Surrounded by Idiots

A catchy title don’t you think? That’s exactly what made me buy the book with that title. I had never heard of the author or the book before but I was lucky that it was not a bore. Just like how MBTI personality types are famous, this book talks about a similar DISC model which compartmentalises personality into four colors :

Red – The fiery go getters who looks stubborn and rude

Yellow – The positive sunshine who seems like they are in the air and not grounded

Green – The friendly calm hardworking ant workers in a honeybee kingdom who doesn’t take a stand for themselves 

Blue – The nerd and geek who is so mysterious that we call them weird! 

If that’s all about it why read a book and not a summary like this or a podcast or video? I think the same when it comes to most self help books, why drag the same thing over and over. But what I realised is repetition helps in sneaking the content into your mind consciously or unconsciously. Now it’s upto us, as adults, whether we want to use the info we got to understand others and ourselves. I guess the book was mainly for office workers like sales/marketing/managers who deal with people in general and has to do lots of negotiations, delegation of work, etc. It also helps in smoothening out our relationships with any person, be it colleagues, partners, parents, children, friends or even neighbours. 

So though the content is repetitive the good part of the book is it’s not boring. The writing is conversational and funny at times which is perfect for me. Every sentence in the book, I was figuring out myself and few others that I know into these colors. And the effect prevailed for days after.

This was the first book of 2025. Last year I completed more than 40 books. Ever since I started distancing myself from Instagram (though I did my quota of time wasting on chirpy bird app), I think I got more time to read. Planning to write more about them on the blog too.

Which book are you reading or planning to read this year?