Surrounded by Idiots: The Four Types of Human Behaviour (or, How to Understand Those Who Cannot Be Understood)

by Thomas Erikson

if you refuse to play along, you can manage Reds’ anger.

Criticizing a Green can be cruel. They will feel bad and will simply withdraw and shut down. In general, they have weaker egos and can often be very self-critical. You don’t want to increase this burden even more.

it may be difficult to get a Blue to respond to feedback, he has no problem criticizing others.