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Keep your eye on the task, not on yourself. The task matters, and you are a servant

Peter Drucker

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Peter Drucker
Age: 95 †
Born: 1909
Born: November 19
Died: 2005
Died: November 11
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Businessperson
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Economist
Journalist
Lawyer
Philosopher
Sculptor
University Teacher
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Vienna
Austria
Peter F. Drucker
Peter Ferdinand Drucker
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