Rolf U. Kramer - The Future Is Yours!: How to Effectively Manage the Whole World, Including Life, Family, and Business, and Remain True to Yourself

A refreshing approach to a subject that has already been addressed from all perspectives so many times in so many ways. But this is different in this book the author presents the mechanics and tools for managing all aspects of a person's activities, both business and personal. Apply these with care they may well change your life.

Ewa Manias FCCA, Chartered Certified Accountant and Business Consultant, London, UK,

Many thanks to the author. In 2000 I received my personal training based on the material contained in The Future is Yours!, to create and manage my own company. What I loved about it was the simplicity and how easy it was to apply immediately what I learned.

German Zamora, Executive Director, Bogot, Colombia, South America

In a very clear and straightforward manner, Rolf U. Kramer describes the change of mind that needs to occur at the core of administrative efficiency, in order to enhance relationships with other human beings as well as awaken the sense of responsibility in all its forms. The Future is Yours! is multi-cultural and transcends all boundaries. I will recommend it to all and sundry, especially to the African mind.

Sana-Bairo Sabally, former Vice-President of The Gambia, West Africa

Why bother with yet another book on managing (and leading) people? The answer is simple. This book is powerfully different and powerfully effective. Most leadership and management books are based on theories and case study examples. They do not explore and are thus not based on a deep understanding of people, the human spirit and what makes us tick, as individuals and in teams. Rolf U. Kramer's book does exactly that. He provides the reader with a powerful set of generalised principles and explanations organised to be easily understood and built upon. You can rely on them to work in any leadership or management situation in any environment or culture.

David R J Powell, MD Corporate Leadership Pty Ltd, Sydney, Australia,

Putting the core factors of success in management together whilst keeping an eye on everyday reality, is no easy task. Quite often the reader has to stumble over trade jargon or overly abstract examples. Yet Rolf U. Kramer succeeds in highlighting the very components which play their role not only in professional life but also in one's family or the planning of one's personal life. The examples given quite often made me smile, they shed quite a light on the fabric of society.

Markus Novak, Product Manager, Chamber of Commerce, Vienna, Austria

As a mother of twins, part-time assistant to a business coach, MindWalking Trainer, and executive director of a kite-surfing school, I have to meet a multiplicity of challenges. It used to be chaos, and I never knew where to start. But reading The Future is Yours! helped me to separate the various hats I'm wearing and get my priorities straight. Which has done loads for my peace of mind and the harmony of family life. I can recommend this book to anyone whatever it is they have to manage.

Beate Kuersteiner, multi-tasking housewife, Frankfurt, Germany

The author

Rolf-Ulrich Kramer, born 1948, graduated with an MA in psychology, and for more than 30 years has worked internationally as a private practitioner in the fields of transpersonal therapy as well as personality coaching. He developed a method named MindWalking. You can contact him under www.mindwalking.eu.

First published by Business Books, 2013
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Text copyright: Rolf U. Kramer 2013

ISBN: 978 1 78279 223 9

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Good management is like walking a tightrope: one risks falling down either one side or the other. Either you are too virtuous to succeed, or you sacrifice all virtue in order to be successful.

A narrow path, indeed!

The long, steep path towards virtue is what the Greek poet Hesiod called it a few thousand years ago. It is still true today.

Now what on Earth should management have to do with virtue?

Well, in order to answer this question one would have to write a whole book! This book for example.

This book is a dream of how to do it right, of how to play a fair game, and of what might happen if we did. It is about the creation of happiness. It is about how to organise life in a decent way to make ideas become reality.

It is within the power of individuals to create their own happiness, or unhappiness as the case may be. It all depends on visions and goals; on their ethical quality. It also depends on organisational dexterity.

As this book describes ideal states of performance and cooperation, it may appear initially unreal. However, there is a hope that one day it will be made real.

Let us work on it.