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Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

Steve Peters
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Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012

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Steve Peters

Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 2012
Book Details
Pages

346

Format

Book • Nonfiction

Setting

2012

Publication Year

2012

Audience

Adult

Recommended Reading Age

18+ years

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Super Short Summary

In Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them, Steve Peters explores how individuals can understand and manage their emotions using the metaphor of an inner chimp. By recognizing this aspect of ourselves, readers can harness self-control to achieve personal and professional fulfillment.

Reviews & Readership

4.2

38,763 ratings

78%

Loved it

14%

Mixed feelings

7%

Not a fan

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Review Roundup

Steve Peters' Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them effectively explores emotional self-management with a straightforward framework. The engaging analogies clarify complex psychology, but some readers find the repetition and simplistic language somewhat reductive. Overall, it's insightful for self-improvement novices.

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Who Should Read Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them?

A reader who finds Chimp Paradox: How Our Impulses and Emotions Can Determine Success and Happiness and How We Can Control Them by Steve Peters compelling is typically interested in personal development, emotional intelligence, and cognitive psychology. Fans of books like Emotional Intelligence by Daniel Goleman or The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg will likely appreciate Peters' insights.

4.2

38,763 ratings

78%

Loved it

14%

Mixed feelings

7%

Not a fan

Book Details
Pages

346

Format

Book • Nonfiction

Setting

2012

Publication Year

2012

Audience

Adult

Recommended Reading Age

18+ years

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