internet Marketer tells you. Investigate and research everything. Most of all, widen your lens and envision what lays ahead.