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Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

by Mo Gawdat
$11.90
Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy
Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

Engineering principles applied to achieving happiness.

"Solve for Happy" is a book that might intrigue you if you enjoy a methodical approach to life's challenges. The author, Mo Gawdat, proposes an engineer's perspective on cultivating joy, offering practical, analytical solutions to overcome unhappiness. It's a blend of personal storytelling and logical reasoning that could give you a fresh toolkit for dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

by Mo Gawdat
$11.90
ISBN: 9781501157554
Authors: Mo Gawdat
Publisher: Gallery Books
Date of Publication: 2017-03-21
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Business, Personal Development, Philosophy
Related Topics: Business, Self Help, Mental Health, Inspirational, Psychology, Productivity, Personal Development
Goodreads rating: 3.98
(rated by 9214 readers)

Description

Mo Gawdat is a remarkable thinker and the Chief Business Officer at Google’s [X], an elite team of engineers that comprise Google’s futuristic “dream factory.” Applying his superior skills of logic and problem solving to the issue of happiness, he proposes an algorithm based on an understanding of how the brain takes in and processes joy and sadness. Then he solves for happy. In 2001 Mo Gawdat realized that despite his incredible success, he was desperately unhappy. A lifelong learner, he attacked the problem as an engineer examining all the provable facts and scrupulously applying logic. Eventually, his countless hours of research and science proved successful, and he discovered the equation for permanent happiness. Thirteen years later, Mo’s algorithm would be put to the ultimate test. After the sudden death of his son, Ali, Mo and his family turned to his equation—and it saved them from despair. In dealing with the horrible loss, Mo found he would pull off the type of “moonshot” goal that he and his colleagues were always aiming for—he would share his equation with the world and help as many people as possible become happier. In Solve for Happy Mo questions some of the most fundamental aspects of our existence, shares the underlying reasons for suffering, and plots out a step-by-step process for achieving lifelong happiness and enduring contentment. He shows us how to view life through a clear lens, teaching us how to
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Engineering principles applied to achieving happiness.

"Solve for Happy" is a book that might intrigue you if you enjoy a methodical approach to life's challenges. The author, Mo Gawdat, proposes an engineer's perspective on cultivating joy, offering practical, analytical solutions to overcome unhappiness. It's a blend of personal storytelling and logical reasoning that could give you a fresh toolkit for dealing with the ups and downs of everyday life.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.