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The greatest book under 50 pages: Managing Oneself from Peter Drucker.
Inside, there are six questions to reflect on:
- What are my strengths?
- What are my values?
- How do I perform?
- Where do I belong?
- What should I contribute?
The goal: become CEO of Me, Inc.
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Inside, there are six questions to reflect on:
- What are my strengths?
- What are my values?
- How do I perform?
- Where do I belong?
- What should I contribute?
The goal: become CEO of Me, Inc.
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1/ What are my strengths?
Few people actually know their strengths and weaknesses.
Even worse, they spend time improving weaknesses instead of doubling down on their strengths.
To find your strengths and weaknesses, use feedback analysis.
Few people actually know their strengths and weaknesses.
Even worse, they spend time improving weaknesses instead of doubling down on their strengths.
To find your strengths and weaknesses, use feedback analysis.
Before any new endeavor, write down what you expect to happen. In three to six months, compare what actually happened.
The difference will show you your weaknesses.
The difference will show you your weaknesses.
2/ How do I perform?
Reflect on these questions:
1. How do I learn?
2. Am I a reader or listener?
3. Do I work best in teams or alone?
4. Am I an adviser or a decision-maker?
Answer them, but don't try and change yourself.
Double down on improving how you perform best.
Reflect on these questions:
1. How do I learn?
2. Am I a reader or listener?
3. Do I work best in teams or alone?
4. Am I an adviser or a decision-maker?
Answer them, but don't try and change yourself.
Double down on improving how you perform best.
3/ What are my values?
Use the Drucker mirror test.
Reflect on these questions:
• What type of person do I want to see?
• Am I happy with what I'm doing?
• Do my values align with what I'm doing?
If you don't like the answers, you may want to change your situation.
Use the Drucker mirror test.
Reflect on these questions:
• What type of person do I want to see?
• Am I happy with what I'm doing?
• Do my values align with what I'm doing?
If you don't like the answers, you may want to change your situation.
4/ Where do I belong?
Given what your strengths are, how you perform, and what your values are, you can find where you belong.
The position ideal position is:
• Leveraging your strengths.
• Learning in ways conducive to you.
• Working for an organization with aligned values.
Given what your strengths are, how you perform, and what your values are, you can find where you belong.
The position ideal position is:
• Leveraging your strengths.
• Learning in ways conducive to you.
• Working for an organization with aligned values.
5/ What should I contribute?
Once within an organization, you need to contribute.
Ask yourself: where and how can I achieve results that make a difference in 18 months?
The answer should be:
• Meaningful.
• Visible and measurable.
• Hard but not impossible to achieve.
Once within an organization, you need to contribute.
Ask yourself: where and how can I achieve results that make a difference in 18 months?
The answer should be:
• Meaningful.
• Visible and measurable.
• Hard but not impossible to achieve.
6/ Responsibility for relationships
To manage oneself, take responsibility for relationships. Understand the people you work with so you can leverage their abilities.
Communicate clearly:
• Your strengths, your values, and how you work best
Seek the same from others.
To manage oneself, take responsibility for relationships. Understand the people you work with so you can leverage their abilities.
Communicate clearly:
• Your strengths, your values, and how you work best
Seek the same from others.
7/ Everyone is a CEO
In the knowledge economy, everyone should consider themselves the CEO of Me, Inc.
Take responsibility. Start managing yourself.
Organizations don't want to hold your hand. They want people with the ability to work, contribute, and provide value.
In the knowledge economy, everyone should consider themselves the CEO of Me, Inc.
Take responsibility. Start managing yourself.
Organizations don't want to hold your hand. They want people with the ability to work, contribute, and provide value.
