Pistols at Dawn
Rules for Workplace WarfareBy Randy Smith
Length5h 34m
About this audiobook
Stuck at a dysfunctional company? Power-hungry boss? Workplace more toxic than a porta-potty at a chili cook-off? And quitting isn’t an option?
Been there. Done that.
Your company has rules. Your boss has rules. HR has enough rules to wallpaper the building. Funny how most of them apply to you.
Pistols at Dawn digs up the centuries-old Code Duello and drags it into the modern workplace.
Dueling. That’s right, with pistols.
We gave up the pistols. We kept the duels.
Now the weapons are emails, policies, performance reviews, rumors, investigations, reorganizations, back stabbing, and HR.
Different century. Same fight.
The Code Duello is real. The workplace battles in this book are fiction. Pistols at Dawn puts the two together to see what happens when rules written for pistols are applied to conference rooms.
It’s not advice. It’s an experiment.
You can decide for yourself how much still applies.
Your company knows how to fight.
Maybe it’s time you understood the rules too.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, Politics and Government
Length5 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 6, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
22Rule 13. Don't Bluff
2Preface.
23Rule 14. Choose Your Second Carefully
3Part 1. Conspiracy Theory
24Rule 15. Sleep on It
4Chapter 1. Who What and How
25Rule 16. Choose Your Weapon
5Chapter 2. Behind it All
26Rule 17. Set the Terms
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6Part 2. The Offense. The Wrongdoing
27Part 6. Pistols at Dawn
7Rule 1. Chronology Matters
28Rule 18. Show Your Evidence
8Rule 2. Choosing to Fight
29Rule 19. Follow the Rules
9Rule 3. Who Started It
30Rule 20. A Miss Still Counts
10Rule 4. Liar. Liar.
31Rule 21. One Last Chance
11Rule 5. The Blow
32Rule 22. Know When to Stop
12Rule 6. Escalation
33Part 7. The Last Shot
13Part 3. Satisfaction
34Rule 23. Some Things Cant Be Fixed
14Rule 7. The Point of No Return
35Rule 24. Proportional Response
15Rule 8. You'll Never Know Everything
36Rule 25. Everyone Picks a Side
16Part 4. The Challenge
37Article 1. No Hiding
17Rule 9. An Attack on Integrity
38Article 2. Dont Move the Goal Posts
18Rule 10. An Attack on Identify
39Epologue
19Rule 11. Defending Someone Else
40Message from the Author
20Rule 12. Heat of the Moment
41Preview The Someones Always Watching Trilogy
21Part 5. Choose Your Ground
42Closing Credits
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