Comments on: Offbeat Tips for Being More Productive and Efficient at Work

By: Kaden

Kaden — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 10:43:09 +0000

Geez, that’s ubnleievalbe. Kudos and such.

By: Robert Baughan

Robert Baughan — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 17:27:50 +0000

I love the “no-asshole” rule and “kill good ideas, not just bad ones”. I think this is something most, if not all, people can relate to. @AndrewSCH I think your first question is a good point and I don’t believe anyone but the biggest assholes will start a job with this in mind. From my experience, assholes tend to stem from junior employees being promoted to positions of power too soon or without the relevant training; they then go on what I have termed a ‘middle-management power trip’ – once they progress the next few steps into more senior management the propensity for ‘asseholeism’ (another of my newly created terms) seems to reduce. I find that working directly for more senior members of staff has increased my job satisfaction and therefore productivity a significant amount.
Rob Baughan

By: AndrewSCH

AndrewSCH — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 15:56:48 +0000

Does anyone honestly begin a new job by planning on being an asshole?
Who maintains the asshole scale in this scenario? Is an asshole someone who merely counter-points the person in charge?
Would I get fired for asking these questions in this type of system?

By: Khoa

Khoa — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 09:41:11 +0000

Thanks for the fabulous article. Love the point “Kill Good Ideas, Not Just Bad Ones” the most. It is the mistake I make from time to time. When you work on something that you know is a good idea, and out of the sudden, you think of another “greater” idea and your work is shifted to the new one. At the end, you got 2 “half-ass” products.

By: sanji

sanji — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 03:13:44 +0000

great read! I like this one ” if you have many good ideas, it also means you won’t complete most of them and your attention will be spread thin. Having a lot of good ideas means that you won’t have enough time and resources to commit to any one idea to succeed.” very nice article, keep it up guys!

By: elinix

elinix — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 05:11:51 +0000

“Kill Good Ideas, Not Just Bad Ones.”

Kill the good ideas, smash out the great ideas and PROFIT!

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:30:39 +0000

@random anarchist as I’ve said in the article, there’s a big difference between ELIMINATING NEGATIVITY and FOCUSING ON POSITIVITY.

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 19:28:49 +0000

@Khurt, actually they asked Sutton the same questions and he said he hadn’t considered that situation lol. I would recommend you either report him to someone who’s in higher position than him or just tell him honestly. But don’t just tell him “i think you’re an asshole” but tell him exactly where you think he could get better…telling people in terms of where they can get better tends to work much better at telling them in terms of where they suck.

By: Jacob Gube

Jacob Gube — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:15:44 +0000

@Khurt: As much as I’d like to think ideal-case scenario where you look for another job, we all know it’s not that easy — so I’m sorry buddy, I don’t know what to tell you. You could talk to your boss and tell him ways he can be better at treating his employees (this can backfire if he’s really an asshole). If your boss has a boss, you could take it up with them, but this can also backfire and put you in an even tougher situation.

But a job will never be perfect. Having to deal with undesirable personalities is a reality of any job. It’s all a matter of tolerance: If you don’t feel bothered enough to move on, then the only alternative is to tough it out.

By: random anarchist

random anarchist — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:58:02 +0000

About Remove the Negatives:

http://comment.rsablogs.org.uk/2010/03/17/rsa-animate-smile-die/