Living in More Than One World

How Peter Drucker's Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life

Bruce Rosenstein

• Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781576759684
• eBook ISBN: 9781605098920
• Topic: Business
• Subtopic: R&D
• Index: Business

Millions revere Drucker as "the father of modern management"—this is the first book to share his reflections on self-management • Based on Bruce Rosenstein's 20 years-plus study of Drucker's life and thought • Helps you construct a complete life plan through exercises, questions, and illustrative anecdotes and quotes How can we have a rich and fulfilling life? For Peter Drucker, one of the most influential thinkers of modern times, the secret was "living in more than one world"—enjoying a diverse set of interests, activities, acquaintances, and pursuits. Drucker was able to do this despite extraordinary demands on his time, and now Bruce Rosenstein shows how the man who transformed organizational management can transform the way you manage your personal and professional life. An enormously influential business author and consultant, Drucker also wrote extensively on self-development and self-management, but these writings are scattered throughout dozens of books and articles. For the first time Rosenstein brings these ideas together into a straightforward framework that guides you in building a multifaceted life and career. It's the next best thing to being mentored by Drucker himself. Rosenstein shares Drucker's advice for, first, honing in on your core competencies—developing your main talents, clarifying your values, and managing your time. With this firm foundation established he uses Drucker as both source and example to show how to enrich your life by developing parallel and second careers, making a difference in the lives of others through voluntarism and service, and using teaching and lifelong learning as complimentary ways of staying engaged and up to date. By living in more than one world you gain new insights, see your world from fresh perspectives, access ever-changing sources of inspiration and stimulation. Peter Drucker managed a varied professional life as a writer, educator, and consultant, and was deeply immersed in literature, music, and art. But he wasn't superhuman. This is a life that can be lived by anybody who has the tools and Bruce Rosenstein provides them in this thoughtful and inspiring book.

INDEX

achievement, personal, 25, 31–34, 48, 49, 50

Albion, Mark, 68, 108

Alexander Technique, 22–23

Allen, David, 35

American Heart Association, 132

American Red Cross, xvi, 80, 81, 94

AmeriCorps, 80, 90

Amsterdam, University of, 108

Ashoka, 92

Atlantic Monthly, 6

Austen, Jane, 20

baby boomers, 59, 60

Bach, Johann Sebastian, 20

Bachmann, John, 94, 97

Beatty, Jack, 131

benefit to others, 10–12, 23, 32. See also generosity; volunteerism

Bethlehem Steel, 94

Bible, 20

Bloom, Harold, 116

Bornstein, David, 90, 92

Boys and Girls Clubs of America, 94

Brahms, Johannes, 19

Bronson, Po, 68

Brown, Ben, 80

Brown, Michael, 90

Buford, Bob, 55, 56, 58, 80, 81, 82, 83, 94, 97

Bush, George W., 6

Carlson, Richard, 41–43

Catholic University of America, xv, xvi

City Year, 90

Claremont Graduate University, xvi, 1, 6, 7, 29, 84

Cloninger, Kathy, 94

Cohen, William A., 112

Collins, Jim, 76

Columbia University, 92

comfort zone, leaving one’s, 45, 61, 68, 71

computers, 3, 4, 5, 53, 109

continuous learning, xviii, 8, 25, 99, 103–9, 121, 123, 128

corporate in-house programs for, 106–7

and online education, 66, 104, 105, 106, 108–9, 110, 117, 120. See also learning

lifelong learning

core competencies, xviii, 8, 27–28, 128

and achievement, 25, 31–34, 48, 49

and diligence, 29, 30, ...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Dedication
• CONTENTS
• Foreword
• Preface
• ONE Designing Your Total Life
• TWO Developing Your Core Competencies
• THREE Creating Your Future
• FOUR Exercising Your Generosity
• FIVE Teaching and Learning
• CONCLUSION Launching Your Journey
• Suggested Readings
• Notes
• Acknowledgments
• Index
• About the Author