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Surrounded By Idiots: The Four Types Of Human Behaviour (Or, How To Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood) Paperback ā 30 July 2019
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Do You Ever Think You'Re The Only One Making Any Sense? Or Tried To Reason With Your Partner With Disastrous Results? Do Long, Rambling Answers Drive You Crazy? Or Does Your Colleague'S Abrasive Manner Get Your Back Up? You Are Not Alone. After A Disastrous Meeting With A Highly Successful Entrepreneur, Who Was Genuinely Convinced He Was 'Surrounded By Idiots', Communication Expert And Bestselling Author, Thomas Erikson Dedicated Himself To Understanding How People Function And Why We Often Struggle To Connect With Certain Types Of People.Originally Published In Swedish In 2014 As Omgiven Av Idioter, Erikson'S Surrounded By Idiots Is Already An International Phenomenon, Selling Over 1.5 Million Copies Worldwide, Of Which Over 750,000 Copies Have Been Sold In Sweden Alone. It Offers A Simple, Yet Ground-Breaking Method For Assessing The Personalities Of People We Communicate With - In And Out Of The Office - Based On Four Personality Types Red, Blue, Green And Yellow, And Provides Insights Into How We Can Adjust The Ways We Speak And Share Information. Erikson Will Help You Understand Yourself Better, Hone Communication And Social Skills, Handle Conflict With Confidence, Improve Dynamics With Your Boss And Team, And Get The Best Out Of The People You Deal With And Manage. He Also Shares Simple Tricks On Body Language, Improving Written Communication And Advice On When To Back Away Or When To Push On, And When To Speak Up Or Indeed Shut Up. Packed With 'Aha' And 'Oh No' Moments, Surrounded By Idiots Will Help You Understand And Influence Those Around You, Even People You Currently Think Are Beyond All Comprehension. And With A Bit Of Luck You Can Also Be Confident That The Idiot Out There Isn'T You
- Print length304 pages
- LanguageEnglish
- PublisherVermilion
- Publication date30 July 2019
- Dimensions12.6 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
- ISBN-101785042181
- ISBN-13978-1785042188
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Surrounded by idiots
Some seriously state that they're surrounded by idiots. Some, funnily enough, state this more often than others. And certainly we could find many different types of problem to get along. Some examples you might recognize; have you ever tried to reason with your partner and nothing went as planned or expected? Or have you left a meeting in confusion with the feeling that you truly did not understand a single person in the room. And worst of all, some people never seem to understand what you are saying, no matter how clear you express yourself.
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Anyone who does not read this book is actually an idiot. ā Kvalitets Magasinet
About the Author
Thomas Erikson is a Swedish behavioural expert, bestselling author and active lecturer. For more than 20 years, he has travelled across Europe delivering lectures and seminars in Swedish and in English to executives and managers in companies including IKEA, Coca Cola, Microsoft, Volva and KIA Motors. Surrounded by Idiots (Omgiven Av Idioter) is a Swedish runaway bestseller, selling more than 1 million copies in Sweden alone. It has sold over 3 million copies worldwide, since it was first published in 2014, and has been translated into 52 languages. For more information about the author and his work visit thomaserikson.com.
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- Publisher : Vermilion (30 July 2019)
- Language : English
- Paperback : 304 pages
- ISBN-10 : 1785042181
- ISBN-13 : 978-1785042188
- Dimensions : 12.6 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm
- Best Sellers Rank: #25 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #4 in Parenting & Family
- #12 in Textbooks & Study Guides
- #15 in Self-Help
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I flew through this book. It's very eye opening and helps us understand those around us as well as ourselves
Reviewed in the United Arab Emirates š¦šŖ on 12 November 2022
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I was looking for this book,but get distracted at the bookstore everytime,. Once I got the other one about psychopaths I had to get this. Amazingly informative.
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Nicely written
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The analysis of personalities is rather superficial and not feel enough. It's a trap to try and classify people according to these four groups in a very simplistic manner, humans are a lot more complex than that. Besides the author pretty much says everything in the first chapter. The style is also somewhat boring.
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Casey Roo
1.0 out of 5 stars
Badly-written nonsense, difficult to read, impossible to understand. Avoid.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom š¬š§ on 1 December 2019Verified Purchase
This is such a bad book that I don't know where to start. I want to say 'Trust me, don't waste your money, go spend it on junk food 'cos it'll be better for you.' In fact almost anything else would be better value. This is poorly-written nonsense.
