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Do you ever look around you and 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 get your back up? Do you ever get the feeling you're surrounded by idiots?
You are not alone. Swedish behavioural scientist and runaway bestselling author Thomas Erikson is here to help, and will inform and entertain you in equal measure. Available in English for the first time, Surrounded by Idiots, presents his simple model based on four personality types (Red, Blue, Green and Yellow). When you understand the psychology of each you can adapt your communication style to handle anyone more easily and get the best out of the people you have to deal with - be it at work, in public or at home.
Thomas Erikson guarantees that after reading this book the number of idiots around you will be drastically reduced and you will have a better understanding of everyone around you. With a bit of luck you can also be confident that the idiot out there is not you!
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SURROUNDED BY VAMPIRES - OR, HOW TO SLAY THE TIME, ENERGY AND SOUL SUCKERS IN YOUR LIFE
Thomas Erikson
- Vermilion
- 5 Septembre 2023
- 9781785043994
From the Sunday Times and international bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots -- Do conversations with certain people leave you feeling depleted or exhausted?
-- Do you have colleagues who take a lot of your time but don''t actually do - or contribute - much?
-- Are there people in your life who diminish you through their words, actions or inactions?
You could be surrounded by Vampires! International bestselling author Thomas Erikson will help you recognize and deal with the three most common Vampires that exist to take not give:
Time Suckers -- these are the Vampires who waste your time. Typically, they expect you to do all the work while they take all the credit or they require an outsized amount of your time while giving back little to nothing.
Energy Suckers -- these are the Vampires who suck out your energy and your passion. When you are around them, even for short periods of time, you leave with less energy than you started with, because they suck that energy right out of you. Energy Suckers feed on your passion, ideas and talents then leave you with nothing left.
Soul Suckers -- these are the worst Vampires of all. Be they family, friends or co-workers, Soul Suckers use you for their own gain and, consciously or unconsciously, make you feel smaller every chance they get. They are the people in your life who don''t support you and constantly tell you what you can''t do, why you are going to fail, how you aren''t the right person, why you are fooling yourself, and more.
Aside from Human Vampires there are also Habit Vampires. Social media can be a time, energy and soul sucker. Addiction, negative thinking, inaction, procrastination and more -- all these things can suck the very life right out of you!
Fortunately, no Human or Habit Vampire can survive when the sun shines on them. With the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson will help you spot the Vampires around you and find your light to vanish their influence for good. -
SURROUNDED BY LIARS ; OR, HOW TO STOP HALF TRUTHS, DECEPTION STORYTELLING RUINING YOUR
Thomas Erikson
- Vermilion
- 5 Octobre 2024
- 9781785044762
From the Sunday Times and international bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots.
Studies suggest two people who have never met before will tell three lies within the first five minutes. Astounding. But why?
Why do we choose to lie even when we know it''s wrong? To not hurt people we love? To present ourselves in a better light? To win short-term points and praise? Or, are there simply far more obscure reasons behind why we lie?
In Surrounded by Liars, international bestselling author and behavioural expert Thomas Erikson will help you recognise the different types of lies we tell and will reveal the psychological reasons behind our lies. From harmless white lies and polishing the truth, to withholding certain information and outright storytelling, Thomas Erikson asks how much you can lie before it becomes a problem and whether it is possible to lie so much that you end up believing your own version of the truth.
With the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots, discover why we lie, how it affects our relationships and how to detect the liars in your life. -
SURROUNDED BY BAD BOSSES AND LAZY EMPLOYEES - OR, HOW TO DEAL WITH IDIOTS AT WORK
Thomas Erikson
- Vermilion
- 17 Août 2021
- 9781785043406
Surrounded by idiots at work? Fed up with a bad boss or lazy colleagues? Thomas Erikson, author of the runaway international bestseller Surrounded by Idiots , will help you handle them and get things done, the right way Why is good leadership so rare? Everyone has to manage up to some extent but frankly some bosses are worse than others. If you''re being driven crazy by a micro-manager, frequently drown under your boss''s unreasonable expectations or struggle with being handed out responsibilities but no authority international behavioural expert Thomas Erikson is here to help. Drawing on the simple four-colour system that made Surrounded by Idiots a global bestseller, Erikson shows how understanding your boss''s behavioural tendencies as well as your own will lead to a more harmonious and productive workplace. He also sets out what characterises an exemplary leader type and how you can adapt your behaviour to model it. Because there are two sides to every coin, Erikson also looks at employees themselves and why some colleagues frequently underachieve and what you can do to change this. Written with Erikson''s signature humour and warmth, Surrounded by Bad Bosses and Lazy Employees will help you deal with the most hopeless managers and employees you can imagine - and keep you entertained along the way.
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Thomas Erikson is a Swedish behavioural expert, active lecturer and bestselling author. For the last 18 years he has been travelling all over Europe delivering lectures and seminars in Swedish and English to executives and managers at a wide range of companies, including IKEA, Coca Cola, Microsoft, Volvo and KIA Motors. Surrounded by Idiots ( Omgiven Av Idioter ) has been a Swedish runaway bestseller in since it was first published in 2014. It has sold over 2.5 million copies worldwide, of which nearly 1 million copies have been sold in Sweden alone, and it has been translated into 42 languages. For more information about the author and his work visit thomaserikson.com.>
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SURROUNDED BY PSYCHOPATHS ; OR, HOW TO STOP BEING EXPLOITED BY OTHERS
Thomas Erikson
- Vermilion
- 8 Octobre 2020
- 9781785043321
Thomas Erikson is a Swedish behavioral expert, active lecturer and bestselling author. For the last 18 years he has been travelling all over Europe delivering lectures and seminars in Swedish and English to executives and managers at a wide range of companies, including IKEA, Coca Cola, Microsoft, Volvo and KIA Motors. Surrounded by Idiots (Omgiven Av Idioter) has been a Swedish runaway bestseller in since it was first published in 2014. It has sold over 1.5 million copies worldwide, of which over 750,000 copies have been sold in Sweden alone, and it has been translated into 36 languages. For more information about the author visit thomaserikson.com.
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SURROUNDED BY SETBACKS - OR, HOW TO SUCCEED WHEN EVERYTHING''S GONE BAD
Thomas Erikson
- Vermilion
- 5 Octobre 2021
- 9781785043666
How to handle everything (and everyone) around you when all hell breaks loose, from the international bestselling author of Surrounded by Idiots . Not everything goes the way we want it to - the world or people around us sometimes just spin out of control. Just consider the Covid pandemic for starters. Or how about that mad neighbour you have living next-door to you? Or when work seems to be going down the toilet when the competition keep outsmarting you? So how do you handle everything life throws your way when you''d really prefer to tell everyone to get stuffed? Thomas Erikson will help you turn adversity into success with the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots . Starting by reminding us that life is as it is, Erikson helps you see that it is in fact useless to try to control everything happening around you. Instead of protesting when life throws you curveballs, focus instead on how to handle them. Just as you keep the weeds away from the garden to provide space and amazing flowers, you need to find an approach to adversity that works for you and will give you the chance to turn everything into success. Surrounded by Setbacks will help you pinpoint the approach that works for you and will entertain and empower you in equal measure.
