Wednesday 30 December 2015

“Happy New Year 2016 ― Emphasize on Full Stop, not Comma to Achieve Success in Your Life” ―Professor M.S.Rao








“Leaders think and talk about the solutions. Followers think and talk about the problems.” — Brian Tracy


Dear global leaders,

Happy New Year 2016!

You must have achieved both successes and failures in 2015. It is essential to take feedback to find out what worked and what didn’t work. First, take feedback about your achievements and improve your tools and techniques accordingly. Similarly, take feedback about your failures to change your strategies and styles to do better in the next year. Taking feedback is essential to achieve excellence and success in life.


Never Give Up

“Whatever you can do, or dream you can… begin it; boldness has genius, power and magic in it.” — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Some people undertake several tasks but give up in the middle. There are several reasons for this including lack of focus and the courage to take up their tasks. They may be scared of the challenges and threats. At times they undertake the tasks and give up in the middle due to diversions and distractions. They keep a comma to their activities. When you want to achieve success in your life, you must emphasize on full stop, not comma. That means you must never give up. You must have the courage to take your battle to its logical end. Usually when you undertake a battle, nobody knows when it ends, where it ends and how it ends. But you must have a broad vision and perseverance to follow your goals and objectives. If you think that your goals are not just and right, it is better to give up in the beginning itself rather than taking up wrong causes forward due to ego and hubris. If you are convinced that your cause is just and right, and persuaded that you are on the right path, you must take it forward with energy and enthusiasm.  

The road to success is not easy. You will find lots distractions and diversions to achieve it. You must constantly align yourself towards your goals and objectives to reach your destination of success. Whenever you encounter failures, take feedback. Don’t treat failure as personal. Learn from failures and change your strategies regularly to reach your goals and objectives. Remember, never never never give up!


India Offers Billion Solutions to Million Problems

India is land of several opportunities but people often fail to identify the opportunities. They look elsewhere for opportunities. It is true that another’s pasture always looks greener. They think about threats rather than opportunities within India. People must know the knack of identifying opportunities from threats to capitalize them. They must know that India offers billion solutions to millions of problems. Max Mueller, the German scholar once remarked, “If I were asked under what sky the human mind has most fully developed some of its choicest gifts, has most deeply pondered on the greatest problems of life, and has found solutions, I should point to India.”


Keep a Full Stop, not a Comma

For every problem, there are multiple solutions. Unfortunately, people often brood over the problems rather than searching for solutions. You must have an open mind to look at the solutions. You must have the courage to follow the solutions in spite of several threats. To conclude, on the eve of New Year, let us all take a pledge to search for solutions to problems and ensure that we will keep full stop to problems rather than commas.


“Life can be easy, it is only question of choosing between solutions and illusions.” — Didier D’haese



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Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants India
Recipient of 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015
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Sunday 27 December 2015

“Emphasize on What is Right and Wrong, not Who is Right and Wrong ― A Short Story” ―Professor M.S.Rao









“I shall not fear anyone on Earth.
I shall fear only God.
I shall not bear ill will toward anyone.
I shall not submit to injustice from anyone.
I shall conquer untruth by truth. And in resisting untruth, I shall put up with all suffering.” ― Mahatma Gandhi          


People often emphasize on money power and muscle power. They forget to emphasize on moral power and brain power. They think might is right. They often forget to think that it is the right matters, not might. At times they think who is right and wrong, not what is right and wrong. Let us discuss this in this article.

When we think about who is right and wrong, we tend to look at individuals. In contrast, when we think about what is right and wrong, we look at issues without any fear and favor. We look at issues dispassionately.


Might versus Right ― A Short Story

Professor Ken served in a private college for more than three years. He was passionate about sharing his knowledge and shaping students as leaders.  When he joined the college as a professor, some of his friends asked him reasons for joining a substandard college which did not have adequate infrastructure, facilities and with a track record of irregularities including non-payment of salaries to the leaving employees. He said that he had passion for teaching and training and he can set the system alright from irregularities. He tried his level best to set the education system and the college from irregularities. Gradually he focused more on shaping students and enjoyed interacting with them. Many students loved and admired his academic leadership. The college served notice of one month on administrative grounds. He didn’t feel bad when he was served with notice because college did not have adequate number of students to offer courses. Additionally, image of the institution was eroding due to weak leadership by the management. Unfortunately, college stopped paying salary to him before serving the notice. He decided to meet the owner of the college for asking his salary. The owner was avoiding him as he had evil intentions to avoid salary. Above all, he did not have the courage to face Professor Ken directly. The owner was notorious for not giving salaries to the leaving employees. On the other hand, he blackmailed the leaving faculty by filing wrong cases when the faculty demanded their salaries. He had money power and muscle power to browbeat the employees and intellectuals.

