![]() Whichever brain is in control at any given moment determines our thoughts, behaviour and relationships. These three ‘inner brains’ control our personality, behaviours and responses to our lives and situations around us. In the book, Steve identifies that, of the seven ‘inner brains’ that make up our larger brain, there are three clear dominant ones that make up our psychological mind. Our findings are based on the ground-breaking mind model created by professor Steve Peters, in his book ‘ The Chimp Paradox - The Mind Management Programme for Confidence Success and Happiness’. In this fascinating take on psychology, we look at how fundraising performance and enjoyment can be improved by learning to separate our emotional brain and our logical brain. Once caught in the cyclic trap of the emotional brain, it can be difficult to shift back into seeing things in perspective and remain buoyant something that’s essential to carry on doing the fundraising job well. Too much emotional brain, or an unregulated emotional brain can result in the less helpful side of emotions, like negative thoughts and disproportionate reactions. Although this is really important (because working with charities needs compassion and feeling) there’s a flipside. As any charity fundraiser will tell you, much of the role involves using the emotional brain, whilst trying to connect to other peoples emotional brains. It’s as if the body hands the reigns to the dominant part of the brain enabling it to take control and perform as well as possible.Īmong our seven brains is our emotional brain which as you’d suspect, is in charge of everything we feel. ![]() We also know that the blood flows directly to whichever of the seven parts is in use. As it happens, the human brain is made up of no less than seven main areas, each with its own role and purpose. ![]() It won’t surprise you to learn that you’re not one dimensional, but rather made up of many different parts. ![]()
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