Professor M. S. Rao’s Vision 2030: One Million Global Leaders

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Friday, 28 February 2025

Are You A Pygmalion Professor?—Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.—21st-Century Philosopher & The Father of “Soft Leadership”

"Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he will become as he can and should be."—Goethe.

The term Pygmalion has its origin where a sculptor by the name of Pygmalion who fell in love with a female statue he had carved out of ivory. Pygmalion was a Cyprus king who crafted several statues. However, he did not like them. When he created an ivory statue of a beautiful woman, Galatea (means sleeping love) he finally fell in love with her. The statue was so amazing that Pygmalion became mad at her and prayed to Aphrodite to give life to the statue. Ultimately Pygmalion was blessed and the beautiful woman breathed life.

From this Greek mythological story, it becomes clear that when you expect more out of others you get more out of them. For instance, when parents expect a lot from their children, the children will live up to their expectations. Similarly, in the workplace when superiors expect more out of their subordinates, they will get the best out of them. Precisely, your outcome is directly proportional to your expectations and aspirations. The term Pygmalion is also associated with Professor Higgins who treated Eliza Doolittle, the heroine as a flower girl in George Bernard Shah’s play ‘Pygmalion’

Importance of Pygmalion Effect

The importance of the Pygmalion effect is manifold in this current complex world. At a time when there is cut-throat competition due to rapid changes in technology, we need to look for innovative ideas and solutions to stay ahead of others. The Pygmalion effect helps lift performance levels in all walks of life. As human potential is unlimited, we can adopt this effect to unlock human potential for ensuring all-round progress and success.

If you expect more you get more is the slogan of the Pygmalion effect. As success is won twice; first in your real life and then in your real life, your outcome depends on your earnest efforts. If you think good, good things will happen; and if you dream big, you become big. Similarly, if your love is true you will succeed in love. When you really love someone and miss then you will get back if you have a Pygmalion mindset.

Are You a Pygmalion Professor?

You may be surprised when I coined the concept of Pygmalion Professor! Pygmalion Professor is the one who counsels, crafts, mentors, and molds students. He helps students tap and realize their potential by encouraging and expecting the best out of them.

If the educators are passionate they can convert dull students into bright students. If they have command in their subject and if their commitment is strong they can arouse interest among the students and influence and impact them. Educator is like a violinist and students are like violins. As a violinist can generate various types of sounds the educators can also generate various techniques to share their knowledge for creating enlightened students.

When you teach with great intentions and passion, you will get a positive response from your students. A good educator must be a Pygmalion Professor at heart as s/he expects and strives for the best out of students. If a professor is passionate s/he can get the best out of students. Pygmalion Professor creates bright students. However, here is a caution! Like the mythological sculptor Pygmalion, the Pygmalion Professor should not fall in love personally with students but must fall in love professionally in developing and grooming students as successful personalities.

A Take-Home Message

The Pygmalion effect is useful in many walks of life. When you lead at home, it is essential; when you lead people at the workplace, you need to demonstrate; when you love someone, you need to adapt. As the saying goes, 'As you sow, so you reap', if you praise your people you get the best out of them. It is like an echo. When you shout good, you hear good, when you shout bad you hear bad. To conclude, adopting the Pygmalion effect in all walks of life is imperative for all-around peace, prosperity, and success.

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Author and Mother—Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.—21st-Century Philosopher & The Father of “Soft Leadership”

“Anyone who says they have only one life to live must not know how to read a book.” —Author Unknown

An author can be compared with a mother who conceives and undergoes a lot of pressure and pleasure while carrying the child in her womb. The author conceives an idea to author a book. He finds several challenges right from inception to reality. For instance, he has to sacrifice his time to write a book. He undergoes several trials and tribulations apart from the routine challenges to complete the book. Once the book is completed he has to search for a suitable publisher who would take the book forward. And it takes a lot of time, especially for budding authors. The author has to look for a suitable person to write the foreword and it takes time to get approval. In addition, he has to work for endorsements from experts in the field to make sure that the book gets better visibility. It again takes time. In the meantime, there will be challenges between the publisher and the author on various issues. There will be challenges related to time deadlines to get the endorsements for incorporation in the book. The entire process is easier said than done. The author invests his knowledge and the publisher invests money for publishing the book. There has to be the right understanding and chemistry between the author and publisher. Once the book is published, it is for the readers to decide whether it is properly delivered. If readers accept, the author gets elated with his efforts.

Similarly, the mother feels happy when she conceives the child initially. She undergoes a lot of pressure and pleasure while carrying the child and mostly lot of pressure. At the time of delivery, she undergoes a lot of pain and finally, she delivers the baby. The moment she sees her baby she forgets the entire pain and gets excited by seeing her baby. The author also gets excited when he first sees his book on hand. He will be happy when his book delivers the goods as per the expectations of the readers. It is a great feeling indeed for both the author and mother while delivering the book and the baby.

I would like to conclude that as every mother is possessive of her baby, every author is possessive of his book.

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Founder of MSR Leadership Consultants, India

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3:5:7:10 Success Principle—Professor M.S. Rao, Ph.D.—21st-Century Philosopher & The Father of “Soft Leadership”

Here is the success principle to achieve all-round success not only in the year 2025 but also in your entire life. It is known as the 3:5:7:10 success principle. When you want to achieve success you need to set your goals properly. Once you set your goals it becomes easier for you to accomplish whatever you desire. In fact, goals help you remove negative thoughts, manage your time effectively, stay focused, and enhance longevity as you aspire to achieve them. To accomplish your goals, it is essential to write rather than think as written goals are more effective than unwritten goals and they keep you aligned firmly toward your goals.

When you want to achieve audacious goals first find out your passions and work on them continuously for 3 years so that you can acquire requisite knowledge and competence in that area. If you continue putting your efforts up to 5 years you will have recognition at your regional level in your area of expertise. If you continue putting efforts up to 7 years you will be recognized at the national level in your area of interest. And finally, if you extend your sincere efforts consistently up to 10 years then you will be able to brand yourself globally and succeed as an international expert in your area. Hence, on the eve of this New Year 2012 set your goals based on this success principle and you will be amazed to find yourself as an international expert in your area of interest by 2022.

“All who have accomplished great things have had a great aim, have fixed their gaze on a goal which was high, one which sometimes seemed impossible." — Orison Swett Marden

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