Peter Drucker-understand oneself

Managing Oneself by Peter Drucker

I always tell myself that nobody understand me better than I do, no body understand the reason why I act certain ways and do certain things, only me understand myself the best. However, I have never realized what is the meaning of “understanding myself” until I read the -- Managing oneself” by Peter Drucker. This has made me become self conscious that I have never really fully understood who I am. “The unexamined life is not worth living” by Socrates really get me thinking about how important it is to study and understand myself. I know that the first thing I need to do in order to become successful is to deeply understand who I really am and to learn how to manage myself. To learn what are my strengths and weaknesses as employees, a team member, a leader and what are my advantages and disadvantages. I also need to set up my personal plans and strategy, to marketing visibility plans about my brand, and to work on my SMART goals.

In the article “Managing oneself” Peter Drucker has brought up “The Five Most Important Questions”. Drucker’s questions are simple, but as is always found in Drucker’s writings, the simplicity is deceiving and the clarity of the questions forces you to reexamine your self. 1. What is my strength? 2. How do I perform? 3. What Are My Values? 4. Where Do I Belong? 5. What Should I Contribute? I have written a 20 pages self reflex based on this five questions and I have learn a lot about myself. So I believe after reading Peter Drucker article listed above and trying to answer the five Questions for yourself, you will truely understand who you are.