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The Asshole Survival Guide
- How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt
- Narrated by: Robert I. Sutton
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
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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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- Boo Boo
- 07-02-18
Very Good
A valuable and enlightening book.
I found the affirmation that it is OK to just leave a toxic situation very wise. I would previously have viewed such action as running away, but the author convinced me it is not.
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- Luisa
- 29-06-19
Descriptive with some vague hints of possible approaches to the issue
Good for those who are in office environments and are starting from scratch or need to reach out not to feel isolated. But I couldn’t find any pragmatic solution for my situation.
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- Helen M
- 24-10-23
An excellent book
I usually prefer books like this in a physical format, however I found listening to this extremely easy, useful and I retained a lot of the information given. Would recommend this book 100% for anyone struggling to deal with difficult people.
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- J. Buchan
- 06-09-21
Ok but better on Kindle
The narrator is good but the material is more memorable in Kindle than audiobook. All told it’s ok
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- Donna France
- 28-08-19
The best! Life-changing - & amusing in the process
I read this book whilst dealing with a sly asshole at work... it was invaluable in helping me de-stress, remove the emotive element and see the problem clearly.
It is helpful is a huge variety of situations... including making sure that we the readers don't act like assholes also ;)
The world needs this book... more than ever.
Empower yourself!
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- ClaireM79
- 16-03-22
So relatable and practical!
I struggle when dealing with assholes. This book contains invaluable suggestions which allows dignity to be kept intact.
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- Pip3po
- 25-01-20
Patronising
This book seemingly endorsed work place bullying as it foregrounds it as the lack of awareness people have instead of seeing it as something people use against some of the most intelligent people- muddled - patronising and without merit
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- Eskimo
- 30-07-19
Boring
The narrator can't pronounce "especially", and it's used a lot in the book. And honestly it's just a bit boring. A few good nuggets but not really the game changer I was looking for.
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