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Elco1998 t1_j288wi6 wrote

Reply to comment by minimalist_coach in Favorite Self-Improvement Books: December 2022 by AutoModerator

"Surrounded by Idiots" by Thomas Erikson seems similar to "The Four Tendencies". You might like it as well.

It's about 4 peoples personality types: red (leadership/aggresive), blue (analytical/scrutiny), yellow (talkative/egotiscial) And then green (workers/submissive) and they're behaviors and how they work together; they're pros and cons and who works with who best. It can be used for businesses for productivity, communication or simply understanding yourself and others (which is what I used it for). It makes you take things less personally when people act certain ways (because its their nature) — it makes you more forgiving.

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minimalist_coach t1_j29om31 wrote

I haven't heard of that one. I'll check it out.

I'm a retired Life and Health Coach and I've studied a lot of personality profiles, DISC, Enneagrams, Meyers-Briggs, Human Designs, Strength Finder, and several more. I'm a rather extreme example of my type in most of these frameworks, so understanding myself and others has allowed me to communicate more effectively.

As a coach knowing how people respond to inner and outer expectations made it much easier for me to guide clients into systems that work for them.

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