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

YOUR FUTURE BEGINS TODAY

You can dream it. You can plan it. You can try to make it happen. But you can never really prepare for the future unless you have a future-focused mindset. That is the underlying message behind the inspiring words and wisdom of Peter Drucker, the legendary "father of modern management." Drucker believed that the future must be created--day by day, person by person--rather than be left to chance or fate.

This powerful book by Drucker scholar and author Bruce Rosenstein incorporates the master's time-tested principles into a step-by-step daily plan that will change your life forever. Starting right now, you can:

1. Create a future-focused mindset. Learn how to build a better tomorrow by taking steps today.
2. Determine the future by what hasalready happened. Look for clues in the past to forecast the future.
3. Become your own successor. Keep yourself in demand and in control of your destiny.
4. Shape the future of your organization. Go beyond the planning stage and create real change.
5. Build your future beyond your currentworkplace. Identify challenges and opportunitiesin all aspects of your life.

Whether you're a recent college graduate faced with a difficult job market, an ambitious entrepreneur trying to anticipate the Next Big Thing, or a struggling executive weathering a storm of constant global change, Drucker's surprisingly timely approach to the future will guide youthrough anything the world throws at you.

You'll discover creative techniques for rolling with the punches and landing on your feet, open-minded strategies for turning your ideas into action, and the latest tools for adapting to new technologies like social media and Internet marketing. You'll find inspiring adviceand insights drawn from personal interviews with Drucker himself and some of the greatest business leaders of our time. Most importantly, you'll develop your own exciting, forwardthinking approach to the future that willdramatically alter your life, inside and outsidethe office.

This is how you take charge of your destiny. This is how you make your dreams come true. This is how to Create Your Future the Peter Drucker Way.

PRAISE FOR CREATE YOUR FUTURE THE PETER DRUCKER WAY:

"Rosenstein skillfully draws on both his own wisdom and that of his mentor to deliver a plan for individuals and businesses in creating a future rich in personal and professional success. Leave your compass at home; all you need...