Solve for Happy: Engineer Your Path to Joy

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本書作者Mo Gawdat是著名的Google實驗室[X]的商務總監，這個由菁英工程師組成的團隊，要打造的是Google未來的”夢工廠”。

Gawdat根據大腦處理悲歡的機制，並利用他的邏輯與解題技巧，提出了一套演算法，解出了”快樂”這道習題。這個”快樂方程式”，幫助他與家人走出痛失愛子的深淵。

現在，他要用這本書告訴讀者，如何讓人生存在的預設值就是快樂。

十幾年前的Gawdat，已經是功成名就之人，他是好幾家公司的共同創辦人，坐擁許多人一生都無法賺得的財富，可是，他並不快樂。在絕望之中，他天生的工程人性格，決定要解決這個難題，於是他檢驗了所有可以證明的事實，並利用邏輯推算的方法，最終導出了持續快樂的方程式。

2014年，他的兒子在一場例行手術中喪命，可以證明這個快樂方程式是否有效的終極試煉終於登場。結果是，真的有用！

透過本書，他告訴讀者，要避開不快樂的陷阱，我們必須排除會擾亂我們思考的6項錯覺，要克服大腦的7個致命缺失，並且擁抱5個終極事實(如：改變是真、當下是真、無條件的愛是真…)。

Gawdat親身打造並實證的快樂方程式，是現代人憂鬱、徬徨、絕望的一帖良方。
In this “powerful personal story woven with a rich analysis of what we all seek” (Sergey Brin, cofounder of Google), Mo Gawdat, Chief Business Officer at Google’s [X], applies his superior logic and problem solving skills to understand how the brain processes joy and sadness—and then he solves for happy.

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 the horrible loss, Mo found his mission: he would pull off the type of “moonshot” goal that he and his colleagues were always aiming for—he would share his equation with the world and help as many people as possible become happier.

In Solve for Happy 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 us how to dispel the illusions that cloud our thinking; overcome the brain’s blind spots; and embrace five ultimate truths.

No matter what obstacles we face, what burdens we bear, what trials we’ve experienced, we can all be content with our present situation and optimistic about the future.