For knowledge workers, How do I perform? may be an even more important question than What are my strengths. Like one"s strength, how one performs is unique, it"s a matter of personality. Whether personality be a matter of nature or nurture, it surely formed long before a person goes to work.——Peter•Drucker
How a person performs is a given, just as what a person is good at or not good at is a given. A person"s way of performing
can be slightly modified, but it is unlikely to be completely changed-and certainly not easily. Just as people achieve
results by doing what they are good at, they also achieve results by working in ways that they best perform. ——Peter•Drucker
正如一个人擅长什么、 不擅长什么是既定的, 一个人的做事方式也基本固定,它可以略微有调整,但不会轻易的改变,更不可能完全改变。就像人们从事自己最擅长的工作容易做出成绩一样,采用了自己最擅长的做事方式同样也容易取得成就。——彼得•德鲁克
A few common personality traits usually determine how a person performs. The first thing to know is whether you are a reader or a listener. Far too few people even know that there are readers and listeners and that people are rarely both. Even fewer know which of the two they themselves are. But some examples will show how damaging such ignorance can be. ——Peter•Drucker
几个常见的个性特征决定了一个人的做事方式。首先,你要搞清楚的是:你是读者型(习惯阅读信息)还是听者型(习惯听取信息)。绝大多数人甚至不知道还有读者型和听者型之说,而且很少有人既是读者型又是听者型,知道自己属于哪种类型的人更少。同时,一些事实也说明了这样的无知可能造成多大的危害。—— 彼得•德鲁克