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More like he knows his audience. Snake oil salesmen know they're selling garbage.
Yep. The colour theory stuff in there makes MBTI and horoscopes look detailed and well-documented in comparison
Yeah, let me guess; you're a greeny?
disclaimer: I don't know the colour theory
Hey I just want a simple way to understand myself, others, and my place in the world without having to do any personal introspection.
Fuck, me too. I tried personal introspection and I do not recommend it.
I dot want to talk about myself. That guy is a jerk!
“Yah, well the Jerk Store called and they’re all out of you!”
For anyone curious, it's the "DISC assesment", partly developed by William Moulton Marston. The guy behind the polygraph and Wonder Woman.
It's based on his obsession with bondage and how he thought it was the solution to a "peaceful human society":
Yeah most reputable assessment developers have long moved away from shit like DiSC and MBTI, they were never grounded in science and just make the average person think ideas like personality are just pure snake oil when they are very complex nuanced topics.
If anyone wants to know about way more valid measures look up HEXACO and take the 60 or 100 item measure if you want to actually get an understanding of your own personality (note anything less than 60 items for a personality test is either not a general test or BS)
I thought I was horny
Could also be that he knows his audience are self-obsessed weirdos and perhaps the books try to gently explain to the reader that they are in fact the problem in most of these situations.
I did some searching, apparently the four colors represented are things like "Reds think speed limits are for people who don't know how to drive", and "Blues think people who don't read the entire contract before signing are idiots" - which contains kernels of truth; it also says that most people have a selection of traits from at least two colors. So basically it's just a serious version of "white guys drive like this, but black guys drive like this"
I worked some place that did something similar, if not this exact thing. We answered a 20 question quiz of "do you do x, or y? Very in-depth, of course.
It's not an "all or none" situation, but it's supposed to be used as a guideline about how to best interact with different people. Blue/green would prefer a steady, consistent approach. Red/yellow want things fast and aggressive, etc.
What actually happened was people preening about getting the "good colors" that had traits that the company liked, and then absolutely no change at all in the culture or how we treated people anyway, regardless of results.
It was a complete waste of time, but the execs got big wall sized color charts and pinned everyone's names to them, so I guess they enjoyed their made up work for a bit.
I actually do think speed limits are for people who cant drive.... They do annoy me... And I cant do anything about that...
I feel happy when going slightly faster than speed limit. Traffic flows and things are good. But people who drive exactly the speed limit and blocking others, thats incredibly annoying. Usually they stay in the right lane though so I can pass, thank god.
I also dont read the entire contract, I kind of trust its going to be OK, so guess im also an idiot. :)