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Summary
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 article challenges listeners to take responsibility for managing their futures, both in and out of the office.
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- MR D Shukla
- 17-09-23
Very short and very good
impressed by how much value was packed into an audible that took me less than one hour to get through with highly recommend it but anyone who's interested in becoming the CEO of their own careers
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- A O Olushola
- 16-01-19
Excellent advice for now and the future
This is an excellent and relatively short audiobook packed with vital and useful information on how to approach one’s career and life in modern day organisation. Your values, your strengths, your style are most vital in knowing yourself, fitting into the right place, and managing your career. Also, need to start planning for retirement already.
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- Michal
- 26-07-19
Great book for people wanting to better themselves
Great book for people that want to better themselves In this book you will get many great ideas which will help you to learn better, to find job in which you will be outstanding to find your strong sides and what to do with them. Of course its not a step by step manual.... you will need to sort everything by yourself but now after hearing the book you will know where to look and what to do to be better. Great book
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- citizenade
- 01-09-15
Really insightful
This book is really insightful, the production is not the best but a very good book highly recommended.
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- Boomy Tokan
- 02-11-16
Action Orientated Content
I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Very actionable. Extremely captivating voice performance and life changing too
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-01-24
Business Wisdom
Succinct and wonderful guide to professionalism! How to be the best CEO of you! A collection of gems.
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- Tevin Gongo
- 09-02-21
Managing Oneself, reviewed by Tevin Gongo
Simple book, easy to read. A good reminder of things we certainly already knew but don't always apply. I feel it is sometimes a little too simple but at the end of the day, who said that life needed to be complicated.
One of the main lesson for me was to remember to focus on my strengths. That doesn't mean ignoring my weaknesses but being wise enough to remember that weaknesses rarely become strengths and if it could, that would take so much time and energy. Better use that time and energy to improve on my strengths and to transform them into areas of genius.
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- Rafal
- 26-05-16
must read to everyone!
Quite short and to the point, exactly how a book like this shouldn've been written.
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- M. Millward
- 28-03-15
If you don't own it then buy it
You would be foolish not to buy this invaluable book! Brilliant actionable insights for such a short and low cost book!
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- Tom A.
- 23-01-21
I re-listen on a run, around once a month
No fluff, just straight to the point. If you’re running a business or want to know yourself better, this audiobook is so cheap and helpful, it’s a crime.
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