Creativity & Personal Mastery

PROF. SRIKUMAR RAO | CREATIVITY & PERSONAL MASTERY

The thesis of this program is simple. Life is short and uncertain. It is like a drop of water skittering around on a lotus leaf. You never know when it will drop off the edge and disappear. So each day is far too precious to waste. And each day that you are not radiantly alive and brimming with cheer is a day wasted.
Stop right now and evaluate your life. YOUR LIFE. As it is right now. Are you, by and large and daily variations aside, happier now than you have ever been? Do you have the inner conviction that you are on the path that is just right for you, the one that is transparently leading you to fulfillment
in many dimensions – in your career, in relationships, in spiritual development?
If the answer is, NO, ask yourself WHY NOT? The first step to getting there is to refuse to accept anything less.

Objectives

To expose you to a wide variety of techniques and exercises that have been found to be helpful in sparking the creative process; to help you select those that best fit your personality and apply them to many different business and personal situations.
To help you discover your "purpose in life", the grand design that gives meaning to all of your activities; to help you find that to which you can enthusiastically devote the rest of your life. When you are moved by deep inner conviction is when you have the greatest opportunity to sway others, in short to become a “leader”.
To show you how you can mobilize resources to reach your goals most efficiently. There is a nonlinear relationship between "work" and "results". Immense exertion can produce little outcome and, at other times, a little effort can yield a huge payoff. If you have an open mind you can learn to create serendipitous opportunities.
To enable you to find and achieve the balance in life that is right for you. Stress levels are rising in our society across all ages and occupations. It little profits you to achieve any goal if you are a nervous wreck during or after. There are always trade-offs between accomplishments and price paid but they are not necessarily obvious. It is important to learn how to strive mightily while remaining serene.

About Prof. Srikumar Rao

Former Columbia Business School Professor Srikumar S. Rao has helped thousands of executives all over the world discover deep meaning. He conceived the innovative course Creativity and Personal Mastery. Students found it so overwhelmingly powerful that it remains the only business school course in the world to have its own alumni association.

Dr. Rao’s work has been extensively covered in the media including the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Business Week, CNN, Time, Fortune, and dozens of other publications. Prof. Rao is the author of international best-seller "Are You Ready to Succeed: Unconventional Strategies for Achieving Personal Mastery in Business and Life", Hyperion, 2006. His latest book "Happiness at Work: Be Resilient, Motivated and Successful - No Matter What", McGraw Hill, 2010, is also a business bestseller and has been translated into more than a dozen languages.

He is a powerful speaker and his talks are hosted on many sites including TED.com and Thinkers 50 Interview. He has conducted workshops for and spoken before executives of Microsoft, Google, Merrill Lynch, McDonald’s, Chubb, IBM, United Airlines, Allstate, Johnson & Johnson and dozens of other companies. He has been a contributing editor for Forbes and writes regularly on management practices, leadership and personal mastery. He is a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors.

Dr. Rao was an executive with Warner Communications, Continental Group, Data Resources and McGraw-Hill and has consulted with such companies as RCA, Reuters, Citicorp, GTE, Pan Am and Diner’s Club. He has been a seminar leader with the Institute for Management Studies and the American Management Association.

He is an expert on marketing strategy and has taught in the corporate programs of companies such as Verizon, Northrop-Grumman, Symbol Technologies and General Instruments as well as in the executive programs of London Business School, Columbia Business School and the Haas School of Business at the University of California at Berkeley.

Dr. Rao has taught at Columbia Business School, London Business School, the Kellogg School of
Management at Northwestern University and the Haas School of Management at the University of
California at Berkeley. He has served as a marketing advisor to the national board of MENSA. His other interests include tennis, squash, karate, table tennis and chess; Eastern philosophy and meditation; and Wodehouse, science fiction and creative writing.

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Class Info

Three weekends in a retreat:

Module 1: 19-21 April 2013
Module 2: 17-19 May 2013
Module 3: 14-16 June 2013
Starting Fridays at 7pm, ending Sundays at 4pm

Venue: Horsley Park, East Horsley, Surrey

Regular Tuition: £4,495 + VAT
Club Member Tuition: £3,995 + VAT

Accommodations and transportation not included (approximently £1,300 for the entire course).

Class of 2012