LIVING IN MORE THAN ONE WORLD

How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life.

The book applies the principles of Drucker, whom many consider to be the “father of modern management,” individual self-development, by encouraging the pursuit of a more multidimensional life. It is based on more than 20 years of research into Drucker’s , including several interviews with him.

Bruce Rosenstein

Foreword by Frances Hesselbein

  1. The keys to living a stimulating and rewarding life distilled from the thought of Peter Drucker—bestselling author, educator, consultant, art collector and the “father of modern management”
  2. Based on Bruce Rosenstein’s 20 years-plus study of Drucker’s life and thought
  3. 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, whose centenary is observed in 2009, 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.

To learn more about my work as a writer, and the experience of interviewing and writing about Peter Drucker, check out this brief author video

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 succinct 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 volunteerism and service, and using teaching and lifelong learning as complementary 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.

“Few people on earth know Peter Drucker and his work better than Bruce Rosenstein. This is a welcome, unique and very personal addition to Drucker’s incomparable legacy.”

–Bob Buford, Chairman, The Drucker Institute and author of Halftime and Finishing Well

Bruce Rosenstein has written about business and management books for USA Today’s Money section, and worked as a librarian and researcher there for 21 years. He has studied Peter Drucker extensively, conducting one of the last interviews Drucker gave, seven months before his death.

Publication date: August 2009, $19.95, hardcover, 144 pages, 5 ½” x 8 ½”, ISBN 978-1-57675-968-4

$13.97, PDF ebook, ISBN
Business/Personal Growth

Click here for the Berrett-Koehler product page for the book, which includes a link for a free PDF excerpt.

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Bruce’s video interview with Peter Drucker

On April 11, 2005, 7 months to the day before he died at age 95, I interviewed Peter Drucker in Claremont, California, on video. I will be screening the full 21-minute video during presentations and seminars this year. The interview demonstrates Drucker at his best, sharing a lifetime of wisdom in a clear, straightforward way, displaying a winning sense of humor. Keep watching this site to learn more about a presentation or seminar in your area.

To arrange for a presentation or seminar, click here.

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