Tuesday, 2 June 2015

“Is Cheetah Superior to Lion?” ―Professor M.S.Rao






“I am not afraid of an army of lions led by a sheep; I am afraid of an army of sheep led by a lion.”  ―Alexander the Great


Recently I had an opportunity to meet my friend after nine years at his home in Chennai. He is 75 years old. He was a powerful businessman. He encountered lots of business challenges and came out with flying colors in life. His two daughters had family issues with their husbands. He fought those issues also legally. He became very old now, and is a diabetic patient. He walked slowly and I was unable to digest by looking at his physical position. I recalled my first impression about him when I first met him 20 years ago in Chennai. He was very active and brisk. He made decisions quickly. He shared some of his personal and professional challenges with me.

I felt very sad that old age is a very challenging one and life is incomplete without completing this stage. To inspire him that he was a very powerful businessman and resolved several business challenges very easily, I compared him with a lion.  Then his daughter who was 40 years sitting next to him and known to me since more than 15 years commented, “You know lion is a lazy animal! Whereas you are the most powerful man like cheetah! You are always ten steps ahead of my father in thinking and action.”  Until then I was aware that cheetah is the fastest animal but I never thought that cheetah thinks ten steps ahead of lion. I was excited with her appreciation and I started thinking about cheetah. In fact, my intention to praise my friend was to charge him up as I always inspire the people around me by highlighting their strengths.

Cheetahs are the fastest animals in the world. Their long tails help them balance and make sharp turns. Their claws are partially retractile which allow them to maintain their grip on high speed chases. They have the ability to see clearly over long distances during a chase. To minimize competition, they hunt during the day rather than at night and eat quickly after taking down the prey.  They are agile and active, and are experts in hunting. Hence, cheetahs are better hunters than lions.

Although cheetahs run faster than lions they are not as courageous as lions. The lions are very strong animals in the wild as they undergo lots of hardships and struggles. Additionally, lions have strength and a group mentality. To conclude, cheetah is superior to lion in many ways because it is the fastest animal on the land and thinks several steps ahead of other animals. But it cannot make rapid decisions. In contrast, lion is the king of the jungle as it is a decision maker despite being a lazy animal.


“It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.” ―Daniel Defoe



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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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Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants India
Listed in Marquis Who's Who in the World in 2013
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