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The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness
Steve Peters
3.74 AVERAGE
249 reviews for:
The Chimp Paradox: The Acclaimed Mind Management Programme to Help You Achieve Success, Confidence and Happiness
Steve Peters
3.74 AVERAGE
informative
inspiring
reflective
fast-paced
Ten strijden tegen mijn Chimp
Dit boek staat nu toch al enkele tijd op mijn rek, maar door mijn uitstelgedrag heeft het wat langer geduurd tot ik me er effectief aan durfde zetten. Nu leek me een gepast moment om een zelfmanagement boek te lezen tijdens mijn zoektocht naar werk.
Steve Peters legt in dit boek uit dat heel ons leven een tweestrijd is tussen onszelf en onze chimp. Het primitieve deel dat handelt zonder na te denken is onze chimp, en het is vaak enorm belangrijk om deze onder controle te houden. Je leert al snel dat dit beestje niet snel weg gaat. Peters hamert er dan ook op dat dit niet de bedoeling is. Je chimp leren begrijpen en er mee omgaan is de boodschap van dit boek.
Ik verschoot er zelf van hoe aangenaam, toegankelijk en vlot dit boek geschreven was. De illustraties zijn simpel, maar bieden wel een enorme meerwaarde bij het begrijpen van dit boek. De voorbeelden zijn situaties die iedereen al wel eens heeft meegemaakt. Natuurlijk zijn er delen waar je het niet mee eens bent, of waar je bij denkt dat het logisch is. Toch zijn deze stukken essentieel om het grotere geheel te begrijpen.
De hele reis om je chimp onder controle te houden is aangepakt door van ons brein een universum te maken met verschillende planeten die we onder controle moeten krijgen. Net zoals de piramide van Maslow, kan je niet een volgende planeet op orde brengen als de vorige niet functioneert.
Elk hoofdstuk eindigt ook met een opdracht. Zo kan je elk hoofdstuk toepassen op je dagelijks leven. Dit maakt het voor mij eenvoudiger, dat als ik ooit een probleem heb, ik aan de hand van deze opdrachten hiertegen ten strijden kan trekken.
Als ik nu met een klein hongertje de koekenkast wil gaan plunderen, zal ik zeker eerst nadenken wie van de twee er nu juist honger heeft.
Bring it on chimp!
Dit boek staat nu toch al enkele tijd op mijn rek, maar door mijn uitstelgedrag heeft het wat langer geduurd tot ik me er effectief aan durfde zetten. Nu leek me een gepast moment om een zelfmanagement boek te lezen tijdens mijn zoektocht naar werk.
Steve Peters legt in dit boek uit dat heel ons leven een tweestrijd is tussen onszelf en onze chimp. Het primitieve deel dat handelt zonder na te denken is onze chimp, en het is vaak enorm belangrijk om deze onder controle te houden. Je leert al snel dat dit beestje niet snel weg gaat. Peters hamert er dan ook op dat dit niet de bedoeling is. Je chimp leren begrijpen en er mee omgaan is de boodschap van dit boek.
Ik verschoot er zelf van hoe aangenaam, toegankelijk en vlot dit boek geschreven was. De illustraties zijn simpel, maar bieden wel een enorme meerwaarde bij het begrijpen van dit boek. De voorbeelden zijn situaties die iedereen al wel eens heeft meegemaakt. Natuurlijk zijn er delen waar je het niet mee eens bent, of waar je bij denkt dat het logisch is. Toch zijn deze stukken essentieel om het grotere geheel te begrijpen.
De hele reis om je chimp onder controle te houden is aangepakt door van ons brein een universum te maken met verschillende planeten die we onder controle moeten krijgen. Net zoals de piramide van Maslow, kan je niet een volgende planeet op orde brengen als de vorige niet functioneert.
Elk hoofdstuk eindigt ook met een opdracht. Zo kan je elk hoofdstuk toepassen op je dagelijks leven. Dit maakt het voor mij eenvoudiger, dat als ik ooit een probleem heb, ik aan de hand van deze opdrachten hiertegen ten strijden kan trekken.
Als ik nu met een klein hongertje de koekenkast wil gaan plunderen, zal ik zeker eerst nadenken wie van de twee er nu juist honger heeft.
Bring it on chimp!
"Do I have a mind of a chimp or a human?" is the main scientific theory expressed in this book. It uses simple explanations, examples, diagrams and anecdotes.
informative
reflective
medium-paced
From the reviews, I can see this is a very marmitey book. Some love it, some hate it. My own opinion is that, for a self help book, it isn't that bad.
It does, of course, suffer from being a self help book. I don't know why I keep reading them! My advice to anyone going into (any) self help book is not to expect it to drastically change your life. Take the bits you like, learn from them and skim over the rest.
