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Author Gawdat, Mo, author.

Title Solve for happy : engineering your path to joy / Mo Gawdat.

Publication Info. New York, NY : North Star Way, 2017.
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  158 GAWDAT    Check Shelf
 Plainville Public Library - Non Fiction  158 GAW    Check Shelf
 Rocky Hill, Cora J. Belden Library - Adult Department  158 GAWDAT    DUE 04-15-24
 South Windsor Public Library - Non Fiction  158 GAWDAT    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  158 GAWDAT    Check Shelf
Edition First North Star Way hardcover edition.
Description 357 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-357).
Contents 15 -- Grand illusions -- Blind spots -- Ultimate truths.
Summary "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,"--Amazon.com.
In 2001 Mo Gawdat realized that despite his incredible success, he was desperately unhappy. A lifelong learner, he attacked the problem as an engineer would: 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 horrible loss, Mo found his mission: he would share his equation with the world and help as many people as possible become happier. 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 how to dispel the illusions that cloud our thinking, overcome the brain's blind spots, and embrace five ultimate truths.-- from publisher.
Subject Happiness.
Contentment.
Conduct of life.
SCIENCE / Cognitive Science.
SELF-HELP / Emotions.
SELF-HELP / Personal Growth / Happiness.
Conduct of life. (OCoLC)fst00874563
Contentment. (OCoLC)fst00876647
Happiness. (OCoLC)fst00951160
ISBN 9781501157554 (hardcover)
1501157558 (hardcover)
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