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Asshole

How I Got Rich & Happy by Not Giving a Damn about Anyone and How You Can, Too

by Martin Kihn

  • 133 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading

Published by Blackstone Audiobooks, Inc. .
Written in

    Subjects:
  • Form - Parodies,
  • General,
  • Nonfiction,
  • Humor,
  • Unabridged Audio - Humor

  • The Physical Object
    FormatAudio CD
    Number of Pages7
    ID Numbers
    Open LibraryOL11970998M
    ISBN 101433212471
    ISBN 109781433212475
    OCLC/WorldCa243694180

      The "No Asshole Rule" from Stanford. By Andrew Hines Worth," that preceded Sutton's new book: helps people and companies "win," my view is that if you are a winner and an asshole, you are.   And here is how Aaron James, a Harvard-educated philosophy professor at the University of California, defines the topic of his new book, Assholes: A .

      I just published a new book with a mildly obscene title: The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’ first question that . 0 to 5 “True”: You don’t sound like a certified asshole, unless you are fooling yourself. 5 to 15 “True”: You sound like a borderline certified asshole, perhaps the time has come to start changing your behavior before it gets worse. 15 or more: You sound like a full-blown certified asshole to me, get help immediately. But, please, don.

    In his new book, Sutton reveals the huge TCA (Total Cost of Assholes) in today’s corporations. He shows how to spot an asshole (hint: they are addicted to rude interruptions and subtle putdowns, and enjoy using “sarcastic jokes” and “teasing” as “insult delivery systems”), and provides a . Befitting their respective disciplines, Nunberg’s book is more concerned with the evolution of the appellation while James grapples with the existential reality of the asshole in hopes that in.


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Asshole by Martin Kihn Download PDF EPUB FB2

Asshole management begins with asshole understanding. Much as Machiavelli illuminated political strategy for princes, this book finally gives us the concepts to think or say why assholes disturb us so, and explains why such people seem part of the human social condition, especially in an age of raging narcissism and unbridled by: "First, The No Asshole Rule alerted us to the Asshole book.

Now, The Asshole Survival Guide offers the solution. This book is a contemporary classic—a shrewd and spirited guide to reducing our exposure and protecting ourselves from the jerks, bullies, tyrants, and trolls who seek to dispirit and demean/5().

Assholes, A theory was published by Aaron James, a Harvard educated philosopher and surfer, in I have to admit that when I picked up the book, I was amused by the title and considered that it might be a one trick pony, sort of like a Saturday Night Live skit stretched out into a book, funny at the beginning and then petered out towards the end/5.

Books shelved as asshole-hero: Vicious by L.J. Shen, Corrupt by Penelope Douglas, The Unwanted Wife by Natasha Anders, Bully by Penelope Douglas, and Unb. Now you can. Whether it's the asshole landlord, the asshole Asshole book, the Asshole book backseat driver, or the constantly cheery asshole, you should never leave home without this useful book ever again.

Letters include: Dear Asshole Who Stole My Parking Space ; Dear Asshole Who Doesn't Know How to Use Self-Checkout ; Dear Contagious Asshole/5(5).

Asshole management begins with asshole understanding. Much as Machiavelli illuminated political strategy for princes, this book finally gives us the concepts to think or say why assholes disturb us so, and explains why such people seem part of the human social condition, especially in an age of raging narcissism and unbridled capitalism/5(7).

Asshole management begins with asshole understanding. Much as Machiavelli illuminated political strategy for princes, this book finally gives us the concepts to think or say why assholes disturb us so, and explains why such people seem part of the human social condition, especially in an age of raging narcissism and unbridled capitalism.

This is one of the major themes in my book, The No Asshole Rule, I have been writing about this topic for years at my personal blog Work Matters, and I get a good 10 to 15 emails a week from all.

James’s analysis of asshole capitalism is a tour de force of philosophically astute political analysis and criticism. This is a book that should appeal equally to the general reader and the philosophical specialist.”/5().

He’s just published a new book, Assholes: A Theory, the latest in a boomlet of works on the subject alongside Geoffrey Nunberg’s Ascent of the A Author: Joe Keohane.

If you’ve got an asshole boss, an asshole friend, or an asshole colleague, this book might be for you. Asshole survival, Sutton says, is a craft, not a science, meaning one can be good or bad at : Sean Illing. New Book Reveals Trump’s a Bigger, Dumber Asshole Than We Thought.

You may also like. Vitals. Even the title of the book is a narcissistic noodle from Trump’s own mouth. Access a free summary of The No Asshole Rule, by Robert I.

Sutton other business, leadership and nonfiction books on getAbstract.7/10(). Asshole survival is a craft, each person needs to develop their own strategy, and while the research and less rigorous sources in the book can help, there are no instant or foolproof strategies.

The second point is that, because we human beings have limited self-awareness and (especially if you have good mental health) tend to underestimate our. The imagery in Breakfast of Champions doesn’t appear as drawings, exclusively.

The first example is in the title of the book itself. “Breakfast of Champions” is a trademark slogan, not meant to reference General Mills, however, the expression is it’s own sort of trademark stamp, an Americans can recognize the trademark.

And that being an asshole is a valuable life skill. What I mean by “being an asshole” is a willingness to be disliked and/or to upset other people. As we will see, sometimes hurting someone’s feelings (or just being willing to hurt someone’s feelings) is a necessity, both for ourselves and also for the greater good.

This is the point that, if extrapolated, best describes the character of this book. Lots of anecdotes and shallow personal insights alongside tables listing criteria and questions people should ask themselves. What tops it all, in my opinion, is the ample use of terms like "jerk", "asshole" along with characterizations like "flaming" or /5().

The New York Times best-selling author of The No Asshole Rule reads his guide on how to preserve civility, sanity, and success when facing a business world full of difficult people. Since The No Asshole Rule became a national best seller a decade ago, Robert Sutton has been asked, in a thousand different ways, the best way to deal with an asshole.

This new guide presents Sutton's signature. I’ve recently been reading Aaron James’ Assholes: A Theory, in which James attempts to sort out what it means to be an “asshole”, how people get to be “assholes” and what methods people and societies should use to contain and contend with is an interesting book, but I have a quibble over James’ claim that assholes are to blame for their asshole status.

Sutton’s book went on sale Septem but there’s a fascinating interview at Vox where the author describes exactly what an asshole is, how to deal with them, and discovering whether in. Asshole Memes For Assholes.

K likes. Community. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a ers: K. This forces the asshole to account for their assholery. And because assholery cannot be accounted for, it is an impossible question to answer.

The point is to tell them: I see what you are up to.The Asshole Survival Guide () is a guide to how you can identify and deal with the assholes of the world.

People who treat others badly come in all shapes, sizes and levels of awfulness, and the author provides the tools we need to recognize them, fight back and avoid becoming assholes ourselves.