Name: Michael Clark's review of Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
Item: Surrounded by Idiots
Rating: 3
Author: Michael Clark

Thomas Erikson

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. 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 rub you the wrong way? You are not alone. Surrounded by Idiots is an international phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide. 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 way 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, advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or shut up. Packed with ‘aha!’ and ‘oh no!’ moments, Surrounded by Idiots will help you understand and communicate with 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!

The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life)

Surrounded by Idiots

Jess Griffin

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, Erikon’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 way(s) 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!

The Four Types of Human Behaviour (or, How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood)

Michael Clark

Aashvi

Leans into a bit of junk science and says how things are without nuance.  It's still a good book if you want to try and empathize more, reducing people to combination of colors is understandable.

Erik Horton

This will be a book ill pick up again from time to time when im figuring how to talk to people i Have to talk to🙏 Overall learned alot about my myself and how to communicate effeCtiveLy with people who we think are ‘idiots’ because (quoting through the book) The ‘idiots’ still deserve respect. The writing had humour in it so it was as if you were reading roasts about you worst traits in yourself which is good for a reality check 

shadee

My first ever self help book I finished!

This will be a book ill pick up again from time to time when im figuring how to talk to people i Have to talk to🙏 Overall learned alot about my myself and how to communicate effeCtiveLy with people who we think are ‘idiots’ because (quoting through the book) The ‘idiots’ still deserve respect. The writing had humour in it so it was as if you were reading roasts about you worst traits in yourself which is good for a reality check 

Was good because easy to read! And interesting topic

Sophia Arlt

Simone Felisati

Probably too generalist at categorizing people but touches on a lot of interesting aspects of human personalities. Anything that helps understanding other people around ourselves is a good read.

Carlos Becker

really interesting but the author repeated himself often

finja scharnhorst 

Farah Ain

Interesting, informative, straightforward, and humorous. 

It's my first time reading a book about behaviour types and to my surprise I actually enjoyed it! Looking forward to reading something similar to this again. 

Lauren 

This was interesting, but I think only understandable due to having prior knowledge of the system that is talked about throughout. It has helped my understanding if the topic but at some points it was a bit slow

Kelly Westraat 

It was very interesting to understand the different types of human behaviour. 
Would definitely recommend 
The author did repeat a lot however the repetition felt like little reminders 😊
Overall a good book 

Talitha Febriani

definitely interesting to learn about why people are the way they are
the first few chapters are very intriguing and fun to read , but it kind of got boring midway and i started to just skim through the rest of the book

clara lam

Luca Stromann

Fstellam

Natascha Dallige

Katharina Rother

sophie

DeEdra

YuCheng Kuo

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, Erikon'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 way(s) 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!

How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood

Jacky

Matilda Liljestrand

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 rub you the wrong way? 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. Surrounded by Idiots is an international phenomenon, selling over 1.5 million copies worldwide. 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 way 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, advice on when to back away or when to push on, and when to speak up or shut up. Packed with ‘aha!’ and ‘oh no!’ moments, Surrounded by Idiots will help you understand and communicate with 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!

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Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson

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