Book: Surrounded by Idiots
by Thomas Erikson
Sometimes I feel tired of being in a situation where I think almost everyone is doing stupid things. I always question the reasons why someone takes stupid actions for basic and easy problems.
But I am well aware that a person’s actions are beyond my control. Feeling irritated by the actions of some people really drains my energy. And I think I need to find a solution.
The title of this book really describes my situation in the last few years. So, by reading this book I hope I can react better to this situation that makes me very uncomfortable.
Overall this book is very easy to understand. The approach used is taken directly from the author’s life. In my opinion, I will list the interesting things about this book below. Honestly all parts of this book are very interesting! But it’s really impossible for me to reveal everything. I still respect copyright by the way :).
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These are some of the notes I can take from this book:
Red Behavior
Yellow Behavior
Green Behavior
Blue Behavior
Quick Review of Core Behavior Patterns
Who Gets Along and Why It Works
A Short Reflection Through History (by the Author)
After reading the book at least now I can understand why there are people who are very careless even though I have been reminded many times, why there are humans who are very temperamental and rush over trivial matters, why there are humans who always try to be the center of attention, and why there are humans who always tries to please everyone but there are humans who don’t really sympathize with other people.
Every time I read chapter by chapter I think I am a combination of Blue and Red. Because I’m very detail-oriented and sometimes I get emotional easily when I see trivial things, hehe. So, what’s your color?
