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Putting Drucker into Action in Iowa

What drew me to the brief profile in the Des Moines Register about Michelle Hankins Cook, a manager for Norandex Building Materials Distribution, was her response to Words to Live By: the Peter Drucker quote “The best way to predict your future is to create it.” But what I found even more interesting was how this and other themes of the bio represented areas of living in more than one world covered in my book, including varied and fulfilling outside interests, family, volunteerism, mentorship, leadership, meaningful achievements and challenging work. Her background includes  being both an airplane pilot and lead singer in a rock band.

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