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Surrounded by Psychopaths

Thomas Erikson

  • 272 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 2020
  • 6 editions
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1 About this book

Surrounded by Psychopaths is a follow-up to Thomas Erikson's Surrounded by Idiots. It uses the same four color-coded behavior types, Red, Yellow, Green and Blue, to look at manipulation: how highly manipulative people charm, persuade and control others, and how the weak points of each type can be exploited. Erikson then explains how knowing your own type can help you recognize these tactics and resist them.

  • Sociology
  • Psychology

2 What to expect

A follow-up to Surrounded by Idiots that turns the same four color types toward manipulation. It describes how manipulative people work on others, which weaknesses each personality type tends to have, and how to protect yourself. The word psychopath is used loosely, for skilled manipulators in everyday life, and the color model behind the book is a popular tool, not established science.

3 About Thomas Erikson

Born 1965

Thomas Lennart Joakim Erikson (born 19 September 1965) is a Swedish author. He is known for his self-help book series Surrounded By, more specifically his book, Surrounded by Idiots, in which he categorizes the personalities of people in colors based on the pseudoscientific DISC assessment.

Bio adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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