Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson
Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson
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Surrounded by Idiots
The Four Types of Human Behavior and How to Effectively Communicate with Each in Business (and in Life)

Author: Thomas Erikson

Narrator: David John

Unabridged: 10 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 07/30/2019

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

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!

About Thomas Erikson

Thomas Erikson is a Swedish behavioral expert, active lecturer, and bestselling author. For more than twenty years he has been traveling all over Europe delivering lectures and seminars to executives and managers at a wide range of companies, including IKEA, Coca Cola, Microsoft, and Volvo. Surrounded by Idiots has been a Swedish runaway bestseller since it was first published in 2014. It has sold over 3 million copies worldwide and been translated into 42 languages.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Katarzyna on March 01, 2018

First of all I would like to address some issues other reviewers had mentioned: "This author thinks he discovered some brand new theory, when it's only choleric, melancholic, sanguine and phlegmatic once again" - this is VERY not true. Author actually mentions Hippocrates and his theory multiple......more

Goodreads review by anastasia on April 22, 2023

I read the other reviews of people that were CLEARLY offended by this book and I got to say: WHAT THE ACTUAL F... ?! Are y'all really made out of cotton candy or are you guys so embarrassed and offended by how right the author is that it enrages you to the core?? Because, hey, no judgement there. Mos......more

Goodreads review by Kimmo on August 22, 2018

Jostain kumman syystä minulla oli pakottava tarve antaa tälle kirjalle yksi tähti. Tajusin, että arviota olisi painanut alas kuitenkin vain jonkinlainen "minä tiedän paremmin"-fiilis, joten päätin antaa kaksi. Kirjassa kun on myös ihan järkeviä juttuja hattaran seassa. Alleviivaan vielä: kirjassa on......more

Goodreads review by Oskar on February 24, 2019

The most useful takeaway from the book is that there are different types of people. You need to adapt to that and treat people differently. The framework that the book uses to classify people is perhaps best thought of as an example of how you could group different people. It is in no way the only o......more

Goodreads review by Ed on July 15, 2022

An excellent insight into the people in your life, this book will scream at you about who you are as a person and who those closest to you are.......more