I Hate People!: Kick Loose from the Overbearing and Underhanded Jerks at Work and Get What You Want Out of Your Job

by Jonathan Littman, Marc Hershon

Overview

Face it, whether your company has 10 employees or 10,000, you must grapple with people you can't stand in the office. Luckily Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have written I Hate People!, a smart, counter-intuitive, and irreverent turn on the classic workplace self-help book that will show you how to identify the Ten Least Wanted -- the people you hate -- while revealing the strategies to neutralize them.

Learn to fly right by the "Stop Sign" (nay-sayer) and rise above the pronouncements of the "Know-it-None." I Hate People! will teach you how to carve out more time for yourself by becoming a "Soloist" -- one of those bold individuals daring to work alone or collaborate with a handful of other talented people....while artfully deflecting the rest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780316053389
Publisher:	Little, Brown and Company
Publication date:	06/10/2009
Sold by:	Hachette Digital, Inc.
Format:	eBook
File size:	623 KB

About the Author

A contributing editor to Playboy, Jonathan Littman is the coauthor of The Art of Innovation and The Ten Faces of Innovation. He has also written eight books, including two nonfiction volumes about famous computer hackers, The Watchman and The Fugitive Game.

Marc Hershon is a branding expert who has dreamt up names for countless hit products, including BlackBerry, Swiffer, Pentium, and Dasani. He is also a comedy veteran who has worked closely with Jerry Seinfeld, Dana Carvey, Paul Reiser, and Robin Williams.

What People are Saying About This

Arthur H. Bell

"There are many clever but shallow business books. I Hate People! is clever, wise, and deep. Its shrewd examination of professional interpersonal dilemmas is in itself worth the price of admission. The creative, easy-to-apply solutions it offers for these problems is an absolute bonus. I kept saying, 'True, true, true!'"--(Arthur H. Bell, PhD, Executive Director of MBA Programs, School of Business and Management, University of San Francisco)

Dana Carvey

"Ironically, I hate the people who wrote this book."

Robert I. Sutton

"I Hate People! is the definitive guide for creating a job you love-even if you are trapped with jerks and creeps of every stripe. Hershon and Littman tell great stories, give inspired advice, and wrap it all in the most fun management book since Orbiting the Giant Hairball."--(Robert I. Sutton, author of The No Asshole Rule and Professor of Management Science and Engineering, Stanford University)

Editorial Reviews

"A bracing antidote to the management bromide that there is no 'I' in team. True enough, Messrs. Hershon and Littman would say — but if you move things around a bit, there is a 'me.'"—Wall Street Journal

From the Publisher

"A bracing antidote to the management bromide that there is no 'I' in team. True enough, Messrs. Hershon and Littman would say -- but if you move things around a bit, there is a 'me.'"

Wall Street Journal