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The Happiness Expert: Retrain Your Brain For Maximum Happiness! Mo Gawdat

Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google X, it’s ‘moonshot’ division behind it’s most exciting and futuristic projects, as well as the author of Solve For Happy, Scary Smart and his new book, That Little Voice In Your Head, where he returns to the theme of happiness which made his last appearance on the podcast such a success. 0:00 Intro 01:14 How have things changed for you since last time? 06:45 The signal for you to “move and flow” 11:03 Are you single? 15:14 Recognising phases in your life 21:46 Did you feel like something was missing? 30:01 Why did you decide to write this book? 32:37 What illusions did you live under? 39:32 Our whole lives are a contradiction 45:07 The economics of love 59:01 Money is an illusion 01:18:25 Not all thoughts are equal 01:31:02 Changing the shape of our brain 01:44:40 Masculine and Feminine energy 02:04:08 Your one selfish request 02:07:52 The last guest question Mo: https://www.instagram.com/mo_gawdat/ https://twitter.com/mgawdat Mo’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/That-Little-Voice-Your-Head/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx Location courtesy of The Nightfall Group: www.nightfallgroup.com

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May 19, 2022
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2h 12m
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The Diary of a CEO
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Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer of Google X, it’s ‘moonshot’ division behind it’s most exciting and futuristic projects, as well as the author of Solve For Happy, Scary Smart and his new book, That Little Voice In Your Head, where he returns to the theme of happiness which made his last appearance on the podcast such a success. 0:00 Intro 01:14 How have things changed for you since last time? 06:45 The signal for you to “move and flow” 11:03 Are you single? 15:14 Recognising phases in your life 21:46 Did you feel like something was missing? 30:01 Why did you decide to write this book? 32:37 What illusions did you live under? 39:32 Our whole lives are a contradiction 45:07 The economics of love 59:01 Money is an illusion 01:18:25 Not all thoughts are equal 01:31:02 Changing the shape of our brain 01:44:40 Masculine and Feminine energy 02:04:08 Your one selfish request 02:07:52 The last guest question Mo: https://www.instagram.com/mo_gawdat/ https://twitter.com/mgawdat Mo’s book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/That-Little-Voice-Your-Head/ Listen on: Apple podcast - https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-diary-of-a-ceo-by-steven-bartlett/id1291423644 Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/show/7iQXmUT7XGuZSzAMjoNWlX FOLLOW ► Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/steven/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveBartlettSC Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steven-bartlett-56986834/ Sponsors: Huel - https://my.huel.com/Steven Craftd - https://bit.ly/3JKOPFx Location courtesy of The Nightfall Group: www.nightfallgroup.com

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  • Mo Gawdat

    guest
  • Steven Bartlett

    host

EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of The Diary of a CEO, featuring Mo Gawdat and Steven Bartlett, The Happiness Expert: Retrain Your Brain For Maximum Happiness! Mo Gawdat explores rewiring Happiness: Mo Gawdat On Love, Flow, And Thought Control Mo Gawdat returns to discuss how happiness is a skill rooted in how we use our brains, not in external circumstances. He explains neuroplasticity and how our thoughts, conditioning, and media inputs literally rewire our brains toward either anxiety or peace. The conversation covers designing a life of ‘flow’, unconventional views on relationships and dating as an economics problem, and the balance of masculine and feminine energies in work and life. Mo grounds the ideas in his own story of loss, mission, and his ongoing attempt to live half as a monk and half as a “modern-day warrior.”

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