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Living in More Than One World

“An indispensable addition to any Drucker library. Bruce Rosenstein takes a refreshing and innovative approach to reviewing Drucker's teachings and providing waypoints guiding readers through their own personal multidimensional journey through life.”

—Robert E. Gaylord, Brigadier General, U.S. Army (Retired), and President and CEO, IDEA

“Everyone is the CEO of his or her own life. Rosenstein's passionate application of Drucker's business ideas to managing our own lives is powerful and compelling.”

—Rod Beckstrom, coauthor of The Starfish and the Spider: The Un-stoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations

“Living in More Than One World succinctly captures Peter Drucker's timeless wisdom for a world that needs it more than ever. It is essential reading for leaders of today and tomorrow.”

—Richard F. Schubert, former President, American Red Cross

“In this timely and important book, Bruce Rosenstein has synthesized some of my grandfather's most important messages for applying knowledge to the complex challenges we face today and, especially, in the future.”

—Nova Spivack, CEO, Twine

“I was lucky to have known Drucker, and the experience changed my life in ways I can't begin to recount. Reading this book will do the same for you by offering a glimpse into the man who changed the way we think and talk about business!”

—Thomas Koulopoulos, founder, Delphi Group, and author of The Innovation Zone

“Drucker approached his life and his life's work in a manner quite unlike anything I'd witnessed before I was his student in the 1980s and his coworker in the 1990s. This book is an important piece of work, starting with our commitment to higher principles, extending into effective guardianship of scarce resources, and ultimately manifesting in the form of empowering service to others.”

—Synthia Laura Molina, Managing Partner, Central IQ, Inc.

“In our world of economic turmoil, Bruce Rosenstein skillfully moves us toward a multidimensional life as exemplified by the great management philosopher, Peter Drucker, who lived what he preached. This journey will offer both personal transformation and a window through which to view one's legacy.”

—Kathleen Horsch, Chairman, The Human Spirit Initiative

“Designing and shaping one's career and work-life balance is becoming increasingly difficult to achieve—Bruce Rosenstein has gone back to the ‘Master’ to look for answers. This book provides innumerable guidelines for all knowledge workers to organize their lives in an age of market, financial, and personal uncertainty.”

—Jay Rao, Professor of Technology and Operations Management, Babson College

“Peter Drucker is the greatest management thought leader of all time. I had the good fortune to study with Drucker in graduate school. Rosenstein's book shows how classic Drucker principles can improve any knowledge worker's daily life.”

—Geoff Smart, CEO, ghSMART, and New York Times bestselling coauthor of Who: The A Method for Hiring

“I've been fascinated with the human side of Peter Drucker's work for over thirty years. In my communications with him, he validated that leadership development, especially of knowledge workers, begins with personal development. Bruce captures Peter's core belief that being authentic is the highest form of emotional intelligence.”

—Dr. Paul Wieand, Chairman and founder, The Center for Advanced Emotional Intelligence

“As ‘the self-help book that Drucker never wrote,’ Living in More Than One World fills an important gap in the personal development literature, impressively showing how we do not change the world, or even our own organization, until we have first worked on ourselves. A must-read for all who demand more of their personal and professional lives.”

—Tom Butler-Bowdon, author of 50 Self-Help Classics, 50 Success Classics, 50 Psychology Classics, and 50 Prosperity Classics