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Am I an a**hole? Readers of my blog typically stick up for me and speak to the respect, passion and compassion I try to provide through my blog. It’s definitely a persona that I project and one that I try to work to perfect each day.

I try to avoid politics on this blog for the most part as I find that the subject often provokes too much emotion and too little cognition. And I also should point out that most authors and professors (and I qualify on both counts) suffer from the delusion that their pet theories drive all meaningful

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My last post asked if anyone could confirm that Charlie Munger had said that Berkshire Hathaway applied The No Asshole Rule from early on.  I am delighted to report that, thanks to Bill's comment, I now can report that it comes from an interview with Charlie Munger that is quoted on page 388 of

My last post asked if anyone could confirm that Charlie Munger had said that Berkshire Hathaway applied The No Asshole Rule from early on.  I am delighted to report that, thanks to Bill's comment, I now know that it comes from an interview with Charlie Munger that is quoted on page 388 of Snowball,

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I maintain an "honor roll" of organizations that espouse and apply The No Asshole Rule.  I was pointed to this quote in a corner of the web I can't identify from Charlie Munger, who is Warren Buffet's right-hand man and Vice-Chairman of the renowned Berkshire Hathaway.  I found it here, and it is "We had a no-asshole rule very early.

If you are a regular reader of this blog, you know that I maintain an "honor roll" of organizations that espouse and apply The No Asshole Rule.  I was pointed to this quote in a corner of the web I can't identify from Charlie Munger, who is Warren Buffet's right-hand man and Vice-Chairman of the renowned Berkshire Hathaway.  I found it here, and it is "We had a no-asshole rule very early.

I just got a note from Emily at Electric Pulp reporting that the Asshole Rating Self-Exam (or ARSE) has recently passed 170,000 completions, 172,528 to be exact.   This is a self-test you can take to determine if you are a certified asshole -- it is in The No Asshole Rule and we published it on Guy

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