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What if... Two words to help you think beyond. To reimagine existing possibilities and try out new ones as well. 

Thinking what if helps us to recreate a scenario and look at it from multiple perspectives. Better still, we can discard the scenario itself and create an entirely new premise. 

What if is a premise that gives us ground without any boundaries or limits to explore and tap into. There is no limit to how creative, outrageous, and silly this what-if question may be. 

But it surely helps us to stretch our imagination and think beyond. It compels us to change/shift our paradigms in the way we see, interpret and do things. And believe me when I say some of the most notable and disruptive innovations of tomorrow will stem from thought processes aligned to these two words... What if.....? 



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