Introduction:
Welcome to Awareness for Everyone, A Podcast about Conscious Reality Creation, and living the best lives we can for ourselves.  I am MJ Blehart, writer, blogger, editor, and 21st century philosopher.  Welcome to Episode 22 – Don’t be an Asshole.
Part 1: Actively not being an asshole**
Recognizing the power of your words
Courtesy, pleasantness. Think before you speak or type.
Part 2: Steps for not being an asshole

* Be Kind. Really, just be kind. Smile at people. Hold doors open. Say thank you when someone is an ass to you (this tends to REALLY throw them off). In an unkind world, a little kindness goes a long long way.
* Keep calm. When some asshole is in your face, Tweeting insanity, or on your TV preaching hurtful garbage, stay calm. No, I am not saying don’t get angry, what I am saying is don’t lose control. Calm lets you think, and take on the assholes without playing by their rules.
* Think before you speak. Also, think before you type. Ask yourself, “does this make me an asshole?” If the answer is yes, don’t do it. If the answer is no, problem solved.
* Don’t be a dick. Lots of people enjoy rules-lawyering. You stretch, push, and really hammer at the rules in place to see where there might be some give. This is not the same as disregarding a BAD rule (i.e. placing innocent asylum seekers in concentration camps), this is playing devil’s advocate to see what you personally can get away with. If this is something you would dislike another person doing to YOU, then maybe you should not do it, either.
* Do unto others as you would want done unto you. For reals, if you are doing or saying something you’d find dickish on the part of another, chances are that means you’re being an asshole. So maybe you should reconsider, and not do that.

Know thyself. Be mindful of what you are thinking and how and what you are feeling, and recognize if, “hey, this makes me an ass,” comes to mind. Like virtually everything in life, this is a choice. To be (an asshole) or not to be, that IS the question.
Part 3: Going forward
Thoughts, feelings, actions
Mindfulness
Closing:
Thank you for listening to Episode 22 of Awareness for Everyone, A Podcast about Conscious Reality Creation, and living the best lives we can for ourselves.  I want to thank Fe Mahoney, the artist who created my amazing cover art.  If you would like to commission work from her, contact her at veinsofink2017@gmail.com.  You can reach me via Facebook at blehartmj, or Twitter at mjblehart, or e mail me at author@mjblehart.com.  Please take a moment to check out my blog, The Ramblings of the Titanium Don, at titaniumdon.com, and now at Medium.com as MJ Blehart as well. Thank you, and I hope you are discovering how mindful awareness is something you can practice to improve your life.