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  • I Hate People! by Jonathan Littman & Marc Hershon is published by the good folks at Little, Brown in New York. The elements we've started blogging about here and a whole lot more can be found between the covers.

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What Reviewers Are Saying

  • National Post, Canada
    "In a wry, counterintuitive twist on the workplace self-help book, the authors propose to help the reader expertly identify and neutralize the 'corporate oafs' who block the path to career satisfaction and creative independence. The rejected culture of phony niceness, Littman and Hershon claim, has led the business world astray -- and only the path of 'people hating' can get things back on track."
  • Wall Street Journal
    "I Hate People! is a bracing antidote to the management bromide that "there is no 'i' in 'team.' True enough, Messrs. Hershon and Littman would say -- but if you move things around a bit, there is a 'me.'"
  • Business Week
    "It is both a self-help manual for people hoping to not only keep their jobs during the recession, but also possibly advance, as well as a taxonomy of office workers for managers, to help them make better staffing and team-building decisions. But it also is about innovation."
  • Bob Sutton of "The No Asshole Rule"
    "This is the rare book that is clever and funny -- as you laugh along with Jonathan and Marc, you realize that their analysis and solutions are actually deeper and more useful than the piles of management books out there that take themselves far more seriously..."
  • Scoffery.com
    "I must say that I have just finished reading the best corporate business book in my life."
  • Publishers Weekly
    "Amusing and filled with entertaining examples of antisocial geeks who made good..."

Audio Hate Takes

  • Radio Shows & Podcasts
    Here is the most recent appearance by Jonathan and Marc, talking about I Hate People!
  • Jon & Marc on NPR's TechNation with Moira Gunn

    Want to hear more? You can check out some of their other appearance by clicking over to the Audio Hate Takes page

  • And if you'd prefer to listen to I Hate People! rather than read it, download the Gildan Media audiobook edition, which is available for download from Audible.com.

    We even team up as your readers in this offering! Here's a sample from the audiobook...

    During the recording sessions we did for the audiobook edition of I Hate People!, we had a couple of funny outtakes that came up that we thought we'd share. Take a listen...

  • Outtake #1
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    Got someone who gets your goat? It can be a co-worker, a boss, an employee or maybe a person on your commute that makes your blood boil and want to shout "I hate people!" Whatever your story, we'd like to read it and, if it's truly hate-worthy, we'll post it up here on the front page AND send you a free copy of "I Hate People!"

Know-It-None, Professional Edition

  • I call her the “Teflon Cell Tower”. Every day, she runs hither and yon, like a baby elephant, each meeting more critical than the next. Whatever goes in her ears at one meeting is transmitted out of her mouth at the next, regardless of it’s relationship to the subject matter. Sadly, nothing actually sticks in her brain. Or to her hands, for that matter.

    Consequently, her colleagues are tortured by the endless reiteration of known truths and obvious facts sprinkled with trite consulting buzzwords and business-speak. For her, they are profound thoughts for pressing issues. They may have been someone else's thoughts long ago,but that has no bearing here.

    If her established patter is derailed by a question or a comment, the verbal tap dancing can last for 20 minutes or more until she restores the correct broadcast frequency.

    Given what I have witnessed in the last 15 years, her future is secure – she does no real work, has no real expertise and agrees with everything.

    TCT is no longer my problem. After a long, distinguished career, I had enough FU money to liberate myself when this re-assignment was announced. I love being free from the people I hate, but I do miss hating them on a daily face-to-face basis.

    — FreeAtLast

Hate Bites

  • "I Hate People! has a lot to teach you about office life, so if you hate your job, need help producing better work in a crappy environment or just genuinely hate people, then this book is for you. In fact, I’m going to read it again. Why? Because I hate people that much."
    — Paigel
  • "Jonathan Littman and Marc Hershon have created a masterpiece of office human relations."
    — Carpe Factum
  • "Carol over at Carol’s Notebook has a copy of I Hate People. This awesomely titled book was written by Marc Hershon and Jonathan Littman, and it’ll teach you how to be …. me."

