![]() ![]() Successful careers today are not planned out in advance. If you do that, you can transform yourself from an ordinary worker into an outstanding performer. Instead, concentrate on improving the skills you have and accepting assignments that are tailored to your individual way of working. He challenges each of us to ask ourselves fundamental questions: 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, cautions Drucker. But, Drucker says, very few people actually know-let alone take advantage of-their unique strengths. ![]() It may seem obvious that people achieve results by doing what they are good at and by working in ways that fit their abilities. 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 that we do. We have to place ourselves where we can make the greatest contribution to our organizations and communities. What does that mean? According to Peter Drucker, it means we have to learn to develop ourselves. Today, we must all learn to manage ourselves. Throughout history, people had little need to manage their careers-they were born into their station in life or, in the recent past, they relied on their companies to chart their career paths. ![]()
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