Ron Reagan and the Rule

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Catmull, Ed: Creativity, Inc. (The Expanded Edition): Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration
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Ron Reagan and the Rule

I was interviewed today by Ron Reagan today on 710 KIRO radio in Seattle,Washington about The No Asshole Rule, or as the called it on the air, “The No A-hole Rule.” Yes, that Ron Reagan, President Ronald Reagan’s son. He now works as a talk show host. He was quite charming and a good interviewer. He also made an excellent point about how he dealt with abusive bosses, which he had a lot of experience with when he was in ballet. Ron emphasized that the attitude he conveyed was “You can criticize my work, and I’ll try to improve, but attacking me is unacceptable or I will leave.” Not bad.

July 07, 2006 | Permalink

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I work. With the messiest people on the planet constantly looking. 4 anything. They can find on me constantly. Coming with gossiping. To see if I am going to repeat it listen to my phone calls *69 my phone calls and calling numbers. Back from management. On down. Have coworker who started. This saying I'm a miss goodie. Too shoes I'm just a private person they backstab each other so I know they don't mean. Me any good