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Happy chimp, happy life.
People often say that motivation doesn't last. Well, neither does bathing - that's why we recommend it daily. Zig Ziglar. Pedro is very happy. Some of you may have met Pedro before in a previous post, but in case you have not, let me introduce him. Pedro is my chimp. He goes everywhere with me, we are inseparable. He comes to work with me, he sleeps with me, we eat together, he comes on holiday with me, we do absolutely everything together. But chimps are high maintenance. Pedro can be really, really difficult to live with and that can lead to problems for me and those around me. Right now, however, Pedro is a very contented chimp indeed. Let me exp lain. In his most excellent book, The Chimp Paradox, Prof Steve Peters splits our psychological mind into three areas, the Human, the Chimp and the Computer. This is his mind management model . These three areas work together as a team, but can quite often come into conflict with each other, especially the Human and the Chimp. Let m...