The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt

by Robert I Sutton

Robert I. Sutton (Narrator)

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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 to 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.

  • ISBN10 0241299012
  • ISBN13 9780241299012
  • Publish Date 7 September 2017
  • Publish Status Active
  • Publish Country GB
  • Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
  • Imprint Portfolio Penguin
  • Edition Unabridged edition
  • Format Audiobook (WAV)
  • Duration 5 hours and 58 minutes
  • Language English