Professor Ken approached principal to persuade the owner of the college to pay his salary. The principal was also not taking any interest as she flattered the owner to ensure her survival in the college. Finally on the day of leaving the college, Ken requested the principal to pay salary, and give his service certificate and relieving order. The principal told to Professor Ken, “The owner of the college has money and muscle power. He won’t give you salary. He is more intelligent than you and he knows how to trap you.”  Professor Ken replied to principal, “It is not who is more intelligent counts in this matter. It is a matter of ethics to pay salary to the employees as per the terms of the agreement. It is not the might counts but the right counts. As a professor I cannot cut corners the way owner cuts corners and cheats the faculty. I have ethics and etiquette. I have to be an example to the students and role model to the society. Therefore, I will fight through right means and appropriate forums ethically to get my salary. The owner is noted for cheating every leaving faculty by not paying salary since there is nobody to question him.  Employees and intellectuals are afraid of his political connections and money power. I will fight to I get my salary and teach a lesson to unethical owner so that he will not cheat anybody in future.” The Principal sarcastically smiled over Professor Ken’s words. Professor Ken felt pity on Principal. Finally, the professor had to leave the college without taking salary for more than three months and relieving order.  

Professor Ken approached appropriate forums to fight for his salary. The owner used his political connections and money power in most of the forums. Finally, one forum took up Professor Ken’s grievance and addressed it earnestly and taught a bitter lesson to the cheating owner. It was a big jolt to the unethical owner from an ethical intellectual. The owner realized that there was one professor who taught a lesson in his life. His colleagues and students praised Professor Ken on his victory. He replied, “It is a victory for all intellectuals and employees. It is a victory for truth. Satyamev Jayate!”


Conclusion

The professor had to fight to the finish to get his salary by focusing heavily on various aspects. He wanted to change the unethical practices in private colleges. He wanted to reform the educational system in India. He wanted to create a healthy society by checking the irregularities and corruption. He dedicated his entire life to the cause of students and education and became an academic leader and legend.


Message

The message from this story is it is not who is right and wrong counts but what is right and wrong counts. One man who can bring the change in the society is YOU.


“Remember that the greatest crime is to compromise with injustice and wrong.” ― Subhash Chander Bose

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Professor M.S.Rao, India
Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants India
Recipient of 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015
21 Success Sutras for Leaders: Top 10 Leadership Books of the Year (San Diego University) Amazon URL: http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI






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Wednesday 23 December 2015

Professor M.S.Rao Selected for 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015 for Lifetime Achievement in the field of ‘Excellence in Youth Development’










Dear friends,

I am excited to share with you that I was selected for the 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015 for Lifetime Achievement in the field of ‘Excellence in Youth Development’. The award receiving program will be held Feb/Mar 2016 in New Delhi, India. It is a great honor to receive this prestigious international award as Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel is one of the leaders I admire the most because of his exemplary leadership and iron will power. This award is very close to my heart as my birth anniversary also falls on October 31 which is the birth anniversary of the Indian’s Iron Man.

Here is an article I blogged about him and the leadership lessons to learn from him: ‘Leadership Lessons from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel ―The Iron Man of India and Bismarck of India’ URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2015/12/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html    

I am happy to share with you that this award is recognition of my services and contribution to youth development and youth empowerment. I have a vision to build one millions students as global leaders and I have trained more than 30,000 students as global leaders URL: http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2014/12/professor-m-s-raos-vision-2030-one_31.html  I am passionate about developing students as global leaders and I dedicate this award to global youth who are the real power and on whose shoulders the future of the world depends.

Note: I started a nonprofit initiative to build one million students as global leaders by 2030 and groomed more than 30,000 students so far. I am excited to share with you that my Vision 2030 http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2014/12/professor-m-s-raos-vision-2030-one_31.html was ranked as one of the Top 10 Finalists in the ‘Not For Profit’ category of Leadership Excellence 500 Awards, LEAD 2015 event in Dallas, USA President Clinton delivered his keynote address for this prestigious international event. I authored a book ‘Professor M.S.Rao’s ‘Vision 2030: One Million Global Leaders’ (Kiran Bedi, A Magsaysay Award Winner wrote foreword) http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2015/07/sample-chapter-professor-msraos.html This book is under publication. I also successfully keynoted ‘Visionary Leadership 2015 Malaysia’ URL; http://professormsraovision2030.blogspot.in/2015/08/professor-ms-rao-keynote-speaker-for.html Here is the list of students I have dedicated my authored books and gifted to some of them. You may read their names and comments by clicking each link the impact I have made by inspiring them.  

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Recipient of 10th International Prestigious Sardar Patel Award―2015
21 Success Sutras for Leaders: Top 10 Leadership Books of the Year (San Diego University) Amazon URL: http://www.amazon.com/21-Success-Sutras-Leaders-ebook/dp/B00AK98ELI






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