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12 Things I Believe

1. Sometimes the best management is no management at all -- first do no harm!
2. Indifference is as important as passion.
3. Saying smart things and giving smart answers are important. Learning to listen to others and to ask smart questions is more important.
4. You get what you expect from people. This is especially true when it comes to selfish behavior; unvarnished self-interest is a learned social norm, not an unwavering feature of human behavior.
5. Avoid pompous jerks whenever possible. They not only can make you feel bad about yourself, chances are that you will eventually start acting like them.
6. Anyone can learn to be creative, it just takes a lot of practice and little confidence
7. "Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong."
8. Sutton's Law: “If you think that you have a new idea, you are wrong. Someone else probably already had it. This idea isn’t original either; I stole it from someone else”
9. "Am I a success or a failure?" is not a very useful question
10. The world would be a better place if people slept more and took more naps
11. Strive for simplicity and competence, but embrace the confusion and messiness along the way.
12. Jimmy Maloney is right, work is an overrated activity.

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As I mentioned earlier in the week, the Italian version of The No Asshole Rule is about to be published. It is called Il Metodo Antistronzi, which means -- according to this comment on WordReference.com's forum-- something like "The Anti-Asshole Method." My Italian publisher has not only translated book, they have also translated our ARSEMail tool, which at least in English, allows the sender to either apologize for acting like and asshole or to offer sympathy to a victim. It is called MailAntistronzi; if you speak Italian, let me know if it makes sense to you!

August 19, 2007 in The No Asshole Rule | Permalink

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Yes, it makes sense but due to intrinsic differences between english and italian, where english is less ambiguous, in italian it could be rendered harsh or mild.
The italian publisher decided to render it "quite" mild.
I've got both version and the english one is much more straight forward.
Cheers.

Posted by: Geo | March 12, 2010 at 08:52 AM

Yes, it does make sense in italian, but the english version is more fun (esp. the inner jerk one). It is hard to make the world assholeproof: assholes are so ingenious!

Posted by: Grazia | August 27, 2007 at 07:12 AM

Yes, it does make sense in Italian. I can't wait to buy the book. Then I'll just have to find another job (hopefully abroad): the job market in Italy is still and too full of "stronzi", especially in the marketing field.

Posted by: Alessandra | August 24, 2007 at 04:37 AM

Hello,

I've just finished the french version, it is really a good book for management!

Antistronzi is anticon but i prefer Sale con!

When do you republish the book on innovation?

Sincerely

Yann

Posted by: Yann Riché | August 20, 2007 at 06:20 AM

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