Surrounded by Idiots (The Surrounded by Idiots Series)

by Thomas Erikson

Paperback, 2020

Status

Available

Call number

302.2

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Collection

Publication

Essentials (2020), 304 pages

Description

Business. Psychology. Nonfiction. Self Help. HTML: A runaway bestseller in Sweden that has sold more than a million copies worldwide, Surrounded by Idiots shares a groundbreaking new method of understanding the people around you that will change how you interact with everyone from your coworkers to your spouse. Author Thomas Erikson explains that there are four key behavior types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Understanding someone's pattern of behavior is the key to successful communication. Erikson breaks down the four kinds of behavior types�??Reds who are dominant and commanding, Yellows who are social and optimistic, Greens who are laid back and friendly, and Blues who are analytical and precise�??and explains how to identify and interact with each type of person. Instead of being bogged down with overly technical categorizations, the simple four color system allows you to speedily identify a friend or coworker and adjust how you speak and share with them. Surrounded by Idiots is full of practical information for interacting with people based on their color, including the strengths and weaknesses of all the profiles, how to give positive and negative feedback to each, and the best way to word an email when writing to someone with a different profile… (more)

Media reviews

Student
Tomas Erikson explains the various types of behavior that people can relate to in his book Surrounded by Idiots. I was able to recognize my own behavior as well as learn how to deal with the behaviors of those around me. This book has provided me with numerous insights. I recommend this book to
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anyone who wants to improve their daily conversations with others.
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User reviews

LibraryThing member john257hopper
This book explains the DISC system of classifying human behaviour into four groups categorised as red (proactive/direct/aggressive), yellow (creative/extrovert/overpowering), green (passive, indirect, good listeners) and blue (calm, analytical, details-oriented). Pretty sure I did some exercise
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around these many years ago at a training course at work and most of us civil servants were a combination of green/blue - not wholly surprising. 95% of people are more than just one colour though, and 15% are combinations of three colours. Many of the portrayals in the book read as rather simplistically based on people being wholly of one colour, which makes the suggested solutions for handling people in one group or another, or relations between people in different groups, a bit unrealistic. Some interesting ideas and food for thought but, as with many books of this type, it's rather repetitive and could really be shorter.
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LibraryThing member vpfluke
This perhaps a Swedish look at personality types. Medieval philosophy had four temperaments and this book comes out of that limited scope. I have used the MBTI and the Enneagram, and find that these are more nuanced. Particularly the Enneagram, which has lots of material written about it. The MBTI
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can be very technical where as the Enneagram frequently has a narrative framing. Psychologists themselves like to look at the big five personality traits, where actionable items prevail. This book categories traits as colors: red - dominant; yellow - inspiring; green - stable; blue -analytical.
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LibraryThing member amberwitch
Extremely annoying tone of voice drown out any utility the topic might have. This is an author that manages to sound so extremely stupid and idiotic that anything that he offers in terms of content is suspect.

Language

Original language

English

Physical description

304 p.; 8.25 inches

ISBN

1250179939 / 9781250179937
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