Book · 2012 · Sports & Recreation
The Green Beret Survival Guide
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If you're going to stay you need shock absorbers and shields and if you're going to fight back there's a set of things you can do and fighting back doesn't mean sinking to the lowest common denominator behavior.
What they say about it
- Discusses book chapters“chapter on mind tricks that protect”2
- References examples from the book“there's an example in the book”2
The best things said about it
I'm also drawing on some of Aaron Beck's work in my chapter on mind tricks that protect your soul in just ways so that even though you're in an objectively bad environment in this case that it doesn't upset you so much.
If I had to add any chapters to your book it would be this one it would be about cultivating those options while you go so that you are never stuck.
There's an example in the book and the guy who's the CEO of a major local company that an IPO in the 80s around here and he's pretty tough ex-military guy and he liked vegetable humor.
That's why it's kind of my mantra end of the book with it's on you and we're not alone the evidence that other people are so much better than ourselves at assessing a whole bunch of skills is just phenomenal in terms of self-awareness.
The visibility is like nothing we've ever seen before for example talk about in this book for for the first time part of the way that hospitals are evaluated for accreditation in the United States.
Why people recommend it
The Asshole Survival Guide by Robert Sutton offers practical strategies and psychological tools for dealing with difficult people and toxic work environments. Michael Dearing and Hanne Tidnam joined a discussion on the a16z Podcast to explore the book's insights alongside author Bob Sutton. Dearing praised the framework provided in the book, highlighting actionable approaches for coping and pushing back against poor behavior without descending to the same low standards. Sutton discussed various chapters in the work, noting how he incorporated concepts from Aaron Beck to help readers protect their mental well-being in objectively challenging environments. The conversation also touched upon the importance of self-awareness, timing horizons when dealing with difficult colleagues, and the necessity of being cautious before labeling others while remaining critical of one's own actions. Dearing and Sutton considered additional ways workers could cultivate professional options to avoid feeling trapped. Sutton concluded the discussion by emphasizing a central mantra from the book: navigating interpersonal conflict ultimately requires personal accountability and seeking trusted external input to accurately assess one's own behaviors and skills.
Every mention
Michael Dearing if you're going to stay you need shock absorbers and shields and if you're going to fight back there's a se… 2
“if i had to add any chapters to your book it would be this one it would be about um cultivating those options while you go so that you are never stuck”
“if you're going to stay you need shock absorbers and shields and if you're going to fight back there's a set of things you can do and fighting back doesn't mean sinking to the lowest common denominator behavior”
Bob Sutton so i'm also drawing on some of aaron beck's work in my chapter on mind tricks that protect your soul in in… 6
“so i'm also drawing on some of aaron beck's work in my chapter on mind tricks that protect your soul in in just ways so that even though you're in an objectively bad environment in this case that it doesn't upset you so much”
“if you look at all the biases we have as human beings it's probably best to be slow to label other people as [ __ ] and to be fast to label ourselves”
“but on the other hand if you're working with a porcupine with a heart of gold and you've only got two weeks with him and this is where time horizon i really talk about time horizon is really important”
“so there's an example in the book and the guy who's the ceo of a major local company that an ipo in the 80s around here and he's pretty tough ex-military guy and he liked vegetable humor”
“uh that's why um it's kind of my mantra end of the book with it's it's it's on you and we're not alone the evidence that other people are so much better than ourselves at assessing a whole bunch of skills is just phenomenal in terms of self-awareness”
“the visibility is like nothing we've ever seen before for example talk about in this book for for the first time uh part of the way that hospitals are um evaluated for accreditation in the united states”
Hanne Tidnam there's an interesting overlap though between the people who you you mentioned in the early parts of the bo… 2
“there's an interesting overlap though between the people who you you mentioned in the early parts of the book about people who might just be too sensitive that they might actually have a boss or a colleague that's just just demanding”
“i love you mentioned the allen curve like if you're dealing with an [ __ ] at work right well this amazing research actually goes back to the 70s”
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Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“we're here today because bob has a brand new book out the [ __ ] survival guide that takes off from where the no [ __ ] rule left off in other words it really gets down to the nitty-gritty of dealing with this kind of person and their behavior”
“and i kept reading the literature and i kept being pressed back by my friend michael to the whole franchise”