Create Your Future the Peter Drucker Way: Developing and Applying a Forward-Focused Mindset

CHAPTER 5BUILD YOUR FUTURE BEYOND YOUR CURRENT WORKPLACE

As I discussed in Living in More Than One World: How Peter Drucker’s Wisdom Can Inspire and Transform Your Life (2009), an important part of Drucker’s worldview was the sense that, as important as work is, it can’t be the only thing in one’s life, or the sole source of satisfaction and self-worth.

We will now look, in a broad sense, at ways we can build a future that go beyond the work we do now, in our current workplace. We will look at how what we do now, in the present moment, can lead to a better tomorrow for us as individuals, as a part of families, and in the wider community and society. We will explore Robert Kegan’s writings on adult development and how we can better approach our ...