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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) | Thomas Erikson

bailed

I wanted to read this book, and it‘s companion “Surrounded by Psychopaths,” because I thought they would help me prepare for interviewing for new jobs after my job in Dallas can no longer be done remotely (from 1,100 miles away). I was enjoying it until I went looking for tests to verify which “color” I was. 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻

GingerAntics I never found an answer, but I did find that my uncertainty existed not because something is wrong with me, but because the book itself is pseudoscientific madness. It turns out the only thing Erikson is an expert in is the long con. #ThomasErikson #SurroundedByIdiots #CommunicationSkills 4y

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GingerAntics

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

“He has just as much right as my poodle to call himself a behavioural scientist.”

https://soccermatics.medium.com/how-swedes-were-fooled-by-one-of-the-biggest-sci...

Well, this is a disappointment. I was so looking forward to reading about how not to be manipulated, but it turns out Erikson is a conman. I‘m sorry I gave him money now.
#ThomasErikson #SurroundedByIdiots #CommunicationSkills

GingerAntics Turns out the Myers–Briggs test is total BS too. To think I once had a psychology prof give us the DISC test that Erikson used and another that gave us Myers–Briggs; even though both are pseudoscience. That is not reassuring. 4y

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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) | Thomas Erikson