What do you have to do in your head to work for someone you view with contempt?

At both the first and second level, I’ve had weak managers and strong managers, some I loved and admired, a couple of managers I viewed pityingly, and one I just didn’t much like personally. I’ve always found a way to get along, and I’ve been able to hold them in some respect if not high regard.

But I am struggling now because my second-line manager is a person for whom I have no respect whatsoever, a deceiving, unprincipled schemer who takes a condescending view toward most, coddles a few toadying favorites, and mistakenly thinks he is a good bit smarter than everyone around him. Until my number actually comes up in the layoff lottery, I have to work under this person’s rule.

Any advice as to what to tell myself in order to do what I have to do every day while keeping my contempt for this person in check and under wraps? My attitude is spilling over into my work and hastening the day. I am not yet ready to lose my job, and there’s noplace else to go.

[Edit] That last truncated topic said ‘getting along with contemptible delusional dishonest incompetent petty potentates.’