RE: What book, podcast, or YouTube video has changed how you think?

The book that has most changed how I think is The Chimp Paradox by Prof Steve Peters. Though the one that I prefer is his follow up, A Path through the Jungle.

Prof Peters developed the Chimp Model to help understand and manage the brain. Which he explains and supports on the Chimp Management website.

My quick interpretation is:

1. There are 3 areas of the brain that he identifies as The Human, The Chimp, and The Computer.
2. The human part of the brain represents who we truly are. And it's the part that processes logic.
3. The chimp part of the brain processes emotion. Its structure enables it to act much faster than the logical part of the brain. And it's much stronger. So humans struggle to control emotional behaviour.
4. Even stronger and faster, is the computer. Being the part of the brain that processes reactions.
5. The way for the human to control the chimp is to develop and strengthen reactions that support its logical sense of purpose.

So the books effect on me is to try and set aside a few minutes each day to improve my reactions to emotional situations. Prof Peters' second book and his website are helping me with this.