I'll bullet what I liked and didn't like about The Chimp Paradox:
Liked:
- The core concept makes intuitive sense and is a good visualisation of the conflict within our brains
- Things are kept simple and snappy
- There were many useful nuggets of advice within these pages
- For those who struggle to manage their emotions, it's an excellent starting point, especially for men (who I feel the book is mostly aimed at)
- Lots of varied advice, along with some excellent thought experiments
Disliked:
- Dr Peters is very insistent that happiness is a choice. This, along with several other ideas, makes the book inappropriate for people with serious mental illness (it may still be of use to those who have been adequately treated or whose illness is milder)
- It's a long book that tries to cover everything! Every aspect of wellbeing - success, happiness, CBT, stoicism etc. etc. This could either be seen as value for money or as biting off more than can be chewed in one book
- Presentation - sometimes a bit dense and colourless
- Although the approach to not being a victim will be seen by some as empowering or refreshing, it does sometimes nudge the line between promoting personal responsibility and victim blame at times (taken in the context of current popular ideas and zeitgeist)
- Only lip service given to actual pathology leading to psychological malfunctioning - I.e. mental illness
I recommend this book to people struggling to manage their emotions or get the results they want from their efforts, especially those with little understanding of CBT etc. I will be taking pinches of advice from the book and think most people will find something here that helps.
It does, of course, suffer from being a self help book. I don't know why I keep reading them! My advice to anyone going into (any) self help book is not to expect it to drastically change your life. Take the bits you like, learn from them and skim over the rest.
I'll bullet what I liked and didn't like about The Chimp Paradox:
Liked:
- The core concept makes intuitive sense and is a good visualisation of the conflict within our brains
- Things are kept simple and snappy
- There were many useful nuggets of advice within these pages
- For those who struggle to manage their emotions, it's an excellent starting point, especially for men (who I feel the book is mostly aimed at)
- Lots of varied advice, along with some excellent thought experiments
Disliked:
- Dr Peters is very insistent that happiness is a choice. This, along with several other ideas, makes the book inappropriate for people with serious mental illness (it may still be of use to those who have been adequately treated or whose illness is milder)
- It's a long book that tries to cover everything! Every aspect of wellbeing - success, happiness, CBT, stoicism etc. etc. This could either be seen as value for money or as biting off more than can be chewed in one book
- Presentation - sometimes a bit dense and colourless
- Although the approach to not being a victim will be seen by some as empowering or refreshing, it does sometimes nudge the line between promoting personal responsibility and victim blame at times (taken in the context of current popular ideas and zeitgeist)
- Only lip service given to actual pathology leading to psychological malfunctioning - I.e. mental illness
I recommend this book to people struggling to manage their emotions or get the results they want from their efforts, especially those with little understanding of CBT etc. I will be taking pinches of advice from the book and think most people will find something here that helps.
Έχει κάποιες ενδιαφέρουσες ιδέες. Ωστόσο δεν παύει να είναι ένα βιβλίο Self help με τις υπερβολές και τις γενικότητες του.
There are some good ideas in the book but it's overly wordy, the terms (Suns, moons, planets etc) made it a bit distracting & frustrating. The first half of the book felt like wading through treacle & I nearly gave up, the second half felt more practical & satisfying.
hopeful
informative
I originally attempted to read this book back when I was an 18 year old - and failed miserably. I picked it up to try again 5 years later and was surprised by how easy it was to read and understand - clearly, I was not as mature as I thought.
As someone now practicing in psychology, this book is very factually accurate and covers much of what you would learn about on CBT courses and during work with an IAPT service. Highly recommend for any aspiring psychology practitioners and for anyone looking to gain some understanding of their emotion and thought difficulties. The book is filled with helpful activities to put what he talks about into practice, these are written with clear instructions and you can see how helpful they will be to practice. Even as someone for who a lot of the content was not new knowledge, it offered it in an alternative way that it stayed engaging and informative, acting to build my understanding further than I thought possible.
As someone now practicing in psychology, this book is very factually accurate and covers much of what you would learn about on CBT courses and during work with an IAPT service. Highly recommend for any aspiring psychology practitioners and for anyone looking to gain some understanding of their emotion and thought difficulties. The book is filled with helpful activities to put what he talks about into practice, these are written with clear instructions and you can see how helpful they will be to practice. Even as someone for who a lot of the content was not new knowledge, it offered it in an alternative way that it stayed engaging and informative, acting to build my understanding further than I thought possible.
read this book, just read it. my mom actually read it before me and then gave it to me, knowing how influential it would be for me and my struggles.
so many self help books out there identify how you can do physical things to improve yourself and well being. this book however really gives you tasks and knowledge on how to mange your mind. even if you dont struggle with mental illness, this book is written in such a way that it can be applied to every corner of life and daily tasks.
the writing was so easy to understand, i read some in tears and manic mind chaos and it genuinely felt like therapy, at the end of each chapter, it provides you with simple tasks to aid your mind management and they all are so simple i was reading it thinking 'why haven't i thought about that like this before'
love love love it, will always keep it handy, and ive annotated it so i can flick through and find specific bits whenever i need them
so many self help books out there identify how you can do physical things to improve yourself and well being. this book however really gives you tasks and knowledge on how to mange your mind. even if you dont struggle with mental illness, this book is written in such a way that it can be applied to every corner of life and daily tasks.
the writing was so easy to understand, i read some in tears and manic mind chaos and it genuinely felt like therapy, at the end of each chapter, it provides you with simple tasks to aid your mind management and they all are so simple i was reading it thinking 'why haven't i thought about that like this before'
love love love it, will always keep it handy, and ive annotated it so i can flick through and find specific bits whenever i need them