Episode · The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett · 2021-10-11
Steven Bartlett & Mo Gawdat: books mentioned on The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett (Oct 2021)
The Happiness Expert That Made 51 Million People Happier: Mo Gawdat
It’s hard to know where to begin describing such an incredible person as Mo Gawdat.
Mo Gawdat discussed The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho. Steven Bartlett discussed Solve for happy by Mo Gawdat.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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The Alchemist
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho is a celebrated philosophical novel that follows a young Andalusian shepherd boy named Santiago on his journey across the desert in search of treasure, ultimately discovering a message about listening to one's heart and pursuing personal destiny.
Discussed“And you know, if if you've read The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho, you know, when you when you know your life's purpose the universe conspires to make it happen.”
Where to get it
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Solve for happy
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.
Discussed“Yes. And you write about that extensively in solve for happy.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (12) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
“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.”
“I wrote a book called Happy Sexy Millionaire. Nice.”
“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.”
“So so that he is in for Scary Smart, my book is entirely around that that there are so many people out there that have no clue that have they have interacted today, whatever time of the day it is for you, what whatever you are, whatever you do in life, you've already interacted with 10 to 12, 15, 20,”
“Now, Scary Smart is written in a very unusual way, because it's not a book about artificial intelligence only. It's a It's a book about the role of humanity in the age of the machines.”
“And you know, and this is truly the core of of of Scary Smart is an explanation that we're no longer building computers.”
“Your book, Scary Smart, is available now for everyday? Everywhere? Amazon?”