Surrounded by Idiots

I would say that this book was indeed very informative. I learnt more about myself and the people surrounding me. There were also humor when describing the various colors n i loved the fact that the author brought real-life scenarios when giving his explanations.

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.

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.”