The Jackass Whisperer — an Interview with Scott Stratten #181
The Brian Buffini Show
Brian Buffini
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 5 November 2019
⏱️ 33 minutes
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Summary
“A jackass is the common annoyance, it’s the everyday annoyance. But it’s the one that keeps happening.” – Scott Stratten
Have you ever had to deal with a jackass? In this episode, Brian interviews “UnMarketing’s” Scott Stratten about his new book - co-authored with Alison Stratten – “The Jackass Whisperer”. If you want to know how to deal with annoying people at work, at home and online – and even how to recognize the jackass within – then this podcast is for you!
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Inspirational quotes from today’s interview:
“My job is not to rehabilitate jerks on line; I’m not the jackass whisperer.” – Scott Stratten
“It seems like, to me, jackassery is on the rise!” – Brian Buffini
“The book is actually about empathy…the only thing we can control is ourselves.” – Scott Stratten
“Jackasses are the purveyors of pet peeves.” – Scott Stratten
“We can only stop the streak ourselves.” – Scott Stratten
“We don’t think we’re part of the problem. And if we don’t think we’re part of the problem, we’ll never be able to create the solution.” – Scott Stratten
“A jackass is the common annoyance, it’s the everyday annoyance. But it’s the one that keeps happening.” – Scott Stratten
“We only give the benefit of the doubt to people we have already confirmed are good people.” – Scott Stratten
“I believe humans are good.” – Scott Stratten
“When I’m out of sorts, everyone’s a jackass!” – Brian Buffini
“Whenever somebody is getting upset about something, it’s not the whole story.” – Scott Stratten
“Nothing happens in a vacuum.” – Scott Stratten
“Your mind is the biggest jackass of all.” – Scott Stratten
“Unfortunately, whoever gets us at the end of our rope is usually our family.” – Scott Stratten
“Pointed sarcasm in a relationship creates erosion.” – Scott Stratten
“Everybody in every situation can be one (a jackass).” – Scott Stratten
“We spend our whole lives trying to be in control of everything.” – Brian Buffini
“You can make the day different.” – Scott Stratten
“If today’s a bit better, that means tomorrow can be a bit better.” – Scott Stratten
“All we have is today.” – Brian Buffini
Mentioned in this episode:
The Brian Buffini Show, Episode 99
“The Jackass Whisperer”, by Scott Stratten and Alison Stratten
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Brian Bafini show, where we explore the mindsets, motivation and methodologies |
| 0:19.3 | of success. |
| 0:20.3 | Here's your host, Brian Bafini. |
| 0:30.0 | Well, the top of the morning to you and welcome to the Brian Bafini show. |
| 0:35.3 | We are so excited for you today. |
| 0:38.0 | I just have one of my great friends, Mr. Scott Stratton, on with us today in Scott. |
| 0:43.0 | For those of you who don't know, by Fini Company has booked hundreds of speakers in our |
| 0:46.6 | 25 years. |
| 0:48.2 | A Scott Stratton has spoken at more of our events than any other speaker ever. |
| 0:52.0 | And that's the highest endorsement we can give anybody. |
| 0:55.0 | For those of you who like to listen to past episode, Scott and I talked on episode 99 |
| 1:00.2 | about his famous unmarketing and a best selling book he wrote. |
| 1:04.6 | And he has the unmarketing podcast with his bride and it's a fantastic show. |
| 1:09.4 | He's funny. |
| 1:10.4 | He's insightful. |
| 1:11.4 | He's engaging and he's Canadian. |
| 1:13.6 | And so basically that's the holy grail of likability factor. |
| 1:16.9 | You know, it's like the Irish and the Canadians, nobody hates us. |
| 1:19.9 | So Scott, we're just so excited to have you on the show and excited that we're able to |
| 1:24.6 | come live today on the release date of your brand new book. |
| 1:28.6 | And I got to say this is awesome. |
| 1:30.9 | It is funny. |
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