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The Asshole Survival Guide

How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt

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The Asshole Survival Guide

By: Robert I. Sutton
Narrated by: Robert I. Sutton
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Asshole Survival Guide written and read by Robert I Sutton. Being around assholes, whether at work or elsewhere, can damage performance and affect wellbeing: having one asshole in a team has been shown to reduce performance by 30-40%. And social media has only given rise to further incivility - 40% of people have experienced harassment online. But in The Asshole Survival Guide, Stanford professor Robert Sutton offers practical advice on identifying and tackling any kind of asshole - based on research into groups from uncivil civil servants to French bus drivers, and 8,000 emails that he has received on asshole behaviour.

With expertise and humour, he provides a cogent and methodical game plan to fight back. First, he sets out the asshole audit, to find out what kind of asshole needs dealing with, and asshole detection strategies. Then he reveals field-tested, sometimes surprising techniques, from asshole avoidance and asshole taxes to mind-tricks and the art of love bombing. Finally, he explains the dangers of asshole blindness - when the problem might be yours truly.

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It was an interesting book - lots of short stories about the A*** people. I wish it could have been more concise, and straight to the points of action

It could have more concise

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Surgically identified all the arseholes I have come into contact with in the workplace and articulated the ones whom I was only subconsciously aware of. Great practical advise and a lot of rational, common sense. Highly recommend for anyone in a toxic workplace.

Yes. 1000 times yes.

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Very entertaining and made me laugh out loud. Good book with a lot of good take aways

Great book

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