    — West of Mars blog

  • "I wanted you to know it is one of the best promotional packages I've ever received. I spent 20 years in the music business, including running Disney's Hollywood Records, and over the years put together thousands of promo packages with the goal of making them stand out. The "I Hate People" package puts pretty much everything I've done to shame. Outstanding!"

    — Reviewer (name withheld)

  • "Your book on hating people is hilarious; I had no idea I'd inspired you so much, so negatively."

    — Internet Executive

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    June 14, 2009

    I Hate People!: Let The Press Tour Begin!

    I'm not sure what images are conjured up for you when you think of an author heading out on a whirlwind press junket. Private jets? Chauffeured limos? Luxury suites? Maybe that's what awaits Jon Littman and I, the co-authors of I Hate People! in the event our tome ever becomes a Best Seller. Right now, with the book just released, we took off from our homes in the San Francisco Bay Area and flew to New York this morning in cattle call seats. We wisely chose Virgin American, even though we boarded in "Group E". Second to last. Which meant we had to jockey for overhead luggage space. But the plane left on time and the flight was uneventful.

    Fly The Indifferent Skies

    Virgin-america Jon and I have dubbed Virgin the "Soloist's Airline", in honor of the central figure in our book. They definitely specialize in making you comfortable and then leaving you alone for the duration of the flight. Oh, the flight attendants will talk to you if you have questions. But you can also expect a glorious trip of about 5 hours without any official nose in your business with the exception of the first complimentary beverage of the day. After that, if you want food or drink, you order it from the touchscreen set into the headrest of the seat in front of you. Swipe a credit card to pay for your choice and in a couple of minutes, a flight attendant arrives with your order. It's kind of like a genie that takes plastic instead of wishes. Movies work much the same way: pick, swipe and watch.

    The other reason we think the airline is favorable to Soloists is when the flight attendant in our section stopped to look at the copy of I Hate People! Jon had tucked next to his seat. "Is that new?" she enthusiastically exclaimed, leaning in to get a closer look. "This is what we all say...when there's no one around." She gleefully accepted some free bookmarks and other promo swag we gave her to distribute to the crew.

    Safe Landing And Then Some

    JL@hudsonbooks Upon arriving at JFK, we were delighted to see the book on the shelf at the Hudson Booksellers in the terminal. Especially because it wasn't being sold back home at good ol' SFO. (We're beginning to thing our hometown hates us...) We then queued up in the longish taxi line outside for about 10 minutes before plopping into one of the yellow beasts which took us to our hotel just off Times Square.

    The Paramount Hotel

    ParamountsuiteI was warned by writing partner Jon before we arrived that "the rooms are a little small...but very hip." They're also cheap -- about $129 a night for a flop just off TImes Square. And a flop it is. Check out the picture. That's pretty much to scale, taken from the angle of the bathroom which looks like the kind of relief station Martha Stewart might have designed for a SuperMax prison. My view out the window is of two other cramped rooms looking out at mine. With a full-fledged bathtub (mine's just a shower) and a full length closet (mine's a weird little cubbyhole), Jon clearly got the better room and on the 18th floor. But with a view identical to mine, it's a hollow victory. (The Paramount actually has great pedigree, having been renovated in 1990 then "reinvented" in 1998 by international hotelier Ian Schrager. Maybe I'll like the joint better after my claustrophobia clears...)

    Tomorrow: We're off to get more promo swag from our publishers; drop in on bookstores by surprise to sign our books; our first TV appearance (!) on Fox Business Network's "Happy Hour", live from the Bear & Bull inside the Waldorf Astoria; Jon receives an award from the New York Press Club for his Playboy work while I have dinner with family!

