Managing Oneself by Peter F. Drucker
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
Really interesting to find out that this book has only 60 small pages. I don’t know what I actually expected but this was a nice surprise. In the book there are some really good advices.
There are three things to be really remembered from this small book with a great impact: + Successful careers are not planned, + Take responsibility for your relationships, and + Are you a reader or a listener? And there is one small detail that could be very useful in everybodies career, be that at your job or at home: The secret in “managing” your boss is to adapt yourself to what makes your boss most effective.
There are three things to be really remembered from this small book with a great impact: + Successful careers are not planned, + Take responsibility for your relationships, and + Are you a reader or a listener?
Let me explain in more detail the three things from this book to be remembered:
- Successful careers are not planned. But naturally one has to be prepared for it. Even more, if you succeed you should develop a parallel career.
- It is everyone’s duty to take responsibility for your relationships. You should ask everyone with whom you work the following questions: what do I need to know about your strengths, how you perform, your values, and your proposed contribution? Naturally the answers for those question is something everybody should have for himself too, especially if you are above mid 20. And
- Am I a reader or listener? Usually one can not be both. The on other thing to know is also: How do I learn? By listening and reading or by writing? Or by doing? Or hearing yourself talk (usually to others). And not lest: Do I work well with people or am I a loner? And there are the other questions like: Am I a decision maker or an adviser? Do I perform well under stress? Do I work best in a big organization or in a small one? And one question that the author is explaining in more detail: What are my values?
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