Optimising the Performance of the Human Mind: Steve Peters at TEDxYouth@Manchester 2012

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Published 2012-11-30
Dr Steve Peters is a Consultant Psychiatrist working full time in Elite Sport. He works with the UK Athletics, British Cycling, Sky Pro Cycling teams and has had involvements with a further twelve Olympic Sports as well as England Rugby and Premier league Football. His career began with teaching Mathematics and then moved on to Medicine. He has worked in the clinical field of Psychiatry for the past twenty years culminating in working at a special hospital with patients who had severe and dangerous personality disorders. Steve has been engaged with Sheffield University as a Senior Clinical Lecturer since 1994 and is also Undergraduate Dean. He holds degrees in Mathematics, Medicine and a Masters Degree in Medical Education, also with postgraduate qualifications in Sports Medicine, Education and Psychiatry. He is a member of the Royal College and is on the question setting board for College Membership exams. He is one of a small team of doctors who assess and grant Therapeutic Use Exemption certificates for UK Sport. His specialist interest is in the working of the human mind and how it can reach optimum performance applied to all walks of life.

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All Comments (21)
  • @harunemalik7460
    Hand down, Steve Peters the Chimp Paradox is the best book out there on Emotional Intelligence.. Very easy to read and understand without going into all the science! The guys a legend and probably the reason why UK won so many medals in the Olympics
  • @KindnessMattersTV
    Absolutely outstanding I've known about this book for years and only last week I got round to listening to it and it is helping me massively with some personal stuff going on in my life. Thank you so, mush Steve for your kindness.
  • @sebouille61
    Thank you dr Steve Peters for this fantastic knowledge. I hope this man will write another book in the future.
  • @Mishlinka
    Absolutely loved hearing him deliver a keynote at KCL Medical Education conference. Really impressive, clever and obviously a lifetime's experience. Thoroughly decent bloke too!
  • @truthcerum1222
    Ptsd, paranoia and anxiety all due to childhood and the military. Please, never give up people, now matter how bad it gets. Ive had treatment, pills and self journeys. Read lots of books and am halfway through the Chimp Paradox. An amazing book, what a guy and if only this book was available when I was younger. This is a must for everybody, and if this book was issued to kids on their birth then this could transform peoples minds. Thankyou Professor, for this fabulous golden nugget you have produced.
  • @PeggyStinson
    great 10 minute explanation of why we do things we don't want to do... and what we can do about it.
  • @MultiCaridad
    Brilliant.. just in the middle of reading the book.. but this little speach made more sense .. thank you xx
  • @babbalorrow9518
    @ 7m45s - I particularly found the part of simply deciphering who is 'currently' in charge and doing the talking here in your brain with the thoughts your feeling by simply asking 'DO I WANT TO FEEL LIKE THIS?'
  • @coachmaurizia_ita
    Thank you for this video. The book is also really valuable. Food for the Mind ;-)
  • @jb894
    thanks for helping ronnie
  • @adamturk7583
    The Chimp Paradox is a great book that i thoroughly recommend.