    — Marc Hershon

    UPDATE: OUR FOX BUSINESS NETWORK APPEARANCE WAS POSTPONED DUE TO SOME OTHER THING THEY WANTED TO DO. HOPEFULLY WE'LL GET ON THERE BEFORE WE HAVE TO LEAVE TOWN. IN THE MEANTIME, WE GOT NOT ONE BUT TWO IMPORTANT PRINT INTERVIEWS SO THAT MADE IT SEEM OKAY.

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    Diana

    What award is Jon receiving?

    I'm glad you're on the east coast, if only for a few days.

    diana

    Posted by: Diana | June 15, 2009 at 06:26 AM

    hershco

    Diana, I've corrected the original because of your question. It's a New York Press Award for Jon's story of a world-class sprinter. - Marc

    Posted by: hershco | June 15, 2009 at 02:40 PM

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    Author Appearances

    • We'll add dates & locations as they come in! (All times Pacific unless otherwise noted.)
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      Jonathan and Marc were at Kepler's Bookstore in Menlo Park, CA.

      Jonathan and Marc woke up early enough one recent morning to make it on CNBC's Squawk Box. Check it out!

      Marc paid a visit to CNN's American Morning show. Here's how it went:

      Vote for your favorite in the Sandwich Man Dance Off and maybe win a free copy of I Hate People!

      Watch the authors try to bring the Hate to Venice Beach in California:

      The authors find hate on the mean streets of New York:

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    • Karl Marx had a manifesto. David Grossman of IBM had one when he wanted to wake up Big Blue to the next big thing - The Internet. Now there's a manifesto for you:
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      What's really cool is that our Manifesto is up in a very nice place — Changethis.com, which encourages business authors, entrepreneurs and executives to "spread important ideas and change minds."
      Click the link above to get the PDF (and feel free to pass it along to friends, co-workers and even the boss.)

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    • Here's some of the blogs where you can find excerpts and mentions of I Hate People!, as well as some original pieces we're writing.

      This should be under Twitteriffic but we don't have a section called that: a big thanks to Jerret Turner over at DMO Planner for proclaiming to the Twitterverse that IHP! is his favorite book in the last 10 years!; a tip o' the mouse to TJ McCue and his coverage of our Cubicle Evacuation Plan sign over on the shiftboard blog; thanks to a Twitter connection made recently with Paige Presley, we got to see her delightful review of our book; neat to see our book featured over on The Daily MBA, the brains behind which sent me a DM tweet saying he found it "Well written, funny and spot on."

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      If we like your take, we'll proclaim you one of our official Hate Mates and post your story here. Hate Mates will receive our "Trying To Be Productive" Pack, an autographed book and as many I Hate People! "Stay Out of My Cube!", "Do Not Disturb!" signs and bookmarks as you need to pass around the office to make your point.
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    The Ten Least Wanted

    • In our book, we’ve selected and analyzed the ten most troublesome types of people, then fired out techniques for going over, under or through them. Such as Liar Liar, whose falsehoods can steer your career off course in no time flat:

      Click that little guy to jump over to our handy online guide to help spot the Ten Least Wanted in your office, featuring some of their common phrases...

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    ABOUT THIS BLOG

    • What's the philosophy of our blog? It's about having the boldness to create the attitude, space and time you need to stretch your career and expand your life. Taking that critical step toward becoming one of those happy souls who deftly works alone or collaborate with just a handful of other talented people…while artfully deflecting all the rest. Because while you can't change the people you hate -- you can stop them from dragging you down.

      As we break out your revealing first person accounts and surprising news and studies -- all in the context of our effective strategies for artful hating -- you'll discover that you're learning a kind of martial arts approach to coping with problem people. We're bringing the power of redirecting and avoiding the emotional blows dished out by bosses, co-workers and competitors. While you may need a lot of these people to get through your day, your career and your life...nobody said you have to like them.

      For more about where we're going with this blog, click on to The Hate Starts Here.

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