But the truth is that none of us can banish our chimp – we’re with him or her for the long haul. She is my inner chimp. If, for example, your value is to respect others, then think about how you can demonstrate this.

It can be quite a stressful period of time, and that’s when we notice it.Just one piece to camera before we move on, my mum has started watching RocketMill videos, so mum, if you’re watching, none of this has anything to do with our family Christmas. Secondly, box the chimp. Webinars During the 60-minute session, you will exchange experiences and ideas with other like-minded people with one of our team on hand to offer guidance and insight. And as the human and the chimp in us make a decision on what to do, they refer back to these stored beliefs.Essentially, one system is all about reason and logic (the human system), one is about emotional reaction (the chimp system) and one is based on established beliefs. But, with a friend, over a cup of coffee, that might be a good time to have a little rant, get it off your chest. Marje may doodle something nasty on my page but genuinely other than a frown, I react very calmly and pragmatically now.Following a satnav to a client meeting that sends me around the bend literally when you are already running late for a new client: now Marje stays firmly in her box and I simply take the view that by calling ahead to my client to explain I may be a few minutes late, I no longer get stressed out by these marginal events that otherwise can cumulate into a really horrid feeling. But I am happy to say that Marje has a box in which I put her most of the time. Fantastic.So why might it be useful at this time of year, why have I chosen this time of year to tell you a little bit about your chimp and how you might manage it, do you think?

That’s the home of your logical and rational thinking.Then, the last part, the bit we’re going to look at today is, the chimp part of your brain.

Let’s put them up. Let me introduce you to your chimp.The Chimp Paradox gives us a really simple way of understanding the main parts of our psychological mind.

Manage your chimp at home and work Even 2 years later, if my daughters (who are 11 and 9) start to lose their tempers, you often overhear the other one saying, “manage your chimp!”…. Anytime that you notice in yourself, irrational, emotional behaviour, usually that’s the chimp at play. Any thoughts? One example could be listening to others and accepting their opinions.Actively reflect on whether you are living out each value successfully, says Steve, for “five or ten minutes a day”.

You’ll see here there is sort of three main parts that Professor Peters talks about in his book.If we start with the computer, which is up there at top left. Oh, yes. The important thing is that we look after our psychological health and actively reflect. I am not recommending the glass of wine, or too many, on Christmas day with the mother-in-law situation, because, of course, too much wine allows the chimp back out to play again, doesn’t it? What would that look like or sound like in terms of our example? To create a subdomain, follow these steps.

As children we start asking “why?” We begin to get facts established and, by age four, use those facts in our decision-making. British psychiatrist Professor Steve Peters has helped many elite sports people manage their inner chimp – from six-time Olympic champion cyclist Chris Hoy, to arguably the greatest ever snooker player, Ronnie O’Sullivan – and he explains how you too can harness the power of your inner ape.