When I first met peter drucker in college, my friend once introduced me to his masterpiece The Effective Manager. I only remember reading a whole book at that time and benefiting a lot. Unfortunately, I seldom read his other works later.
Recently, reading "Effective Personal Management" borrowed by peter drucker from Guo Tu is like listening to a master's baptism. In fact, this book is a collection of famous sayings, edited by Japanese translator Yasushi Ueda. I was ecstatic to read many classic quotations in the book.
The two paragraphs in the preface of Effective Personal Management awakened my new understanding of contemporary society. To put it simply, the most influential event in the 20th century is the mass production revolution, the essence of which is to design a system that maximizes individual productivity, and the main body of the mass production revolution is the system. However, today's society has entered the information network society, knowledge-based organizations have become the core structure of society, and knowledge has become the main means of production of society. Different from the past, the subject of knowledge-based organizations is individuals rather than systems. It is precisely because of the evolution of society that personal growth and contribution are of great significance in the development of society. The era of knowledge economy has begun, and everything has ushered in a brand-new situation.
There are some important keywords in this book, namely: growth, achievement, contribution, advantages, organizational cooperation, communication, leadership, decision-making, priority, time management, and second life. As Drucker said in the preface, the central theme of all his works is about everyone and his works, growth, contribution and self-inspiration, and this book is also described from these aspects.
In my opinion, the book Effective Personal Management can be considered from three aspects:
1. The relationship between individuals and themselves
2. The relationship between individuals and others
3. The relationship between individuals and organizations
The first is the relationship between individuals and themselves. Everyone has a desire for life, which is an enterprising heart. Judging from Maslow's five-level needs, in addition to basic needs such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, human beings have higher needs, such as gaining respect from others and realizing the value of life. In the relationship between an individual and himself, the first task is to know himself, and the purpose of knowing himself is to know his own advantages, which is the cornerstone of his rapid and healthy growth and the prerequisite for his success and contribution to the organization and society.
Only under the condition of strict self-discipline can individuals become better through unremitting efforts. Time management is a cliche, but it is particularly important in personal life and daily work. Good time management habits are crucial to achieving results. If you can, you can record your time, then analyze it and make better and more reasonable arrangements.
I'm interested in Second Life. In today's society, the increasingly detailed professional division of labor has indeed made many people make outstanding achievements and contributions in the professional field. However, everything has advantages and disadvantages, and the extreme professional division of labor also greatly deprives individuals of the right to pursue rich experiences and life changes. With the extension of their working hours in a field, although the results of their work can provide superior material life, their happiness and enthusiasm for work will gradually decline, their sense of career expectation will gradually cool down, and their sense of disgust will increase day by day.
In this case, peter drucker gave several options:
1. Re-select a new environment and organization, and even switch to explore new fields to improve this dilemma.
2. Choosing a second job besides the formal job can open up new fields or cultivate new hobbies.
3. Engage in entrepreneurship and do non-profit work (I don't quite understand this).
Secondly, the relationship between individuals and others. This paper mainly discusses the relationship between individuals and others in an organization. Simply put, it is the relationship with subordinates, colleagues and bosses.
What impresses me most is that for subordinates, their success should be regarded as their own. Because we must rely on their knowledge and skills in improving work efficiency and achieving results. In addition, the rapid growth of employees will promote the development of the organization itself, and the overall quality of employees also constitutes the organizational culture.
In an organization, effective communication is the most important thing to create a harmonious environment, realize the smooth progress of work and avoid too many dark forces hindering the achievement and development of the organization. In communication, we should be clear about what contribution we can make, understand the advantages, working methods and values of others, try our best to cooperate and maintain consistency in the process of completing the set goals.
A relatively novel point of view is that as subordinates, it is equally important to learn to use the advantages of superiors to help them achieve their goals. This is different from the way subordinates get along. Because of the boss's special role and position, when communicating with him and gaining the support of the other party, we should pay great attention to skills, pay equal attention to reporting and asking for help, and pay attention to speaking appropriately so as not to hurt the boss's feelings and dignity.
Regardless of subordinates, colleagues and bosses, there is only one purpose to live in harmony, that is, to achieve self-growth, achieve work results and contribute to the organization.
Third, the relationship between individuals and organizations. In knowledge-based organizations, individual knowledge and skills, as means of production, must rely on the organization to create value; On the other hand, organizations also rely on individuals with knowledge production capacity, and the two complement each other and are indispensable.
Society takes organizations as units, and organizations take individuals as units. In addition to providing individuals with the material they deserve, an organization must also provide some opportunities to display their talents and abilities, which is not only conducive to the realization of individual self-worth, but also of great significance to the development and growth of the organization. In addition, an organization will also shape and influence the personality and quality of individuals to a certain extent, and affect their life trajectory.
For individuals, responsibility is very important. Only by shouldering responsibility can we achieve results and succeed. Therefore, we should focus on work, but this does not mean that we only pay attention to work, but we should pay attention to life and other things while paying attention to work, so as not to influence each other. Individuals should also be strict with themselves, take the pursuit of efficient work as their own responsibility, aim at achieving work results, and make the greatest contribution to the organization and society while enriching themselves.
Finally, for things that need to be solved urgently, in order to maximize the efficiency of time utilization and improve the ability to solve problems. Think carefully, prioritize the problems to be solved, and concentrate on solving one problem at a time. If some questions are not important to life or work, you can give them up completely.
In a word, this book made me suddenly enlightened and benefited a lot. It also gave me a new understanding of many things.
The following is the classic punch line I extracted from the book: