Please welcome back Chris Guilebeau and the genius from his blog, The Art Of Non-Comformity. Have you ever faced an obstacle and tackled... sideways? Backwards? Upside down? Read on for fabulous thoughts on the idea of unconventional strategy. Thanks, Chris!

Most of the time, the obvious way around an obstacle isn’t the only way.

Looking for another option is called the unconventional strategy—when you have the same goal as anyone else, but you find a different way to achieve it.

It works in education, career, personal finance, social causes, politics, relationships, etc. Oh, and it can even work in sports and contests too.