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Rodeados de idiotas: Los cuatro tipos de personalidades (o cómo entender a quienes cuesta tanto entender) / Surrounded by Idiots
312 pages, Paperback
Published August 26, 2025
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About the author
Thomas Erikson
41 books1,602 followersThomas Erikson is a behaviourist and the bestselling author of the Surrounded by- series about human behaviours.
The series, has been translated to close to 60 languages and has sold over 8 million copies.
His mission is to make people’s lives easier by making them more aware of themselves and help people to a better understanding of what it takes to achieve the best possible communication.
He is a highly sought-after public speaker with 120 keynotes yearly on topics such as human behaviours, self-awareness, , narcissism, and leadership.
He lives by the simple but useful quote:
You can’t change somebody else, but you can change yourself.
Thomas was writing for twenty years before finally getting published. Being an author was his dream in life, so he never gave up. Instead he tested new ideas, tweaked his writing style, learned new skills, asked professionals, worked from 03.00 in the morning for years.
No one really believed in his writing ambitions, so he had to believe in himself.
Nowadays Thomas is Sweden’s most translated author still active. Only Selma Lagerlöf and Astid Lindgren has been translated into more languages.
He has until today published twelve books – half fiction and half non-fiction – and he will continue to write as long as he breathes.
He lives on the countryside in Sweden with his wife Christina, Sweden’s biggest romance author, he runs a family business that provides online courses and master classes on all the topics he writes about in his books.
Fun fact: Thomas is a true anglophile. He is a passionate gardener, loves topiary: if he could wear tweed the full year he would. And he is s collector of old Land Rovers.
Some of them works, most of them don’t.
The series, has been translated to close to 60 languages and has sold over 8 million copies.
His mission is to make people’s lives easier by making them more aware of themselves and help people to a better understanding of what it takes to achieve the best possible communication.
He is a highly sought-after public speaker with 120 keynotes yearly on topics such as human behaviours, self-awareness, , narcissism, and leadership.
He lives by the simple but useful quote:
You can’t change somebody else, but you can change yourself.
Thomas was writing for twenty years before finally getting published. Being an author was his dream in life, so he never gave up. Instead he tested new ideas, tweaked his writing style, learned new skills, asked professionals, worked from 03.00 in the morning for years.
No one really believed in his writing ambitions, so he had to believe in himself.
Nowadays Thomas is Sweden’s most translated author still active. Only Selma Lagerlöf and Astid Lindgren has been translated into more languages.
He has until today published twelve books – half fiction and half non-fiction – and he will continue to write as long as he breathes.
He lives on the countryside in Sweden with his wife Christina, Sweden’s biggest romance author, he runs a family business that provides online courses and master classes on all the topics he writes about in his books.
Fun fact: Thomas is a true anglophile. He is a passionate gardener, loves topiary: if he could wear tweed the full year he would. And he is s collector of old Land Rovers.
Some of them works, most of them don’t.
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Displaying 1 - 6 of 6 reviews
July 15, 2025
Título muy “clickbait” pero conceptos interesantes , analizando todo el espectro del comportamiento de los individuos en sociedad. Imposible no sentirse identificado con uno o varios de los grupos y de esa forma entendernos más a nosotros y entender más al resto. Lectura interesante y fácil.
November 28, 2025
La realidad es que los seres humanos somos mucho más complejos y matizados que cuatro cajas de colores. Encasillar a la gente puede ser peligroso si se usa para juzgar en lugar de entender.
Léelo si querés mejorar tus habilidades sociales básicas... O sobrevivir a tu jefe (lol)
Léelo si querés mejorar tus habilidades sociales básicas... O sobrevivir a tu jefe (lol)
October 4, 2025
Me fascinó la precisión de este libro para categorizar y describir personalidades. Es de lo más útil que leí en mucho tiempo.
October 15, 2025
✳️ ~Si tienes un amigo verde, jamás olvidará tu cumpleaños~
🔹 ~Si lo hubiera conocido aquella noche, habría pensado que era un amarillo~
🔹 ~Si lo hubiera conocido aquella noche, habría pensado que era un amarillo~
January 5, 2026
Interesante libro que puede darte una idea de como lidiar con comportamientos de personas que te cuesta entender cómo piensan y por qué hacen las cosas de la manera en que lo hacen.
January 23, 2026
Una recopilación de historias para ejemplificar y contextualizar las diferentes personalidades que van por el mundo, con la intención de ayudarnos a no morir en el intento de convivir con ellos.
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