No matter how diligently we strive to achieve our loftiest career aspirations, and no matter how euphoric we feel upon completion of yet another step on our lifelong paths to professional self-realization, there will come a time in every one of our lives when we suddenly find ourselves toiling under the direction of a volatile, combative, terrifyingly unpredictable boss from hell. Fortunately, there are many ways of dealing with the grim reality of working for a person whom you neither like as a person nor respect as a colleague that do not require you to quit your job and move directly into your parents' basement. Here, does this sound like something about which you worry on a near-constant basis?

One Trump confidant likened the president to a whistling teapot, saying that when he does not blow off steam, he can turn into a pressure cooker and explode. “I think we are in pressure cooker territory,” said this person, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to talk candidly.

Fear not, beleaguered employees of the world, for the men and women who work in the White House have assembled a veritable treasure trove of tips for making your office environment... well, if not enjoyable, at least a place to which you can summon the courage to return in the morning without collapsing under the considerable weight of your own self-loathing during the commute.

Delay, walk away, and pray

As White House chief of staff, Reince Priebus mused to associates that telling President Donald Trump no was usually not an effective strategy. Telling him “next week” was often the better idea.

Delaying the decision would give Priebus and others a chance to change his mind or bring in advisers to speak with Trump—and in some cases, to ensure Trump would drop the idea altogether and move on.

News is only bad when it's definite. (Until then, it's not news, right!?) Don't be the one directly in their line of sight when that news breaks.

Practice your inception skills