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title: Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
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created_date: 2024-10-25
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updated_date: 2024-10-25
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aliases:
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tags:
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- book
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- psychology
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type: book
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book_name: Surrounded by Idiots
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author: Thomas Erikson
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status: started
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---
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# Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson
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- **🏷️Tags** : #10-2024 #book
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---
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## Summary
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> [!summary] Summary
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> 3 Sentences only!
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> - What are the main ideas?
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> - If I implemented one idea from this book right now, which one would it be?
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> - How would I describe the book to someone else?
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---
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## Ideas and Thoughts
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> [!info]+ Inspiring Questions
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> - Did you think about other concepts from other books?
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> - Do the concepts fit to your past, to your memories?
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> - Can you relive them and reflect them from a different angle?
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> [!warning]
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> Apparently there is no scientific background to the claims of the book made by Thomas Erikson. It is based on the [[Personality Tests#DiSC|DiSC]] test, which has its origin in the 1930s and has scientifically not been show accurate. The results have high reliability (consistent results over time) but their validity is questionable.
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Nonetheless, I think there are learnings in the books. The way the different personalities are described is accurate and I did remember several interactions with people while reading it. It is important not to judge people's character through the lens of the colours, but rather using it to strategise the best responses with respect to behaviour. If someone shows red behaviour, we take it as red behaviour and act accordingly - we don't say the person is red. Behaviours can be very environment dependent.
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A critical comment can be found here: [One of Sweden's biggest scientific bluffs – Vetenskap och Folkbildning](https://www.vof.se/blogg/one-of-swedens-biggest-scientific-bluffs/).
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## Clippings
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> [!info] Import Clippings from Kindle
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> Annotate Clippings with thoughts and cross references
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```query
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Surrounded by Idiots Thomas Erikson
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-file: "Surrounded by Idiots by Thomas Erikson.md"
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