CHAPTER TEN
Jerk
DON’T BE ONE
Ponder this: Who is the jerk at work?
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Have you ever had a boss who exhibited “jerklike” behaviors? You know, they’re the ones who shout, humiliate, discriminate, fail to listen, demand perfection, show disrespect, betray trust, simply don’t care—and the list goes on. How did you feel? What did you do?
And if the word jerk doesn’t exactly translate for you, how about one of the words in figure 10.1?
Figure 10.1. Are you one?
In Greek, we hear, there are at least 20 words that mean “jerk.”
No matter what the name for it is, people in ...
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