{"id":812,"date":"2025-04-03T15:04:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/onemiguel.es\/?p=812"},"modified":"2025-04-03T15:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T15:04:48","slug":"surrounded-by-idiots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onemiguel.es\/en\/reads\/surrounded-by-idiots\/","title":{"rendered":"Surrounded by Idiots"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Excerpts from the book of\u00a0<em>Thomas Erikson<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything you say to a person is filtered through his frames of reference, biases, and preconceived ideas. It may feel depressing knowing that you have so little control over what your listener understands. You simply can\u2019t change how the listener functions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>No matter what method you choose to communicate with, as an individual, you will always be in the minority. No matter what kind of behavior you have, the majority of people around you will function differently from you. You can\u2019t just base your method of communication on your own preferences. Flexibility and the ability to interpret other people\u2019s needs is what characterizes a good communicator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Some people are opposed to the idea of sorting people into different behavior types. Maybe you believe that you shouldn\u2019t categorize people in that way, that it\u2019s wrong to pigeonhole people. However, everyone does it, perhaps in another way than I do in this book, but we all register our differences nonetheless.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Behavior is a function of Personality and Surrounding factors. Behavior is that which we can observe. Personality is what we try to figure out. Surrounding factors are things that we have an influence on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>If everyone were a driven leader, there would be no one left to be led.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Introverted doesn\u2019t mean silent; it means active in the inner world<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>The best advice I can give if you really can\u2019t analyze the person you meet is to shut your mouth and start listening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Anger is one thing. Stress is another. Sometimes one is a consequence of the other, but not always. 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