📘 'The Chimp Paradox' by Steve Peters

So who is Steve Peters and what's all this chimp chit-chat?

Peters is a sports psychiatrist who has worked with the great snooker player Ronnie O'Sullivan and British Cycling among others.

The book itself uses the analogy of a Chimp (there was a clue in the title) which is a different angle on this stuff. The author has simplified a complex topic and instead of using industry jargon, he's come up with some fun metaphors to make his points…

The Chimp in this context being you inner, emotional centre. It could also be called your lizard brain, or the amygdala to give it its scientific label. Your primal survival instincts. On top of that comes your Human, which would be your prefrontal cortex where you make rational decisions.

It's the coming together of these 2 main players and some other peripheral characters that make up this book!