Required Reading

My book of the month choice.  It is a great book that will help you and your friends deal with those special people in your life.  It is a great short read and it is book that you will loan out many times.  Buy yourself a copy today. 

The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn't

Assholes routinely make people feel bad about themselves, make the environment they work or live in almost intolerable, make good people leave places they love and generally focus misplaced aggression on people who they feel are less powerful than they are.    This enlightened book helps you realize how much these people need to be managed.  It is strategies for getting rid of or dealing with the assholes in the places you work, live, and play.

You have assholes in your life today (this is straight from his book) if they pass the two tests that help with the recognition of the asshole:

1. After encountering the person, do people feel oppressed, humiliated or otherwise worse about themselves?
2. Does the person target people who are less powerful than themselves?

If you answered YES to either one of these questions you have an asshole in your life that you need to deal with.

Assholes thrive because they count of a person's natural desire to just get along with people and not create tension.  Make the place you work, live, or play an asshole free zone.  Give them hell.

Hey, by the way tomorrow is Grandma's birthday - she is 70.  Make sure you call her and wish her happy birthday.  She loves you dearly.

Love Dad..