This is such a bad book that I don't know where to start. I want to say 'Trust me, don't waste your money, go spend it on junk food 'cos it'll be better for you.' In fact almost anything else would be better value. This is poorly-written nonsense.
The author posits four different types of people, So you'd think there would be a self-assessment tool of some sort, wouldn't you? No such thing. I suppose you're meant to self-identify, but this isn't helped by a pretty strong overlap between the different types. And of course there's no offering to help you identify the other people you might meet. The author does admit that you may be a mix of more than one type, but this isn't really discussed. And there's nothing at all about how people develop and grow over time, which is important.
The self-assessment is based loosely on the DiSC model, which is highly questionable. However, in the original model the C stands for 'compliance,' but out author has changed this to 'analytical ability.' What?????????? No way, in the dictionary or in personality theory, can you equate 'compliance' with 'analytical ability.' In fact there's a strong case for saying that they're mutually exclusive, because people with strong analytical skills don't usually accept what's on offer in compliant fashion. I had to bang my head several times before I could believe that this is really what he'd written; what's happened to the profession of copy-editor? (A good copy-editor would have killed that title as much too confrontational).
There's some loose analysis of the four different types and advice on getting on with them, but the advice is so general and/or it begs the question - summarised as 'do the right thing and try not to annoy them.' And the book is difficult to read - there's no sense of structure or flow, no sense of guiding curious readers to the next thing they'll be interested in. Why this book found its way into the best-seller lists is an utter puzzle.
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Dr. V. Stewart
Badly-written nonsense, difficult to read, impossible to understand. Avoid.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 December 2019Verified Purchase
J. Mclean
Don't buy, save your money and take people as you find them
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 15 December 2019Verified Purchase
Cautious buyer
Brilliant personality type book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 7 September 2019Verified Purchase
Jacky Marsh
Good book but pages are stuck
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 October 2019Verified Purchase
Paulie & Tim Desmond (DeziGirl Beauty)
Quite a interesting book
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 September 2019Verified Purchase