How to be Remarkable #12: Do not be an asshole

On February 16, 2025  By thesuccessmanual   Topic: Remarkable, Quotes

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The word (asshole) is mainly used as a profanity towards someone the speaker does not like or whose behavior is hurtful, self-centered, or particularly abrasive.
- Wikipedia

The worst part about being an asshole is that you don’t realize it!

Stay away from men who mistreat waiters and pets.
- Anon

TWELVE EVERYDAY ASSHOLE ACTIONS
1. Personal insults
2. Invading one’s personal territory
3. Uninvited personal contact
4. Threats and intimidation, both verbal and non-verbal
5. Sarcastic jokes and teasing used as insult delivery systems
6. Withering email flames
7. Status slaps intended to humiliate their victims
8. Public shaming or status degradation rituals
9. Rude interruptions
10. Two-faced attacks
11. Dirty looks
12. Treating people as if they are invisible
- Robert Sutton , ‘The No Asshole Rule’

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