Book · 2013 · Business & Economics
The Chimp Paradox
The Mind Management Program to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence, and Happiness
- mentions
- 15
- people
- 8
- podcasts
- 5
- episodes
- 10
- critical mentions
- 0
But yeah you should read that books in Paradox if there's one book which honestly helps you understand yourself and you go my own brain it's that with your relationships why sometimes you're you argue with your wife how to get control of those emotional moments.
What they say about it
- Helps understand the mind“how our mind works”2
- Authored by Steve Peters“who wrote The Chimp Paradox”2
The best things said about it
That's a book that actually saved the lives of some people very close to me.
He evangelizes it and credits it with helping him overcome his alcohol addiction.
Great book if if nobody's ever read that by the way if they want to know more about that.
A world leading psychiatrist the author of a number of very influential books including The Chimp Paradox a man who has helped multiple British athletes.
The other person she was surrounded by throughout her career is steve peters who a lot of you will know from the book he authored the paradox which redefines from a psychiatrist's point of view how our mind works and where our behavior comes from.
Where and when it comes up
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How it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
8 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
The Chimp Paradox by Steve Peters is a psychological guide that uses a metaphor of the emotional 'chimp' and the rational human brain to help readers understand emotional control and impulse management. The book received widespread praise from numerous podcast hosts and guests. Whitney Cummings mentioned reading the text after a recommendation from Ronnie O'Sullivan to understand human impulses, while Travis Haley cited it on The Shawn Ryan Show to explain the amygdala hijack during high-stress situations. Andy Ramage referenced Dr. Stephen Peters when discussing values exercises for elite athletes, and Chris Williamson introduced the chimp model on Modern Wisdom. Steven Bartlett strongly championed the book across multiple episodes of The Diary Of A CEO, noting that it had saved the lives of people close to him, helped his business partner overcome alcohol addiction, and served as an invaluable tool for mastering emotional moments in relationships. The consistent acclaim highlighted the book's broad utility in personal development, emotional regulation, and high-performance psychology.
Every mention
Steven Bartlett The other conversation I reflect on, which kind comes to mind as you're talking is Steve Peters who wrote T… 8
Recommended
“The other conversation I reflect on, which kind comes to mind as you're talking is Steve Peters who wrote The Chimp Paradox. He talks about Have you read it? It's a great book.”
Discussed
“he's a world leading psychiatrist the author of a number of very influential books including the chimp Paradox a man who has helped multiple British athletes”
Discussed
“which is where you say in the chin Paradox that life isn't fair”
Recommended
“but yeah you should read that books in Paradox if there's one book which honestly helps you understand yourself and you go my own brain it's that with your relationships why sometimes you're you argue with your wife how to get control of those emotional moments”
Recommended
“Some of you, most of you, will know him from his best-selling book, The Chimp Paradox, which has sold millions of copies worldwide and that's a book that actually saved the lives of some people very close to me.”
Discussed
“Um you your book, The Chimp Paradox, really focused on psychological dysfunction. Yes.”
Recommended
“And I said he doesn't read a ton of books, but the book that he did read was The Chimp Paradox. And he evangelizes it and credits it with helping him overcome his alcohol addiction”
Discussed
“the other person she was surrounded by throughout her career is steve peters who a lot of you will know from the book he authored the paradox which redefines from a psychiatrist's point of view how our mind works and where our behavior comes from”
Andy Ramage He wrote the Chimp Paradox. 1
Recommended
“He wrote the Chimp Paradox.”
Travis Haley it's like that's the amydala hijack that's the the chimp Paradox great book if if nobody's ever read that b… 1
Recommended
“it's like that's the amydala hijack that's the the chimp Paradox great book if if nobody's ever read that by the way if they want to know more about that”
Whitney Cummings Like, I'm reading this book, The Chimp Paradox, recommended by Ronnie O Sullivan. Have you ever heard of th… 1
Recommended
“Like, I'm reading this book, The Chimp Paradox, recommended by Ronnie O Sullivan. Have you ever heard of that book, The Chimp Paradox? That's what it is, right?”
Chris Williamson the most famous conception that you had originally uh publicly at least uh was the chimp Paradox 1
Discussed
“the most famous conception that you had originally uh publicly at least uh was the chimp Paradox”
Sonny Webster one my friend's dad mind Fricker and two David Riedl and they're both of the same schoolís or the Steven St… 1
Discussed
“one my friend's dad mind Fricker and two David Riedl and they're both of the same schoolís or the Steven Steve peers Is it chimp paradox etc”
Steve Peters so that's why I called it the chimp Paradox and I wrote the chimp Paradox 1
Discussed
“so that's why I called it the chimp Paradox and I wrote the chimp Paradox”
Tony Bellew someone sent me a book and I've I've actually done well I've got it on me audiobook and I haven't done it i… 1
Discussed
“someone sent me a book and I've I've actually done well I've got it on me audiobook and I haven't done it is it the chimp Paradox he sat here Steve pieces the author I haven't read this in Avenues but people have said to me you should really read it”
Also mentioned in the same episodes
Other mentions (1: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“tell me if I Rumble too much because I get asked a lot about do you have a chimp and I my chin wrote the books you know it decided to collude with me”