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I get asked this question a lot: what's your favourite episode of The Diary Of A CEO ever?
The answer is fairly easy.. episode 101 with @MGawdat. It was our most shared episode ever, not because of fame or celebrity, but because what he said was so profound it changed the way I think about life..
Mo was the Chief Business Officer at Google X, the "moonshot factory" behind self-driving cars and some of the most futuristic technology on the planet. He co-founded over 20 businesses. By any external measure, he had achieved everything. But he was desperately unhappy..
So he did what any engineer would do - he tried to solve the problem. He spent years researching, collecting data, and eventually he discovered what he calls the happiness equation.
It's deceptively simple...
"You're happy in your life when your expectations of how life is supposed to be going are met. And you're unhappy when those expectations go unmet."
Therefore... so much of our happiness is about the gap between what happens and what you expected to happen."
I use this as a framework now to think about why I'm unhappy at certain moments in my life.
And it's always.. without any exception.. because I had an expectation of how something was going to happen and it's currently falling below that expectation.
This also explains why gratitude has always been seen as one of the great answers to happiness.
Because gratitude is the realisation that your expectations are being met in various areas of your life right now.
If you think about everything that's made you unhappy in the last week, I guarantee it's all about an expectation you had about something.
Someone cuts you off in traffic? You expected them not to. Your partner didn't do what you asked? You expected them to. Your dog pooped in the house? You expected it wouldn't.
So can we manage our expectations? of ourselves, of others, of our partners, of life itself?
Mo's son Ali died suddenly during a routine operation. It was the ultimate test of his equation. And somehow, through the worst thing a parent could ever endure, his framework helped him survive.
Have you listened to this one yet? β€οΈ
Neuroscientist Andrew Huberman shares with Bill Maher a surprising trick to help you fall back asleep when you wake up in the middle of the night.
βI canβt promise, but Iβm willing to wagerβ¦ that within five minutes or so, youβll be back to sleep.β
Do you make your bed every morning? I have always made my bed since a teenager. Installed in my mind by my mother 'Stay Organized' from the beginning of the day. It just made sense. https://t.co/gZDrcF3GZ5
The man who heals what doctors can't:
Gabor Mate.
This famous physician & psychotherapist says the root cause of Cancer, Addiction, and Depression is suppressed emotions.
Here are 5 ways they secretly control your life - and how to break free: π§΅
5 -7 hrs of deep work βοΈ
Cook your own food βοΈ (always)
Keep your life private βοΈ (absolutely)
Spend 1h in the gym βοΈ
Sleep 7-8 hrs daily (ugh, that's a struggle)
Read 10 pages (when I can't sleep is when I get cough up on my reading) Unfortunately, my businesses keep me busy.
Normalize this by age 30:
Wake up at 6 Am
4 hrs of deep work
Cook your own food
Keep your life private
Spend 1h in the gym
Sleep 7-8 hrs daily
Meditation 15 min +
Read 10 pages
What else would you add?
@angelsloveevry1 Thank you. We can all be deceitful if untrue to ourselves or unhealthy emotionally, you may just not have met the right Scorpio yet. They are fascinating creatures, just need to meet the right ones. Good luck
@angelsloveevry1 @JamesLucasIT @angelsloveevry1 not all, but the unhealthy ones for sure. A lot of the times, they just enjoy throwing curveball's just to watch your reaction, either for their own entertainment or trying to figure you out. In any case, I find them intriguing.