The Asshole Survival Guide

“This book is a contemporary classic—a shrewd and spirited guide to protecting ourselves from the jerks, bullies, tyrants, and trolls who seek to demean. We desperately need this antidote to the a-holes in our midst.”—Daniel H. Pink, best-selling author of To Sell Is Human and Drive

How to avoid, outwit, and disarm assholes, from the author of the classic The No Asshole Rule
As entertaining as it is useful, The Asshole Survival Guide delivers a cogent and methodical conflict resolution game plan for anybody who feels plagued by assholes. Sutton starts with diagnosis—what kind of asshole problem, exactly, are you dealing with? From there, he provides field-tested, evidence-based, and often surprising strategies for dealing with assholes—avoiding them, outwitting them, disarming them, sending them packing, and developing protective psychological armor. Sutton even teaches readers how to look inward to stifle their own inner jackass.
Ultimately, this essential guide to improving workplace culture is about developing an outlook and personal plan that will help you preserve the sanity in your work life, and rescue all those perfectly good days from being ruined by some jerk.

“Thought-provoking and often hilarious . . . An indispensable resource.”—Gretchen Rubin, best-selling author of The Happiness Project and Better Than Before

“At last . . . clear steps for rejecting, deflecting, and deflating the jerks who blight our lives . . . Useful, evidence-based, and fun to read.”—Robert Cialdini, best-selling author of Influence and Pre-Suasion

Based on a decade of research, this book provides field-tested tools for reclaiming your work life:

Dealing with Difficult People: First, diagnose the kind of asshole problem you’re dealing with—from the petty tyrant to the backstabbing colleague—so you can choose the most effective strategy. Abusive Supervision: Learn evidence-based techniques for avoiding, outwitting, disarming, and even fighting back against a toxic boss or coworker. Professional Development: Build protective psychological armor to preserve your sanity and rescue your days from being ruined by others incivility. Self-Help for Work: Discover how to look inward, recognize your own blind spots, and stifle the inner jackass in yourself before it causes harm.