Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat

Solve for Happy by Mo Gawdat is an inspiring and practical guide that offers a powerful and algorithm-based approach to life and its ultimate aim: happiness. Written by the former Chief Business Officer of Google’s X labs, the book explains how you can use science and engineering to design your own life and find true happiness.

In his own life-changing journey, Mo Gawdat discovered a powerful and simple method to create true happiness. He calls this method ‘algorithm of happiness’ and drew upon his experience in engineering, mathematics, and economics to design a life-altering algorithm that allows him to solve for the ultimate goal: happiness. The book explains the four essential elements of the algorithm - facts, data, intuition and mindset - and their direct impact on one’s happiness.

For many, modern life is a constant juggle between work and personal life and it can become overwhelming. Mo Gawdat’s revolutionary journey was sparked off after he experienced a personal tragedy. With insights from the book, readers can find a way to break out of this rollercoaster and find a balance between work and life. Mo Gawdat explains how it’s possible to control one’s own "calm factory" and approaches one’s life from a logical standpoint. He uses the analogy of a car engine and a self-driving system for happiness.

The book provides a guiding direction for readers to find the true root of their own personal discontent and take steps towards happiness. Mo Gawdat cuts down happiness to a rational formula, helping readers to identify issues in their own lives and providing a systematic method to solve them. The notion of happiness and peace that the book describes is not just temporary or fleeting, but long-lasting and sustainable.

Mo Gawdat explains how to identify problems, address them, and establish long-term methods to keep yourself satisfied. He advocates eliminating guilt and mediocrity in order to find true purpose in life. Through logical and practical solutions to the problem of achieving a sense of satisfaction, Mo Gawdat offers an approach that is simple yet impactful.

The essence of the book revolves around a simple philosophy: ditch boring and unnecessary details and focus on what really counts. Solve for Happy offers tools to identify the causes of your dissatisfaction and very practical solutions to get back to a state of inner peace. Mo Gawdat emphasizes that it’s possible to obtain genuine, long-lasting happiness without relying on material objects or temporary activities to achieve it. The ultimate goal of the book is to make readers realise that the true path to contentment lies within and to encourage them to find the resources within themselves to achieve it.

Solve for Happy is an empowering guide to life and its ultimate goal – true and lasting happiness. Mo Gawdat’s unique approach lays out an algorithm-based method to enable readers to clearly understand their needs and successfully pursue them. Through a process of evaluation and adjustment, readers can design a life that is both meaningful and genuinely joyful. The book is written in an accessible and engaging way that is certain to inspire readers to seek out the root cause of their own dissatisfaction, and then tap into their own potential to achieve true contentment.