Bücher von Mo Gawdat

'He explains how even in the face of the unthinkable, happiness is still possible' - StylistSolve for Happy is the equation for happiness.This is a startlingly original book about creating and maintaining happiness, written by a top Google executive with an engineer's training and fondness for thoroughly analyzing a problem. In 2001, Mo Gawdat, a remarkable thinker whose gifts had landed him top positions in half a dozen companies and who - in his spare time - had created significant wealth, realized that he was desperately unhappy. A lifelong learner, he attacked the problem as an engineer would, examining all the provable facts and scrupulously following logic. When he was finished, he had discovered the equation for enduring happiness.Ten years later, that research saved him from despair when his college-aged son, Ali - also intellectually gifted - died during routine surgery. In dealing with the loss, Mo found his mission: he would pull off the type of 'moonshot' that he and his Google [X] colleagues were always aiming for: he would help ten million people become happier by pouring his happiness principles into a book and spreading its message around the world.One of Solve for Happy's key premises is that happiness is a default state. If we shape expectations to acknowledge the full range of possible events, unhappiness is on its way to being defeated. To steer clear of unhappiness traps, we must dispel the six illusions that cloud our thinking (e.g., the illusion of time, of control, and of fear); overcome the brain's seven deadly defects (e.g., the tendency to exaggerate, label, and filter), and embrace five ultimate truths (e.g., change is real, now is real, unconditional love is real).By means of several highly original thought experiments, Mo helps readers find enduring contentment by questioning some of the most fundamental aspects of their existence.

'Everything he writes is an enlightening education in how to be human.' Elizabeth DayTo fix a machine, first you need to find out what's wrong with it. To fix unhappiness, you need to find out what causes it.That Little Voice in Your Head is the practical guide to retraining your brain for optimal joy by Mo Gawdat, the internationally bestselling author of Solve for Happy. Mo reveals how by beating negative self-talk, we can change our thought processes, turning our greed into generosity, our apathy into compassion and investing in our own happiness.This book provides readers with exercises to help reshape their mental processes. Drawing on his expertise in programming and his knowledge of neuroscience, Mo explains how - despite their incredible complexity - our brains behave in ways that are largely predictable. From these insights, he delivers this user manual for happiness.Inspired by the life of his late son, Ali, Mo Gawdat has set out to share a model for happiness based on generosity and empathy towards ourselves and others. Using his experience as a former Google engineer and Chief Business Officer, Mo shares his 'code' for reprogramming our brain and moving away from the misconceptions modern life gives us.

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Sie kann Informationen blitzschnell verarbeiten, in die Zukunft blicken und Ergebnisse treffsicher vorhersagen - künstliche Intelligenz ist heute schon um ein Vielfaches smarter als der Mensch. Dennoch unterlaufen auch ihr ständig Fehler. Woran liegt das?Mo Gawdat, der Bestsellerautor von Die Formel für Glück und ehemaliger Chief Business Officer von Google [X], kennt die Antwort auf diese Frage: Es liegt an uns Menschen, die die KI mit Informationen über unsere unvollkommene Welt füttern und so ihre Arbeitsweise grundlegend bestimmen. Um unsere Zukunft zu sichern, müssen wir das zukünftig besser machen. Und unseren Maschinen beibringen, wie wir besser leben können - nur dann kann KI dabei helfen, die Zukunft unserer Spezies und des Planeten zu erhalten.

DAS BENUTZERHANDBUCH FÜR DAUERHAFTES GLÜCKFür die einen ist es Gesundheit, für die anderen Wohlstand oder beruflicher Erfolg - Glück bedeutet für jeden etwas anderes. Meist bemerkt man sein Glück aber leider erst dann, wenn es sich bereits wieder zu verflüchtigen scheint.Der ehemalige GoogleX-Manager und Bestsellerautor von Die Formel für Glück, Mo Gawdat, enthüllt seinen ganz persönlichen »Code« zur »Neuprogrammierung« des Gehirns und zeigt, wie wir unserem Glück selbst dauerhaft auf die Sprünge helfen können. Indem wir etwa negative Selbstgesprächevermeiden, Gier durch Großzügigkeit überwinden und Apathie in Mitgefühl verwandeln, ändern wir unsere mentalen Prozesse so, dass wir glücklicher werden. Denn Glück ist auch Einstellungssache »Glück ist, wenn das Gehirn die Klappe hält.« - Mo Gawdat, Spiegel Online