# The Asshole Survival Guide

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- Book: [The Asshole Survival Guide](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-i-sutton/the-asshole-survival-guide) ([The Asshole Survival Guide.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-i-sutton/the-asshole-survival-guide.md))
- Authors: [Robert I. Sutton](https://www.bookquiver.com/robert-i-sutton)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-02-4198-018-7
- Published: 2017-09-07
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

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 research shows that rudeness spreads like a common cold. 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.