- A quoi tu penses ?
- Je pense que le jour où on mettra les cons sur orbite, t'as pas fini de tourner.

(Michel Audiard in le Pacha)

Good post about asshole in a a post of Guy Kawasaki.

Take a look to see advices about asshole.

Hope for the best, but expect the worst.

Develop indifference and emotional detachment.

Look for small wins.

Limit your exposure. Expose them.

De-escalate and re-educate. Well, this strategy requires that the asshole you’re dealing with isn’t a chronic, certified, and flagrant asshole.

Stand up to them.

Funny thing about assholes: Standing up to them shouldn’t necessarily scare you. While I was an Apple employee, I was in a meeting with a highly placed Apple exec and Apple’s ad agency. The ad agency person showed the new television spots and said he’d give a copy to the Apple exec and me. The Apple exec told the agency person not to give one to me.

I spoke up: Are you saying you don’t trust me?

The Apple exec answered: Yes.

To which I replied, That’s okay because I don’t trust you either.

And You know what? The sun rose the next day, and my family still loved me.