Thinking outside the box means thinking differently, unconventionally from a new perspective. However it should yield better results in the end.

If the apple that fell on Newton fell on me I would have probably thought whether to eat it straight away or take it home and cut it to slices with a knife and eat it. Newton thought outside the box that led to one of the greatest inventions of the world namely laws of gravitation.

When the first man who tried to fly tying up wings to his arms started the beginning for air crafts and even space crafts. Did he not think out of box? When every one thought it was not possible for man to fly he thought differently.

Edison believed that the darkness of the world at nights could be removed. His ability to think outside the box helped the world in brightness even in nights today.

When India was fighting for the independence Gandhi thought out of the box and used a powerful tool called non-violence. Did it not work?

Bruce lee thought out of the box and introduced his kungfo in films which created history in film industry.

Spielberg thought out of box and gave us the best animation film "the Jurassic park"

There is big list of people who thought outside the box and came up with great inventions and helped the mankind considerably.

If we can not think out of box, let us at least not criticize some one who comes with different ideas.