Preface: Peter Drucker understands life principles because he understands how individuals are fearfully and wonderfully made with eternity in mind.  Jeremiah, a leader in his own time exhorted his countrymen to look toward the future expecting success and significance with these words from his God; I know what I’m doing. I have it all planned out—plans to take care of you, not abandon you, plans to give you a future ……..

 

Ten Principles for Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life from Peter Drucker

1. Find out who you are.
“Whenever people are on the road to success,” Drucker said, “they tend to think of repositioning as something they do if they’re a failure. But I would say that you ought to reposition when you’re a success, because that’s when you can afford it.” But no one can reposition for significance, Drucker claimed, without first knowing who they are and where they belong.

2. Reposition yourself for full effectiveness and fulfillment.
“Early in their careers,” Drucker said, “people tend to have a fairly limited timeframe, of four years or so. They can’t visualize what comes after that.” By the time they achieve some measure of success, however, the timeframe expands. “Suddenly they begin to think about options that are twenty, thirty, or more years ahead of them,” Drucker said. Such a long view often brings clarity where none existed before.

 

Ten Principles for Finding Meaning in the Second Half of Life from Peter Drucker