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The Art of Charm

666: Bob Sutton | The Asshole Survival Guide

The Art of Charm

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Business, Health & Fitness, Education

4.711K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2017

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Bob Sutton (@work_matters) is a Stanford Business School professor and author of New York Times Bestseller The No Asshole Rule and, most recently, The Asshole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt. "Be slow to label others as assholes and be quick to label yourself as one." -Bob Sutton The Cheat Sheet: What is an asshole, and why do they seem to be everywhere? Why assholes do not finish first. What to do if you're forced to work with an asshole. How to spot the red flags that help you avoid dealing with assholes in the first place -- or know when it's time to quit the assholes who are already in your life. How to tell if maybe you're the asshole. And so much more... Full show notes at https://theartofcharm.com/666/ Find out more about the team who makes The Art of Charm podcast here! Skip Netflix tonight and join the millions of students learning and growing on Skillshare today -- AoC listeners get one month of Skillshare free by signing up at skillshare.com/charm! Does your business have an Internet presence? Now save a whopping 50% on new webhosting packages here with HostGator by using coupon code CHARM! As security breaches make headlines with increasing frequency, is your identity protected? Go to LifeLock.com or call 1-800-LIFELOCK and use promo code FORBES for 10% off your LifeLock membership! Free yourself from typing notes, reports, and documents by going with the transcriptionists we trust here at AoC: TranscriptionOutsourcing.net -- 99% or higher accuracy guaranteed! HELP US SPREAD THE WORD! If you dig the show, please subscribe in iTunes and write us a review! This is what helps us stand out from the crowd and help people find the credible advice they need. Review the show in iTunes! We rely on it! http://www.theartofcharm.com/mobilereview Stay Charming!

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0:00.0

Just about all of us human beings we're gonna be quick to blame others for our problems and we're gonna be slow to see our flaws

0:06.4

We can avoid creating all sorts of problems by perhaps thinking well what might I have done to trigger that person?

0:15.6

Welcome to the art of charm. I'm Jordan Harbinger and I'm here with producer Jason to Philipo on this episode

0:21.4

We're talking with Bob Sutton author of the no asshole rule in his new book the asshole survival guide

0:27.2

How did you with people who treat you like dirt Jason this guy was so nice obviously he's taking his own advice

0:32.8

That's all I got to say on that. Yeah, as we say in Silicon Valley. He's eating his own dog food

0:37.1

Do people say that here? Yeah, that's a whole thing that when when you're doing your own product

0:41.1

You say you're eating your own dog food because you're using your own product and Bob is definitely reading his own book and

0:47.2

Sticking by the principles in the no asshole rule and the new book. He has to be super nice

0:52.2

This is a fun show. You know what it was I didn't notice this before but when people laugh and are having a blast on the show

0:59.6

It makes it so much more fun for me. I don't know about you. Oh totally

1:03.8

This is one of the best shows we've done all year

1:05.6

I think and it was because Bob was such a light-hearted happy soul and especially since he is the the master of the asshole

1:13.4

Has it worked? Yeah, yeah, you'd think that being around all that asshole or he would be a painful

1:18.5

He's also a professor of management science and engineering and a professor of organizational behavior at Stanford

1:24.4

So he's not just a nice guy. He's a smart nice guy today. We'll discover why assholes actually do not finish first

1:31.7

We'll explore what to do if you're forced to work with someone who treats you poorly and we'll uncover how to tell if maybe the A hole in the office is

1:39.4

Actually you there's lots of practical strategies here on dealing with difficult people and there's even more in the worksheet for this episode

1:47.2

Which is in the show notes at the art of charm calm slash podcast for now enjoy this episode with Bob Sutton

1:54.6

Robert, thank you for coming on the show

1:56.3

I know that you deal with a lot of assholes hence the title of your book so I appreciate you putting up with two more

2:03.1

Jason came across your work because you were actually Jason. How did you come across his work?

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