How to stop fighting your mind and start leading it – with bananas 🍌, not burnout.
This is a book for overthinkers, procrastinators, “I-know-what-to-do-but-didn’t-do-it” people – and the secretly tired high-performers who look sorted from outside but feel messy inside.
Instead of treating your brain like a broken machine, this book treats it like what it actually is: a very emotional, very dramatic, secretly protective m;onkey who just wants to feel safe, seen, and occasionally bribed with a banana.
What’s inside the book
After reading (and actually using) this book, you’ll start to:
- See your “laziness” as a scared monkey, not a broken you.
- Build routines your mind doesn’t try to escape from by Day 3.
- Give yourself permission to rest, play, and still get things done.
- Talk to yourself with leadership, not self-hate.
- Turn guilt and shame into calm, small, doable moves.
No toxic hustle. No 5 a.m. cult. Just Monkey Logic, CEO-style.
Monkey vs CEO
Simple language to name the two voices inside you – the one that wants to chill and the one that wants to “fix your life by Monday.”
Tiny experiments
One–page prompts that ask you to change one small thing in a day, not your entire personality.
Real-life clutter
Examples from work overload, parenting, creative burnout, and endless scrolling – not imaginary perfect people.
Who this book is for
This book is for people who are tired of choosing between being “productive” and being “themselves”. If you are juggling work, family, dreams, and old fears at the same time, you’re in the right place.
Overthinker?
Overthinking professionals who manage projects, teams, or clients but struggle to manage their own energy.
Caregiver?
Parents & caregivers who carry invisible work and feel guilty for wanting one hour of m; time.
Creative?
Creatives & misfits who hate rigid systems but secretly want some structure so their ideas don’t die in drafts.
Get a free taste
Try it before your monkey commits: sample PDF + CEO Copybook
Your monkey doesn’t trust big promises.
So let it test-drive the idea.
- ✅ Download a free sample PDF with the first chapters.
- ✅ Get a printable CEO Copybook page to try the night meeting ritual tonight.
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“m; note
You don’t need to silence the monkey.
You need to understand its language.”
Ullas Das
Author
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