Managing Oneself

Peter F. Drucker, Managing Oneself (Harvard Business Press, 2008)

Summary: A brisk read that challenges your preconceptions about yourself, your aspirations, and your time. Argues, counterintuitively, that our strengths may deserve more attention than our weaknesses. Originally published in 1999.

Key Quote: "One should waste as little effort as possible on improving areas of low competence. It takes far more energy and work to improve from incompetence to mediocrity than it takes to improve from first-rate performance to excellence." - p. 9

Bottom Line: Read this book if you're spread too thin and want to do better.

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