Watch the movie, About Schmidt, read the HBR chapter by Peter Drucker on "Managing Oneself," and watch the lecture. About Schmidt is a case study of a man, Warren Schmidt, at the end of his career who apparently has not managed himself or made his life meaningful.

1. If Drucker and Schmidt were having coffee... what might they talk about?

2. What advice might Drucker give to a younger Schmidt?

3. What might Schmidt have done differently in his life so that his life would continue to have meaning?

4. Try to apply MLA principles to Schmidt's dilemma of finding himself lost, with no societal function.