The Chimp Paradox

Undergraduate dean at Sheffield University Medical School and consulting psychiatrist Dr. Steve Peters, who works with the British Cycling and Sky ProCycling teams, tells how a wild “inner Chimp” romps around inside your brain. Paranoid and delusional, living by the law of the jungle, your Chimp causes damage if you leave it unattended.

Your inner Chimp is too powerful for you to control, Peters says, but you can manage it. He shows you how to tame your inner ape – or id – with his “Chimp Management System.” Peters helps you make the most of your brain’s “Human” and “Computer” components – “Gremlins,” “Goblins” and “Autopilots” – to become more confident, develop sustaining relationships, increase your organizational and work effectiveness, keep and stay motivated, and gain success and happiness.