The Chimp Paradox: The Mind Management Program to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence, and Happiness

The Chimp Paradox is actually a pretty easy concept to get your head around - and once you do, it may be as life-changing for you as it has been for me. It really helps me understand myself better, and gives you tools for controlling your own emotional outbursts, your own procrastination - helping you control many aspects of your own emotions and behavior that are hard for you yourself to understand. That said, I recommend watching some of the many Youtubes on the Chimp Paradox, and also getting the book. This is a model well-worth becoming a fan of. By far the best self-help methodology I've come across in my 60 years on earth, second only to to the concept of loving and trusting God.

I'm not into self help books, but this one is a readable explanation of how the parts of your mind work together or against each other and gives tactics on where to spend your energy to get your mind in order. The author uses readable language, and understandable concepts to explain how it works. While not the authorial intent, if you are a Christian, this is a nuts and bolts explanation of what Paul is talking about in the latter part of Romans 7. This is where Paul describes his two selves, the one that does what he wants to do (the human), and the one that does stupid stuff despite his best efforts (the chimp). I suspect there are parallels in other religious traditions and would be interested in their writings on the topic.

Really enjoyed learning this mind management program. Very easy and compelling knowledge. Highly recommend reading, especially, if you are a business leader

As a recreational cyclist of 50 years or so and an amateur racer for the past 30 years and a follower of pro cycling, I had read frequent references to chimps in relation to the elite athletes of British Cycling. I had also read of Dr Steve Peters who works with British Cycling and the Sky Procycling Team. I also knew that his work with the athletes had been extremely successful in helping them win a string of Olympic Gold Medals in Beijing 2008. I was therefore curious as to what the fuss was about. This book neatly and clearly sums up the concepts applied by the author in his work. His thesis is that we all have 3 parts to our brain, a Chimp who works on emotion and sees things in black and white and a Human who is calm, sensible and logical. Both struggle for control and often the Chimp wins and make us do things in sport and everyday life that we might regret. The Chimp and the Human program the third part of our brain which is the Computer. In other words the part that allows us (amongst other things) to ride a bike, drive a car, and behave in a reasonable manner towards our fellow humans. Using the concepts and ideas in the book, one can learn how to manage the Chimp to get the best out of sport, work and life. It also teaches us how to recognize and work around other people's Chimps. I found this book gave me a great insight into the way I used to react to sporting, work and general life situations. It alerted me to the existence of my Chimp and gave me some tools to manage it. The book is an excellent tool for planning sporting objectives. Don't expect this book to give you the answers to life's problems but it will certainly give you the tools to help you deal with them. Highly recommended

I read a snapshot of this book on an app that summarizes books. Found it interesting enough I bought it. The material for managing yourself mentally is interesting enough. However also being mostly left handed / right brain dominate this book mixes information and analogies that make it in my opinion easy to remember and easily relatable.

The paperback version of this book was offered to me a couple of years ago and now I decided to buy the Kindle version since I prefer to read my books using it. I was thinking to upgrade to the audio version since I read that the audio upgrades would have a discount to those who buy the Kindle version. To my amazement, the audio upgrade costs $31 which is almost 3x the book price. Is this the discount you talk about? Who in his right mind will pay $31 for the audio version after buy the Kindle version? How ridiculous is this?

This book compares three brains that are present in our minds. The Chimp, Human, and the Computer brain and how they interact with one another. How each brain interpendently works towards a specific problem and share insights on how they determine their actions. The Chimp is Quick to act and think it's too dangerous or it's not worth it to take action. The Human uses logic to develop a plan a think I can move forward, and the Computer puts the thoughts together and uses the human experiences and to move forward.

If you are struggling in one or more relationships -- if you are unhappy with how you behave sometimes -- or if you are merely curious about why we lose our temper when we do: read this book. The insights are profound, the message highly responsible (the fate of souls is at stake). The book represents a modern scientist's understanding of the human condition and, as such, it is not comprehensive: yet it is also compatible with the Rousseauan grasp of amour-propre (ourselves as beings wanting the esteem of other beings) and amour de soi (ourselves as beings loving ourselves and others with a kind of innocent benevolence). In any case, it's a book well worth reading.