Monday, 1 June 2015

“Is Knowing Well Different from Doing Well?” ―Professor M.S.Rao






“Those people who develop the ability to continuously acquire new and better forms of knowledge that they can apply to their work and to their lives will be the movers and shakers in our society for the indefinite future.” ―Confucius


Knowing well is very different from doing well. Educators know how to teach but they don’t know how to practice. Students who practice what is learnt from educators reach higher positions than educators. Hence, what counts ultimately is doing well is more important than knowing well. If knowing well is more important, all educators will become rich. When you look at educators, they remain as educators. In contrast, the students who acquire knowledge from educators and apply it and reach higher positions than educators.  Similarly, those who author books cannot become rich. In contrast, those who read books and apply the knowledge strike rich in their lives. In a nutshell, application of knowledge is more important than acquisition of knowledge.

Sharing knowledge is an art. People might have loads of knowledge but if it is not shared in a right manner, it doesn’t attract others and command any respect. Hence, the way of sharing knowledge is also important. There are educators who have loads of knowledge but struggle to communicate and fail miserably. In contrast, there are educators who have limited knowledge but smart in articulating it with others thus winning accolades from audiences.

Educators teach entrepreneurship but they cannot excel as entrepreneurs. It is an irony indeed! It is because educators are academicians while students are practitioners.  However, we find rare educators becoming entrepreneurs. Chinese billionaire entrepreneur and Alibaba founder, Jack Ma was an English teacher who became a successful entrepreneur and China’s richest person. Dr. Irwin M. Jacobs was a professor who is the co-founder and former chairman of Qualcomm.

Those who have knowledge may not make money but those who apply knowledge effectively can make money. It all boils down to acquisition and application of knowledge. When you look at professors they have immense knowledge but they don’t find time to apply. Hence, they remain as professors. In contrast, those who learn from professors excel as successful entrepreneurs. There are leaders and CEOs who crave for knowledge and acquire it from executive coaches and through executive education. They know the knack of converting knowledge into money. Additionally, they take risk. Precisely, educators are preachers and entrepreneurs are practitioners.  Remember, practitioners have always an edge over preachers, scholars and intellectuals.


"Put your knowledge to practical experience and reap the harvest." ―Milne


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“If Information is Food, Information Overload is Poison” ―Professor M.S.Rao











“There are many things of which a wise man might wish to be ignorant” ―Ralph Waldo Emerson


People often find it difficult to differentiate between information and knowledge. Internet is inundated with lots of information which is difficult for people to process. It becomes information overload when people cannot process and digest the information. In fact, the advent of digital information and communication technologies is both a boon and bane. It is boon if information is in healthy proportions. In contrast, it is bane if information is dumped excessively. Information is food, if it is available in adequate proportions; and it becomes poison when it is overloaded. Hence, it has become a big challenge for experts to choose the right information to convert it into knowledge.  

Everybody says that information is the key to decision-making. When people get excessive information it kills creativity and delays decision making skills. Here are some tools and techniques to overcome information overload:
  • Prepare a to-do list and strike off the ones you have executed. Include new tasks. Do it regularly.
  • Don’t do too many tasks at a time as it decreases your productivity and performance and increases errors in decision-making.
  • Find out your biological clock and leverage it fully to execute tough tasks. Usually it is ideal to do tough tasks in the morning as the attention span decreases as the day passes.
  • Take breaks periodically. If possible, take nap during the day to recharge yourself.
  • Delegate the routine tasks to your subordinates to enable you to focus on much bigger challenges. It helps your subordinates grow as leaders and helps you manage your time.
  • Don’t sit with computer for long hours as it decreases your attention span. Take break periodically to reset your button.

Brian Solis once remarked, “Information overload is a symptom of our desire to not focus on what's important. It is a choice.”  Remember, information is gain and information overload is paid. If information is food, information overload is poison. Hence, accept information wisely to digest and convert it into knowledge to make right decisions.


“People today are in danger of drowning in information; but, because they have been taught that information is useful, they are more willing to drown than they need be. If they could handle information, they would not have to drown at all.”― Idries Shah, Reflections



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Professor M.S.Rao, India
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants India
Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2013
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Friday, 29 May 2015

“Why Women Cannot Have it All?” ―Professor M.S.Rao










“Being in control of your life and having realistic expectations about your day-to-day challenges are the keys to stress management, which is perhaps the most important ingredient to living a happy, healthy and rewarding life.” ―Marilu Henner


PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi said brutally in her interview with The Atlantic, “I don’t think women can have it all. I just don’t think so. We pretend we have it all. We pretend we can have it all.”  She added, “You die with guilt. You just die with guilt. My observation is that the biological clock and the career clock are in total conflict with each other. Total, complete conflict. When you have to have kids you have to build your career. Just as you’re rising to middle management your kids need you because they’re teenagers.”

The fact is that nobody can have it all. There is no point in highlighting it from gender perspective. We must learn to live with realities and balance personal, professional and social life as far as possible to provide meaning to our lives. Hence, Indra Nooyi’s statement doesn’t have any substance and it doesn’t inspire women in any way.  She could not balance her professional and personal life that doesn’t mean other women cannot balance.  When you look at women leaders including Diane Sawyer, Martha Stewart, Estee Lauder, Ruth Hamdler, Debbi Fields, and Arianna Huffington, they have it all. Hence, it is obvious that Indra Nooyi is not an ideal example for work-life balance.  When you look at American President, Barack Obama, he ensures work-life balance. He spends considerable time with his family.

People have their own expectations and work towards achieving them. But life takes its own twists and turns and finally people land somewhere else. We propose something and God disposes something else.  Life is not a cakewalk. We work hard to achieve something while the outcomes are beyond our control. Hence, nobody can have it all.


Challenges for Women

Women undergo lots of challenges at home and office. They have professional roles and responsibilities at office. They must manage office politics. Sometimes, they may face sexual harassment in the workplace. After reaching home, they must manage their husbands, children and parents. It is a tough job indeed!  In fact, women are blessed with several inherent strengths. They can multitask, and are diplomatic. They are expert in soft skills, and are assertive by nature. They are flexible, and can get along with others easily. However, they may not be able to make decisions quickly and may find it tough to manage their emotions. Overall, women are much smarter than men.  

The solution lies in stop comparing it with others. Women must not compare with other women in businesses, careers, children, money and jewelry. To conclude, it is not possible for both men and women to have it all. Especially for leaders and C-suit executives, it is tough to manage their time and juggle their roles and responsibilities from time to time.


“Life is indeed beautiful. It's times when we sink into our hectic and stressful lifestyles that we are blinded and fail to see what we really have.” - Unknown


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Professor M.S.Rao, India
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants India
Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2013
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Twitter: @professormsrao  
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