Sunday, July 8, 2012

“What do You Mean by Clarity?” - Professor M.S.Rao

“Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what he loves.” - Blaine Pascal


One day my elder son, Ganesh Sai asked me, “Dad! What do you mean by clarity?” I thought for a moment and asked him, “I think, you intend to author your fifth book on short stories!”  He replied, “Yes Dad.” And he added, “I have already prepared a blueprint to proceed forward.”  Then I asked him to prepare a plan of action with a timeline.  He worked out for an hour and came with an action plan and timeline. Then I said as follows:

When you want to write a book, you thought clearly in your mind and prepared the vision about the book, and then you wrote the tentative stories to be written with deadlines for each story.  This is nothing but clarity.  In fact, when you start to write down something, your mind thinks through, and works out a strategy thus clearing the clutter in your mind resulting in clarity in your mind.

In addition, I advised him to prepare his action and timeline into SMART goals where SMART is the acronym for specific, measurable, achievable, measurable and time bound.  Finally, he prepared his final draft adhering to SMART strategy.  I asked him whether it would be possible to execute it effectively.  He replied confidently, “Yes dad.  I can stick to the timelines and complete it on time.”  I was satisfied with his response and said, “This is clarity based on your SMART strategy.” And concluded with a cliché that a battle is won twice –first in your mind, and then in reality.




Knowledge Grows When Shared



Dear readers,

I would appreciate your comments about this article.



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This is an educational blog for free sharing of knowledge, not for commercial use. Please don't cut articles from my blog and redistribute by email or post to the web. The use of this material is free provided copyright is acknowledged and reference or link is made to the Blog http://professormsraoguru.blogspot.com    This material may not be sold, or published in any form, or used in the provision of business services to a third party without permission.


“Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what he loves.” - Blaine Pascal


One day my elder son, Ganesh Sai asked me, “Dad! What do you mean by clarity?” I thought for a moment and asked him, “I think, you intend to author your fifth book on short stories!”  He replied, “Yes Dad.” And he added, “I have already prepared a blueprint to proceed forward.”  Then I asked him to prepare a plan of action with a timeline.  He worked out for an hour and came with an action plan and timeline. Then I said as follows:

When you want to write a book, you thought clearly in your mind and prepared the vision about the book, and then you wrote the tentative stories to be written with deadlines for each story.  This is nothing but clarity.  In fact, when you start to write down something, your mind thinks through, and works out a strategy thus clearing the clutter in your mind resulting in clarity in your mind.

In addition, I advised him to prepare his action and timeline into SMART goals where SMART is the acronym for specific, measurable, achievable, measurable and time bound.  Finally, he prepared his final draft adhering to SMART strategy.  I asked him whether it would be possible to execute it effectively.  He replied confidently, “Yes dad.  I can stick to the timelines and complete it on time.”  I was satisfied with his response and said, “This is clarity based on your SMART strategy.” And concluded with a cliché that a battle is won twice –first in your mind, and then in reality.




Knowledge Grows When Shared



Dear readers,

I would appreciate your comments about this article.



Copyright©2012 MSR Leadership Consultants India. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.

This is an educational blog for free sharing of knowledge, not for commercial use. Please don't cut articles from my blog and redistribute by email or post to the web. The use of this material is free provided copyright is acknowledged and reference or link is made to the Blog http://professormsraoguru.blogspot.com    This material may not be sold, or published in any form, or used in the provision of business services to a third party without permission.



1 comment:

  1. Hello Pr MS Rao. I'm looking for who the first said: "Knowledge grows when shared". Some french bloggers say it s Socrates [https://www.google.com/search?q=la+connaissance+s%27accro%C3%AEt+quand+on+la+partage+socrate] not sure it's right. Do you know more?

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