The Effective Executive
by Peter Drucker
Mentioned once across 1 show · first heard Apr 2026 on On Purpose with Jay Shetty.
The general take
Tim Ferriss thinks The Effective Executive by Peter Drucker is essential reading, calling it "what a great book" and recommending it as a foundational text on efficiency. He clearly sees it as a must-read work that belongs on everyone's shelf.
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A handsome, commemorative edition of Peter F. Drucker’s timeless classic work on leadership and management, with a foreword by Jim Collins. What makes an effective executive? For decades, Peter F. Drucker was widely regarded as ""the dean of this country’s business and management philosophers"" ( Wall Street Journal ). In this concise and brilliant work, he looks to the most influential position in management—the executive. The measure of the executive, Drucker reminds us, is the ability to ""get the right things done."" This usually involves doing what other people have overlooked as well as avoiding what is unproductive. Intelligence, imagination, and knowledge may all be wasted in an executive job without the acquired habits of mind that mold them into results.
Who said what
Tim Ferriss👍 Recommends
…recommending peter drucker management classic on effectiveness versus efficiency
“Efficiency, and I'm borrowing from Peter Drucker here, also, The Effective Executive, everybody should read that. Holy cow, what a great book.”
On Purpose with Jay Shetty — Tim Ferriss: Feeling Stuck Right Now? (Use THIS 10-Minute Exercise to Stop Overthinking and Take Action)at 51:40
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