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Don't Assume There's Toilet Paper: Taking Responsibility for Your Dirty-Ass Moments & Freeing Yourself from Assumptions
What if the smallest moments reveal the biggest truths?
You probably picked up this book because of the title.
You'll finish it because it was never about the title.
It begins with one ordinary mistake. Sitting down in a public restroom and realizing there wasn't any toilet paper.
Most people would laugh, move on, and never think about it again.
Richard Harmer couldn't stop thinking about it.
Why didn't he check?
Because he assumed.
That one ridiculous moment became the beginning of a question that quietly changed everything.
What else are we assuming?
We assume there will be more time.
We assume the people we love know how we feel.
We assume someone else will take care of it.
We assume tomorrow will look a lot like today.
We assume we'll notice what matters before it's gone.
Most of us don't.
In Don't Assume There's Toilet Paper, Richard Harmer invites you on a journey through the ordinary moments that quietly shape extraordinary lives. With humor, honesty, and deeply personal stories, he explores the hidden assumptions behind our relationships, our work, our leadership, our communication, and the choices that define who we become.
This isn't a self help book filled with easy answers.
It's a book filled with better questions.
Questions that make you pause.
Questions that stay with you.
Questions that have the power to change the way you see the people around you, the conversations you have, and the life you're living.
You'll laugh.
You'll reflect.
You'll recognize yourself more often than you expect.
And by the time you reach the final page, you may discover that the freedom you've been searching for was never about changing your life.
It was about finally noticing it.
You probably picked up this book because of the title.
You'll finish it because it was never about the title.
It begins with one ordinary mistake. Sitting down in a public restroom and realizing there wasn't any toilet paper.
Most people would laugh, move on, and never think about it again.
Richard Harmer couldn't stop thinking about it.
Why didn't he check?
Because he assumed.
That one ridiculous moment became the beginning of a question that quietly changed everything.
What else are we assuming?
We assume there will be more time.
We assume the people we love know how we feel.
We assume someone else will take care of it.
We assume tomorrow will look a lot like today.
We assume we'll notice what matters before it's gone.
Most of us don't.
In Don't Assume There's Toilet Paper, Richard Harmer invites you on a journey through the ordinary moments that quietly shape extraordinary lives. With humor, honesty, and deeply personal stories, he explores the hidden assumptions behind our relationships, our work, our leadership, our communication, and the choices that define who we become.
This isn't a self help book filled with easy answers.
It's a book filled with better questions.
Questions that make you pause.
Questions that stay with you.
Questions that have the power to change the way you see the people around you, the conversations you have, and the life you're living.
You'll laugh.
You'll reflect.
You'll recognize yourself more often than you expect.
And by the time you reach the final page, you may discover that the freedom you've been searching for was never about changing your life.
It was about finally noticing it.
228 pages, Paperback
Published August 7, 2026
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