The myth-busts, hot takes, explainers, and tools worth keeping.
“I think people think there's a magic formula there may be I haven't seen it there are certain personality types are certain behaviors that lead…”
“what works is when the person resonates with whatever approach or method they're doing in other words they get themselves into the right place the…”
“will power would suggest there are circuits where you can tell the chimp what you're going to do and you have strength to do that…”
“there aren't circuits of control but there are circuits of management”
“that's why it's hard when people say to me and I get these interviews right give us five tips for the listeners or readers and…”
“I won't improve their performance they will so it's very important that we keep the terminology”
“it doesn't mean let's be positive I'm not a keen fan of that if I'm honest I'm Keen fan of let's let's use reality and…”
“you won't recover I don't think you recover and you won't even come to terms with it what you'll do is you'll manage the system”
“I always try and simplify things so people can follow it and I say what's your behaviors what's your thinking what are your emotions doing…”
“I like to get what we'd call in the trade of functional analysis you know what's all the influences and how are they manage them…”
“if you're got a calm chimp it may seem an advantage but actually in the long run it's a negative because it's meant to be…”
“we know that certain settings leave you vulnerable so parties holidays um new environments new people you're much more vulnerable than when you're in your…”
“the chimp Works externally it doesn't work internally”
“if the chimp's still not reassured on that it's just not strong enough yeah uh then your friends are the ones who come and saying…”
“the bed nucleus of the stri terminalis works with Fe with with anxiety”
“the chimp ridiculously wants guarantees and we know that nearly everything in life there's no guarantees so we have to say to the chimp there…”
“I used to call it and still do malfunction is where the brain isn't working and dysfunction is where it's working but you're not running…”
“The ideal is to avoid the medication but if you need it don't hesitate”
“if you imagine the brain is an orchestra yep and the conductor is asleep then it's really noisy um so we need to wake the…”
“my first part tool would be to try and train the mind into the computer system learning how to behave so the computer starts taking…”
“it's never been planned I I'm a leaf in the wind I see where the wind takes me um with a little bit of direction”
“people started wrongly calling me a sport psychiatrist and that's not true”
“you have no idea what opportunities are coming and when you get out there suddenly opportunities will unfold”
“when people say money doesn't make you happy that's true but blind me it goes a long way”
“if they're all chimp then that person's probably going to always be happy some people stay in chimp mode if they're someone who's much more…”
“it's getting them to re accept that you may have reached a pinnacle y that there won't ever be another moment like the Olympic gold…”
“it may not be achievement per se it may be doing something which is fulfilling which is a sort of achievement”
“I'd say to my chimp right you tell you what I don't care what I feel I'm going out you stay where you are I'm…”
“the chimp is about motivation and excitement the humans about commitment and inspiration”
“find a model or therapy or something that works for you and then work on it all I've been saying everyone in the field saying…”
“the end of the day go out and just look at the sky and be happy you know don't get so heavy that you you're…”