Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker's Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

Synthesizing management legend Peter Drucker's simple yet profound core teachings into a guide to personal and professional transformation, this work shows readers how to apply Drucker's recommendations to lead more fulfilling and meaningful lives.

About the Author

Bruce Rosenstein has been a regular contributor as a writer reviewing business and management books for USA Today's Money section. He is also an adjunct lecturer in The Catholic University of America's School of Library and Information Science, in Washington, D.C. He has studied Drucker's work for more than 20 years.

Living in more than one world; with diverse people, activities and pursuits

• Foreword by Frances Hesselbein Chairman and Founding President, Leader to Leader Institute

• Preface

  • You and the Surrounding World in Which You Are Embedded

  • This Book Will Guide You on a Personal Journey of Considering Life Holistically

  • Personal Study of Peter Drucker

  • Chapter Overviews

  • The Organization of the Book

• Designing Your Total Life

  • The Knowledge Worker

  • Peter Drucker's Extraordinary Life (Adventures of a Bystander)

  • Multiple Worlds, and Beginning Your Total Life List

  • The Benefit to Others

  • The Challenges of Self-Management

  • Your Outside Interests

  • Maturity and Your Outside Interests

  • Keeping Active and Healthy

  • Chapter Question Summaries

  • Chapter Recap and Next Steps

  • Hints for Creating Your Total Life List

• Developing Your Core Competencies

  • Workmanship, Excellence, and Diligence

  • Achievement

  • The Effective Use of Time

  • Priorities

  • The Power of Self-Reflection

  • Your Legacy

  • Values and Your Place in Life

  • Systematic Abandonment

  • Chapter Question Summaries

  • Chapter Recap and Next Steps

  • Hints for Creating Your Total Life List

• Creating Your Future

  • The Second Half of Your Life

  • Second Careers

  • Parallel Careers

  • Portable and Mobile

  • Reinvention

  • Chapter Question Summaries

  • Chapter Recap and Next Steps

  • Hints for Creating Your Total Life List

• Exercising Your Generosity

  • Volunteerism

  • Nonprofit Organizations

  • Rick Wartzman on The Drucker Institute and The Drucker Societies

  • What Is the Drucker Society of New York City?

  • Social Entrepreneurship

  • Servant Leadership

  • Mentorship

  • Chapter Question Summaries

  • Chapter Recap and Next Steps

  • Hints for Creating Your Total Life List

• Teaching and Learning

  • Continuous Learning

  • Knowledge Workers as Teachers

  • The Odyssey Experience

  • Charles and Elizabeth Handy

  • Learning How to Learn

  • Working with Knowledge, Information, and Data

  • Chapter Question Summaries

  • Chapter Recap and Next Steps

  • Hints for Creating Your Total Life List

  • Exercise: The guest lecture

• Conclusion: Launching Your Journey

• Suggested Readings

  • The Quickest Route to Drucker's Books

  • The Most Crucial and Comprehensive Drucker Books on Management

  • Drucker Books on Society

  • Drucker on Drucker

  • Final Thoughts on Drucker's Books

  • Further Reading

    • Books by Peter F. Drucker

    • Books by Other Authors

    • Web Resources

• Notes

• Acknowledgments

• Index

• About the Author

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• Managing Oneself

• The Effective Executive: Preface

• Effective Executive in Action