Surrounded by Idiots

I wish that this book hadn't been as propped up by anecdata. There is interesting stuff here and it was so masked by all the “stories.”

It has something about it but I was not that impressed

I went in not knowing the book was about the DISC system. Because I had briefly studied the system as part of my coaching training I was already familiar with the concepts. Nonetheless I thought it was a good idea to get a refresher.

Overall the book made it easy for anyone to understand the DISC system, but for all the mentions of people being most likely multicolored, I think the author didn't do enough of explaining instances of multicolor and how that affects their behavior. How does a green-blue differ from blue-green? What determines their “base” color and does a person's palette ever change? Does being aware of the colors shift people's behavior?

Overall I think the book is too superficial to give the DISC system justice, if it's worth any. The 4-grid system seemed too simplistic in this painting, and becomes too vague when everything can be explained away by “case-by-case basis”.

I learned a little, but not enough. Maybe that's proof that I'm a true blue with a dash of red.