Co-Host: John O'Brien - Therapist, Executive Coach and Professional Speaker, Faculty at U of Maine Augusta
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My first-time guest is executive coach, author, speaker and university instructor John O’Brien, whose book Rudeness Rehab caught my eye immediately. After all, there’s no doubt that common civility has taken a dive in our culture over the past several decades, right?
I mean, as men it’s perfectly good to be a bit rough around the edges and be assertive when we need to, but dude…it’s like people have lost all sense of being decent to each other nowadays. Along with that, even simple self-awareness and regard for others has gone out the window.
What happened there? Surely, it’s not all easily passed off as the fault of social media and COVID, right? And more importantly, how do we reclaim civility as men without looking like some sort of passive milquetoast pansy or something?
Well, the first step, of course, is to clearly define what we’re talking about here when we refer to ‘incivility’. How does incivility wreak havoc at home, at work, in our social lives and when relating to women?
And even if we have our own selves under control, what are the best ways to better manage rudeness in others? I mean, are so many people being rude and socially inept on purpose, or is self-awareness still at an all-time low out there?
And aren’t there just some people out there who really want to get at you? How do you keep your composure with them? Or should you?
And is who we are when we’re around the people we’re most comfortable with who we really are? And who are–perhaps ironically–the least civil people in our entire life? What advice would John give to guys who are going out meeting women, but finding most of them to be rude?
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