Moment 49 - How To Form Habits That Actually Stick: Professor Steve Peters

The host opens by laying out Professor Steve Peters's chimp model, which divides the mind into three interacting parts. The 'chimp' stands for the impulsive, irrational, emotional and short-term side. The 'human' is logical and rational, thinks in terms of facts and plans for the long term. The 'computer' holds a person's core values and beliefs. In the host's summary, Peters's work is about managing and controlling how these three parts interact.

The host then connects the model to a personal concern. During lockdown, routines such as going to Starbucks and then the gym each morning were disrupted because people were confined to their homes. The host says they spent a lot of time thinking about how to form healthier habits, and that many people around them were trying to do the same.