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

The book was in great condition, and was great quality and easy to understand!

Full of knowledge and useful

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.

A really good book, it talks about how to segregate people into different colours so that you can understand their thinking and perceptions in a better way. Also makes segregating simple buy giving only 4 colours to work with and the qualities of each colour.

The simplicity of the model and the axes presented makes it very easy to remember and use. The driving forces could have been more elaborate

Book has atain on front side when taken out of package

Interesting read

Book quality is bad , content is good

its good for understanding

This book is best seller for a reason if you need to get help with knowing the kinds of people that are around you they are different versions of this book but this specific one you will find that a lot of people that you are surrounded with as very very like what it is described in this book.

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Es un libro que todo mundo debería leer, cambiará tu perspectiva de las relaciones laborales, personales y la conformación de equipos de trabajo.

Truly enjoyed reading this book, because I gained a better understanding of myself and the people I worked with. Using this knowledge I was able to better manage a very difficult boss and stop taking things personally. I am a red-yellow with dashes of blue, by the way.