Learning from Unusual Sources

The promise in my previous post was that I'll review / try to review every F1 race going forward. After a disastrous sporting weekend, where Brazil lost to France in the World cup quarter final and both the McLaren cars crashed out at the opening lap in the US Grand Prix, the last thing I want to post about is sports.

One of my all time favorite cartoon characters Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is back on Cartoon Network and this series, which is being shown is amazing... Hey, what has this got to do with the topic??

The COO of the organization I work with, emphasise on "Learning from unusual sources" . Taking that into account, I'll be taking some of my favourite comic / animation characters and try to find out some characteristics which can be really useful. This's not a philosophical post by any measure, it's just to show that we can learn from "Unusual" sources, which in this case will be cartoon/Animation characters.

1. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles : They have the most amazing attitude. According to them, being different is no sin and they appreciate that difference.Everyone is different in their own way, we need to appreciate the fact that we are different and others are different from us.
In spite of their regular skirmishes with the Shredder, they still enjoy their life to the fullest. But they beat Shredder virtually everytime. This can be related to the problems we face in everyday life.. We should never get bogged down by it and affect our life , but at the same time, we'll have to face it and triumph over it just like the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...
Another aspect which impressed me was the amount of respect they have for their Sensei Splinter.. This should prompt us to respect our teachers and mentors

2.Batman : I like Batman more than Superman, just bcoz he's a normal human being and has no special powers. He leads the Justice League ;-), even though people with special powers are present... He shows that a person need not have any special powers to do good.. Only hard work is required.. BTW, it also helps to be a billionaire ;-)... He's also brilliant and a quick thinker.. this shows that only special powers donot serve any purpose, a person needs to always think thru situations and come out trumps...

3.Superman: He has a lot of Super Powers, but chose to use them for the good. If he had wanted, he could have ruled the world, but he chose to do good.... He shows the importance of choice in life... Our choice should always be such that it doesn't harm let alone help others...

4.Justice League: Individual powers help, but to face bigger obstacles, team work is very much necessary.. This is applicable to everything in life... Problems in family should be face by family members together as a team. Similarly in work environment, especially in software companies, team work is of paramount importance...


This is just the tip of the iceberg.. We can learn much more from every comic / animation character... Who said that comics / cartoons are only for kids?? I think that person has never watched any of them...