How to Work with Jerks

How to Work with Jerks

How to Work with Jerks

I’ve come to define jerks simply as people who make life more difficult for other people. Kind people—the non-jerks in the world—do just the opposite. They endeavor to make life easier for others. 

Working with jerks is a painful mess that is never fun nor rewarding; makes you want to give up; frustrates the heck out of you; and keeps you from doing your best work. In short, working with jerks makes kind people unhappy. 

There is really only one, very short piece of advice I have to give you about how to work with jerks:

Don’t. Read more