Books The As*hole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt  by Robert I. Sutton (Author)

"The As*hole Survival Guide: How to Deal with People Who Treat You Like Dirt" by Robert I. Sutton is a practical and humorous guide for identifying, understanding, and managing difficult people—referred to as "as*holes"—in various areas of life, including the workplace. Sutton, an organizational psychologist and professor at Stanford, builds on his earlier bestseller "The No As*hole Rule" and offers actionable strategies to protect your well-being when faced with toxic individuals.

The book begins with diagnosing the specific kind of difficult person problem you are dealing with and provides four main approaches to dealing with them:

Removing yourself from their orbit, whether by physically distancing or leaving the situation.

Avoiding interactions and limiting exposure to reduce their impact on your mental health.

Using psychological strategies or "mind games" to outwit or ignore the behavior.

In extreme cases, pushing back or fighting against the individual while avoiding becoming like them.