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Managing Oneself

By: Peter F. Drucker
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"Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves - their strengths, their values, and how they best perform." -Peter F. Drucker

Throughout history, people had little need to manage their careers - they were born into their stations in life or, in the recent past, they relied on their companies to chart their career paths. But times have drastically changed. Today we must all learn to manage ourselves.

What does that mean? As Peter Drucker tells us in this seminal article, first published in 1999, it means we have to learn to develop ourselves. We have to place ourselves where we can make the greatest contribution to our organizations and communities. And we have to stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50-year working life, which means knowing how and when to change the work we do.

It may seem obvious that people achieve results by doing what they are good at and by working in ways that fit their abilities. But, Drucker says, very few people actually know - let alone take advantage of - their fundamental strengths.

He challenges each of us to ask ourselves, "What are my strengths? How do I perform? What are my values? Where do I belong? What should my contribution be?"

Don't try to change yourself, Drucker cautions. Instead, concentrate on improving the skills you have and accepting assignments that are tailored to your individual way of working. If you do that, you can transform yourself from an ordinary worker into an outstanding performer.

Today's successful careers are not planned out in advance. They develop when people are prepared for opportunities because they have asked themselves those questions and have rigorously assessed their unique characteristics.

This Audiobook has 10 Tracks. 1. Introduction. 2. What are My Strengths? 3. How Do I Perform? 4. How Do I Learn? 5. What Are My Values? 6. Where Do I Belong? 7. What Should I Contribute? 8. Responsibility for Relationships. 9. The Second Half of Your

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I now know how much I don't know myself. I have some work to do.

Wow, loved it.

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Fantastic piece of work by Mr. Druker. A true masterpiece. Would help any knowledge workers.

The content is so relevant even today. Amazing.

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Peter Drucker saw long ago where we were headed and he did his best to prepare us for it. This small book contains great insights into what we need to even begin to be anyone of worth in the new Knowledge worker age.

True back then, Truer now.

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Valuable & thought provoking; worth the money spent, quick to listen to, likely good to revisit occasionally.

Quick and Thought-Provoking

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This Drucker guy has the right stuff to point you in the direction you want to go.

Quintessential reading for performance

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Short but sweet! Very relevant today as it was in bygone years. Very concise and to the point.

Clarity

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A quick read/listen book that is a really thought provoking. It definitely makes you reevaluate your life, in all aspects.

Mind BLOWN!!

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I wish I read this 5 years ago, there are so many golden nuggets of information worth knowing in this insightful book

Insight every for knowledge worker should know

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Where do I not belong are my strengths, How do I perform, What are my values or or where do I not belong. Great for entrepreneurs

Identifying my attributes

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very helpful tools I learnt just now.amazing.ive got same work to do on myself 😊

interesting

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