Book · 2016 · Contentment
Solve for happy
- mentions
- 7
- people
- 5
- podcasts
- 4
- episodes
- 7
- recommendation
- 1
I read this book the other day called um solve for happy by mo gadot g-a-w-d-a-t i cannot recommend this highly enough.
What they say about it
- Discussing the book's contents“you write about that extensively”2
The best things said about it
He's the former CEO of Google X and he has a book out called Solve for Happy, the equation of actual human happiness.
To understand what happiness is you have to understand the cause of it yes and you write about that extensively and Solve for Happy so what is the cause of unhappiness as you see it.
Where and when it comes up
Most mentions, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Solve for happy by Mo Gawdat is a book written by a former Google executive that offers a practical framework for engineering personal joy and understanding the root causes of unhappiness following a profound personal tragedy. On The Dr. John Delony Show, Dr. John Delony highly recommended the book to his audience during the opening segment, praising its insights and emotional resonance. On Modern Wisdom, Adam Lane Smith referenced the author's background at Google X and discussed the book's central premise regarding the mathematical equation of human happiness and how unmet expectations create suffering. Steven Bartlett also extensively discussed the book across multiple episodes of The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett, referencing its teachings on the causes of unhappiness and interviewing the author about his mission to help millions of people achieve emotional well-being. Additionally, Alexandra Alter mentioned the book on The Book Review as a prominent non-fiction title generating significant international attention. Throughout these various podcast appearances, hosts and guests emphasized how the book transforms personal grief into a systematic, actionable guide for managing human expectations, reframing negative thoughts, and cultivating lasting inner peace in an increasingly complex and demanding modern world.
Every mention
Dr John Delony i read this book the other day called um solve for happy by mo gadot g-a-w-d-a-t i cannot recommend this hi… 1
“i read this book the other day called um solve for happy by mo gadot g-a-w-d-a-t i cannot recommend this highly enough”
Steven Bartlett But I mean, the Soul for Happy is the book that I'm referring to. Here it is. Engineering Your Path to Joy. 3
“But I mean, the Soul for Happy is the book that I'm referring to. Here it is. Engineering Your Path to Joy.”
“to understand what happiness is you have to understand the cause of it yes and you write about that extensively and solve for happy so what is the cause of unhappiness as you see it”
“Yes. And you write about that extensively in solve for happy.”
Adam Lane Smith He's the former CEO of Google X and he has a book out called Solve for Happy, the equation of actual human… 1
“He's the former CEO of Google X and he has a book out called Solve for Happy, the equation of actual human happiness.”
Alexandra Alter on the non-fiction front a book that's getting a lot of attention at London is Mo gaet solve for happy 1
“on the non-fiction front a book that's getting a lot of attention at London is Mo gaet solve for happy”
Mo Gawdat One of them was a you know, what what we spoke about the first time we met, you know, my work on happiness… 1
“One of them was a you know, what what we spoke about the first time we met, you know, my work on happiness and you know, being 1 billion happy and my mission and so on. That's my second life.”
Other mentions (8: passing, ad reads, own books)
“we were having an easy conversation i wrote sulfur happy at a time where ali had just left our world and he helped me really really figure things out”
“It seems that Solve for Happy needed to be written, okay? And I had the notes for it in 2011”
“And then things roll and roll and roll to the point that I came here in the UK after literally a week after the the publication of Soul for Happy and I had that interview very famous with Channel 4 news.”
“And so, I basically wrote it with the intention of, "Okay, I'm going to make him everywhere and part of everyone. And I told you when I wrote Soul for Happy, it was the most selfish thing you can ever do.”
“Uh in Solve for Happy, I had a sentence on page 11 that basically said exactly what you said, "Happiness is a choice."”
“And I did a an interesting analysis in Solve for Happy where I listed down the majority of human emo- emotions and plotted them across where they are anchored in time and across if they're positive or negative.”
“It came to and this is one of the conclusive points in my book was that you can create so much more with gratitude what you already have.”
“Part of my my of Soul for Happy, I talk about a concept I call look down.”