Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson: A Million-Copy Bestseller on Understanding Personality Types and Improving Communication Paperback – 1 January 2019

Read this book when I thought it's really hard to understand humans. Since I don't like the idea of fitting in but at the same time college forced me for it , this book was a life saver. Gave me a new perceptive to how I look others & life became smooth♥️

The core of the book has been explained in the first half of the book itself like avengers killing Thanos within 20 minutes into Endgame. In Second half of the book, The mauthor explained how to handle all 4 types of people. By reading the Second half, We are naturally reinforcing our mind about the characteristics of all 4 colors that we learnt and thus retaining the core of book in the single read. The book was simple & quick to read. And thus , perfectly crafted one.

The author has introduced a model called DISA. To simplify his concept he has divided the core human behaviour into 4 Colors Red, Yellow, Green & Blue. Reds are more aggressive, dominating and fast. Yellows are more charming, talkative, social and interested in making relationships. Greens are more security conscious and caring while Blues are more detail oriented, perfectionist therefore slow.The author says that people behaviour totally change under the influence of Alcohol. This is something which we already know.According to author only 5% people have 1 Color, 80% people have 2 colors and rest 15% people have 3 colors but no one has all four colors.Author talks about the temperament of the different behaviours. Reds have shot temper. It is like shot glass which fills very fast and often but causes less damage. Yellows temperament is like a normal water glass but Green temperament is like a barrel of water which takes time to fill but if you allow it explode it will cause severe damage. On the other hand Blues temperament is also like a barrel but with a tap in its bottom which releases the water time to time therefore cause less damage.The author provides the solution to deal with different types of people. He says the best way to deal with different types of people is to adopt their behaviour. Continuous learning, self awareness and the ability to change ourselves is the key.Some of the things which I don't like are :Same message is repeated in this book several times in different chapters.The author didn't explain that how person's behaviour may change at different stages of his/ her life. For example a person who is Red or Yellow in his twenties may become Blue when he is in his fifties because of his experience and knowledge.Another example is person may become Red or Yellow when payment of an expensive item is done by his Employer/Company but the same person will change Blue or Green when he has to pay the price from his own pocket (will make lot of research and bargain).Further this book doesn't talk about criminal behaviour, their root cause and how to deal with them.Overall this is a good book and worth reading.

Good

Good Book. Helps a lot

Very excellent

A very good book !

Colloquially speaking those who agree with us are viewed as intelligent & those who not as "Idiots" (Not necessarily low IQ morons but people with different line of thinking). Book provides a practical framework to improve interaction with people who are different & does not go along well. Using DISC model, which categories behaviour into 4 personality types & by adapting to these types one can create harmonious & conducive environment to foster relationship.