Peter F Drucker Managing Oneself外语英文电子书.pdfVIP

by Peter F. Drucker Reprint 99204 Success in the knowledge economy comes to those who know themselves – their strengths, their values, and how they best perform. M a na ging Oneself by Peter F. Drucker istory ’s great achievers – a HNapoleon, a daVinci, a Mozart – have always managed them - selves. That, in large measure, is what makes them great achievers. But they are rare exceptions, so unusual both in their talents and their accomplishments as to be considered outside the bound- aries of ordinary human existence. Now, most of us, even those of us with modest endowments, will have to learn to manage Peter F. Drucker is the Marie Rankin Clarke Professor of Social Science and Management at Claremont Graduate University in Claremont, California. This article is an excerpt from his forth- coming book Management Challenges for the 21st Century (HarperCollins, May 1999). ART W O RK BY CRAI G FRA ZIER Copyright © 1999 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College. All rights reserved. mana ging oneself ourselves. We will have to learn to develop our- tions these two men founded, the Calvinist church selves. We will have to place ourselves where we and the Jesuit order, came to dominate Europe can make the greatest contribution. And we will within 30 years. have to stay mentally alert and engaged during a 50- Practiced consistently, this simple method will year working life, which means knowing how and show you within a