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Interesting approach to practical psychology, maybe too simplified, but I have no education to really judge that. Anyway, it can probably save serious troubles for more than one person. Still, it is written clearly looking from Scandinavian point of view. While fully understandable in Europe, might be not so clear and applicable for example for Latin or Asian people, despite that author recons that it is fully universal. Nevertheless, at least two techniques of defense against manipulators are p...

I really liked the book "Idiots around me", so the expectation of this book was great. Unfortunately, this book did not live up to expectations.

Obviously this book has an element of confirmation bias about it... People who pick up this book are likely to have someone in mind. And, as Erikson shows you, if it walks, talks and acts like a psychopath, it probably is!What was particularly helpful about this book is that it didn't give any apologies for psychopathic and narcissistic behaviour. As someone who firmly fits in the yellow typology, my draw toward empathy is, as Erikson points out, the very way in which a psychopath will manipulat...

This was such a good read!

Well, this was a good read, getting an insight into how a psychopath behaves. It was quite terrifying, to be honest.

A gift from my friend and an international best seller is the only reason that I completed this book. In my opinion perhaps the only relatable psychological relationship is the author last name.The thing about self-help book is that it is often backed up by pseudo science that is written in a manner cater to lay person that is unaware of the concepts presented in the book. Thomas Erikson's surrounded by psychopath is another classic example of such reading. It started with running examples of wh...

I enjoyed this much more than Surrounded by Idiots. Eventhough the book is targeted towards understanding how psychopaths (a term I never liked to use and label people with because it's very biased and I prefer to identify those as manipulative) could manipulate the four colors and advice on how to react. Despite the biasness emphasized throughout the book, I enjoyed picking up a few points and takeaways on how to categorize, understand and react to manipulative behavior in a conflict . A lot of...

I learnt a lot. I think it's better to read it as a book instead of an audiobook.Update. Lowered it to 2 stars. It is not that great actually.

Human behaviour fascinates me and I saw this book and thought this might be interesting to get a better understanding not for psychopaths but for human behaviour in general. I couldn't finish the book and I feel dissatisfied here. It was interesting at times but I felt it was all a kind of sales pitch to me as a reader. I do find that I question myself more what other peoples motives might be. Being an international bestseller doesn't always make the book a good read. Mirriam Webster defines psy...

Similar to his other book, surrounded by idiots, this book repeats almost everything verbatim with little to no new insight.

Picked up this book because I heard so many good things about 'Surrounded by Idiots' but was too lazy to read that book. I was hoping this book to be really enlightening and all, but it turned out to be rather gossipy and filled with insipid and rather slippery slope-y anecdotes which made it really hard for me to take whatever was written too seriously. The language is fairly colloquial so it was pretty easy to just charge through the segments that were painful to read and what pushed me to fin...

This author is clearly a business man. His repetitive ramblings suggest he has an axe to grind rather than any real awareness or understanding of mental ill-health, personality disorders or psychopathy. There are much better books on the market which explore similar issues. I'd start with Jon Ronson's 'The Psychopath Test' or M. E. Thomas' 'Confessions of a Sociopath'.

Internationally bestselling author Thomas Erikson returns with another fascinating book which shows readers how to identify and avoid the psychopaths around them. Charming, charismatic, and delightful or manipulative, self-serving, and cunning? Psychopaths are both and that's exactly what makes them dangerous. Bestselling author of the international phenomenon Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson reveals how to identify the psychopaths in your life and combat their efforts to control and manipul...

5 pages in and as someone who studies mental health I am CRINGING. Phrases like ‘normal people’ and the general tone in which people who are demonised who were born this way is abhorrent. There is a factual way to get all of this across. The author seems jaded, and I can see many who have been jaded by someone with anti social/narcissistic TRAITS, would love this book. People throw the term psychopath and sociopath around so loosely- when in actuality they compromise 1% of the population in clin...

It's definitely a straightforward book about Psychopaths. Although it seems like it's very rare that we run into them, according to the book it's more common than we think.Surrounded by Psychopaths has some great examples of how people manipulate each other and how we are fooled into being manipulated by others. It also categorizes people in four different colors which are red, yellow, green, and blue.The last 25% of the book focuses on learning the different manipulation strategies people usual...

This book provides a helpful mental model to understand your own behavior better and how others might use your weak spots to manipulate you. As someone who’s worked closely with a psychopath, I found the explanation of manipulation tactics at the end to be especially useful knowledge. I just wish I would have had the book a few years ago to guide me through that situation.This isn’t meant to be science. It’s meant to be a practical guide to help people understand human behavior a little better.

i didn't realise this at first but the author completely demonises psychopaths and focuses more on criticising their behaviour rather than explaining how to deal with exploiters like the title says, as if the world needed even more stigma on people with personality neuropsychiatric disorders from a best-selling book

Definitely an interesting read! It was very interesting to learn and differentiate people in four different color system! And importantly to learn about psychopaths and how they manipulate!This book will surely help to look at manipulative people around us and also about the behavior of psychopath!Would recommend and worth a read if you are interested in such topics!

One of the best books I've ever read in my entire life. I can't stress enough now truly important this topic is and I'm grateful for how smooth, organized and easy it is to follow through with the author's message. Truly well-researched and simple, yet very profound. So many people need to read this, TOTAL recommend!