You can't judge this book by its cover!


	You can't judge this book by its cover!

Torley

11-5-2006 2:53 AM

913 views

tags:

nice, human, book, review, interpersonal relations, starbucks test, kindness, workplace, courtesy

Torley says:

Caught this over @ Guy Kawasaki's blog. The title is punchy and gets right to the point; I'm clipping this at the encouragement of my girlfriend, and also because it goes hand-in-hand with the positive "be a nicer person" clips I've been seeing around.

I haven't read this book, but Guy's blog entry about it sure is valuable. Read and laugh... at your own peril!

3 Comments |

Add a Comment

11-5-2006 5:15 PM

skwirlinator

The be a nicer person thing is great for setting the mood of a clipexperiance.
People who have no friends and piss people off alot could read these types of clips and actually have a life change for the better. The Power of ClipMarks is AWESOME!

11-5-2006 8:59 PM

Torley

Agreed!

I love how positive the attitude is here, more communities could stand to learn and benefit... happy smiley people.

8-8-2008 12:50 PM

egsnyder

I popped this clip today because I just yesterday heard about Bob Sutton's "No AssHole Rule" from my brother. He pointed me at a Bob Sutton speaking engagement online. I immediately wanted to introduce the rule on our local FullCircles groups. We have one or two assholes there, and so far as I am aware, assholes have no protection under Canada's constitution.

Login to Comment. Not a member yet? Sign up

Today's Top Clips

visit the Top Clips page

View the Top Clips from November 5, 2006

Embed This Clip In Your Site...

<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color:#ffffcc;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/ddd40455-c977-468e-a4a1-fa7def0d1418/12CE72BE-0737-4CA9-A5FB-FC9DD9C90012/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/10/you_have_to_lov.html" href="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/10/you_have_to_lov.html" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.guykawasaki.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.guykawasaki.com/2006/10/you_have_to_lov.html"><H3 class="entry-header">Book Review: The No Asshole Rule by Robert Sutton</H3>
<DIV class="entry-content">
		<DIV class="entry-body">
			<IMG width="115" height="160" border="0" align="right" alt="0446526568.01._AA_SCMZZZZZZZ_V64217706_.jpg" src="http://blog.guykawasaki.com//0446526568.01._AA_SCMZZZZZZZ_V64217706_.jpg" />
<P>You have to like an author who has the testicles (or ovaries) to <A href="http://bobsutton.typepad.com/my_weblog/2006/10/why_i_call_them.html">walk away</A> from Harvard Business School Press because it wouldn’t let him use the word “asshole” in his title. (HBS Press also turned me down once, but I digress...) <A href="http://www.stanford.edu/group/WTO/people/core/sutton.shtml">Robert Sutton</A> is the author who did this; he’s a professor at Stanford in the engineering school. While I am not a big fan of profanity, “asshole” is the only word that delivers the proper connotative meaning in some situations, so forgive me for using it in this posting.</p> <P>I have an early copy of Sutton’s book, <I><A href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8%26location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FAsshole-Rule-Civilized-Workplace-Surviving%2Fdp%2F0446526568%2Fsr=1-1%2Fqid=1162175002?ie=UTF8%26s=books%26tag=guykawasakico-20%26linkCode=ur2%26camp=1789%26creative=9325">The No Asshole Rule: Building a Civilized Workplace and Surviving One That Isn’t</A><IMG width="1" height="1" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=guykawasakico-20%26l=ur2%26o=1" /></I>, and it’s the definitive guide to understanding, counteracting, and not becoming an asshole. I am qualified to make this judgment because (a) I’ve been an asshole a few times and (b) been a victim of assholes more than a few times.</P></DIV></DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/12CE72BE-0737-4CA9-A5FB-FC9DD9C90012/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>