YOU ARE NOT SURROUNDED BY IDIOTS, BUT PLEASE DON’T BE AN IDIOT!
The book surrounded by idiots is written by author Thomas Erikson. He is a behavioral expert who has spent nearly 20 years providing leadership training to multi national companies. He has written many books in the series surrounded by, bu the most common and famous and relatable book that his audience has found is Surrounded by idiots.
This book was originally published by penguin publishers on 4 June 2014 that talks about, Why do people sometimes talk so much of non stop , and on the same times these people barely speak? About something they always wants to talk about and when it is
Have you ever tried to reason with your partner, and nothing went as planned?Or have you left a meeting with the feeling that nobody understood your point?
Planning something with a partner which is a mutual decision and if it doesn’t keep you both hooked, relationship is going in a dead row end but there still a chance to save it, only if one of the other tries not to run from the situation and if they are they would know why they are running.
On the other hand, a business corporate meeting is going on and you are representing it, what you will do if everyone down there is either bored, not interested, sleeping or avoiding it even after giving your best and your boss is seeing that too. You will go out and start to analyzing those persons who are in the meeting beside being frustrated.
Surrounded by Idiots encourages you to look at the world with increased self-understanding and knowledge of why people act the way they do.
Surrounded by Idiots introduces the four color personalities. A simple, powerful way to understand people’s behavior, communication style, and motivation.
The book becomes even more useful when you know your own color.Do you want to discover whether you’re Red, Yellow, Green and Blue?
Take the official DISC personality test, and discover:
Your own behavioral style
How you come across others
What drives you (and what stresses you out)
Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson simplifies human behavior into four color-coded types—Red (Dominant), Yellow (Inspiring), Green (Stable), and Blue (Analytical)—based on the DISC theory. It helps improve communication, understand yourself, and manage relationships.
A DISC profile It helps you understand how you behave, how others experience you, and how to adjust your communication style so that it actually lands.
Now it’s your turn to apply it to yourself.
- Find out how you behave when you holding up the pressure
- Learn to channelize your strengths, challenges, and communication style
- Understand how others are perceiving you
No Conflicts. No Misunderstandings.
- Ever left a room with the feeling where no one tries to understood you?
- Ever noticed how some conversations flow nicely as you are able to explain everything and then the other times, when you withhold the conversations and then speak then the talks with others feel like a battle?
- Ever been in a situation where you felt surrounded by idiots?