The author posits four different types of people, So you'd think there would be a self-assessment tool of some sort, wouldn't you? No such thing. I suppose you're meant to self-identify, but this isn't helped by a pretty strong overlap between the different types. And of course there's no offering to help you identify the other people you might meet. The author does admit that you may be a mix of more than one type, but this isn't really discussed. And there's nothing at all about how people develop and grow over time, which is important.
The self-assessment is based loosely on the DiSC model, which is highly questionable. However, in the original model the C stands for 'compliance,' but out author has changed this to 'analytical ability.' What?????????? No way, in the dictionary or in personality theory, can you equate 'compliance' with 'analytical ability.' In fact there's a strong case for saying that they're mutually exclusive, because people with strong analytical skills don't usually accept what's on offer in compliant fashion. I had to bang my head several times before I could believe that this is really what he'd written; what's happened to the profession of copy-editor? (A good copy-editor would have killed that title as much too confrontational).
There's some loose analysis of the four different types and advice on getting on with them, but the advice is so general and/or it begs the question - summarised as 'do the right thing and try not to annoy them.' And the book is difficult to read - there's no sense of structure or flow, no sense of guiding curious readers to the next thing they'll be interested in. Why this book found its way into the best-seller lists is an utter puzzle.
The author posits four different types of people, So you'd think there would be a self-assessment tool of some sort, wouldn't you? No such thing. I suppose you're meant to self-identify, but this isn't helped by a pretty strong overlap between the different types. And of course there's no offering to help you identify the other people you might meet. The author does admit that you may be a mix of more than one type, but this isn't really discussed. And there's nothing at all about how people develop and grow over time, which is important.
The self-assessment is based loosely on the DiSC model, which is highly questionable. However, in the original model the C stands for 'compliance,' but out author has changed this to 'analytical ability.' What?????????? No way, in the dictionary or in personality theory, can you equate 'compliance' with 'analytical ability.' In fact there's a strong case for saying that they're mutually exclusive, because people with strong analytical skills don't usually accept what's on offer in compliant fashion. I had to bang my head several times before I could believe that this is really what he'd written; what's happened to the profession of copy-editor? (A good copy-editor would have killed that title as much too confrontational).
There's some loose analysis of the four different types and advice on getting on with them, but the advice is so general and/or it begs the question - summarised as 'do the right thing and try not to annoy them.' And the book is difficult to read - there's no sense of structure or flow, no sense of guiding curious readers to the next thing they'll be interested in. Why this book found its way into the best-seller lists is an utter puzzle.
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J. Mcl
1.0 out of 5 stars
Don't buy, save your money and take people as you find them
Reviewed in the United Kingdom š¬š§ on 14 December 2019Verified Purchase
The book is a traffic light system of colours to be used in a money making attempt to put people into boxes. It's mind numbing drivel from an author that views himself as half red and half yellow (the two most powerful and creative colours - surprise surprise).
The cheeky title sells the book but there is nothing of value inside. Take people as you find them, and treat those you work with well, you don't need a get rich quick book to do this (author getting rich that is).
The cheeky title sells the book but there is nothing of value inside. Take people as you find them, and treat those you work with well, you don't need a get rich quick book to do this (author getting rich that is).
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Nora
3.0 out of 5 stars
Interesting analysis but not that useful
Reviewed in the United Kingdom š¬š§ on 30 October 2022Verified Purchase
I bought the book because I really needed strategies to deal with the idiots in my life. But basically the book teaches you that we all act according to four basic personalities and that each type is perceived as idiotic by others. Well, yes, right. But the book does not acknowledge that there are people who are really moronic and not fit for their job, and you still have to deal with them, and understanding why they behave how they behave doesn't change the basic fact that they actively ruin your life with their idiocy.
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Cautious buyer
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliant personality type book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom š¬š§ on 7 September 2019Verified Purchase
Great book gives accurate understandable information. Provides insight for both self awareness and awareness of others. Iām a CBT therapist and I have recommended it to some of my clients
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JB
5.0 out of 5 stars
An enjoyable and practical book that makes it easier to understand and co-exist with others
Reviewed in the United Kingdom š¬š§ on 31 May 2022Verified Purchase
I felt I had to write a review to counter the poor reviews from (a) the intellectually overzealous and (b) those who cannot bear to hold a mirror to themselves. If you're neither of those and would like a simple and enjoyable way to better understand what makes those around you tick and how you might forge better relationships with them, I would highly recommend this book. It is clearly not an academic treatise and it's silly to criticise it as such.
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