Mo Gawdat: 80% Of Illness Is Linked To One Thing! An Alarming Warning For The Burnout Generation! If You Feel Like This, Quit Your Job Today!

The Diary Of A CEO with Steven Bartlett

Life is getting faster and more hectic than ever before, but is there way to become unstressable?

Mo Gawdat is the former Chief Business Officer for Google X, the founder of ‘One Billion Happy’ foundation, and co-founder of ‘Unstressable’. He is the bestselling author of books such as, ‘Solve for Happy’, ‘Scary Smart’, and ‘That Little Voice in Your Head’.

In this conversation Mo and Steven discuss topics such as, why this is the most stressful time for any generation, how most people won’t recognise the world in 5 years time, and how stress is the new pandemic.

00:00 Intro

02:01 Mo How Are You Doing?

07:08 Mo's New Book & The State Of The World

12:31 The Speed Of The World

17:14 Stress Is The New Addiction

26:41 Will I Lose Productivity Without Stress?

31:06 What is TONN? The Origin Of Stress

36:07 Upsetting People With Change & Choosing To Put Ourselves First

43:31 What Is Loss Aversion?

50:43 The Noise Of Stress

01:01:38 How Do We Spot Our Own Stress?

01:04:49 Are We Really Too Busy?

01:08:23 What Is Steve's BS?

01:12:18 Setting Limits & Prioritising The Important Stuff

01:18:20 How Our Childhood Impact In Our Bias To Workaholism

01:22:22 Loss And How Long We Have Left

01:29:02 Passport Control Detention

01:29:49 How Do We Undo Stress

01:44:02 Work / Life Balance

01:44:52 The Impact Of AI

02:02:04 Being Successful And Balanced

02:16:20 Love & Relationship Advice

02:26:17 Why Some People Don't Find A Partner

02:34:22 Becoming Unstressable

02:40:15 Mo's Family Heartache

02:44:53 What Would You Tell The First People You Loved

You can purchase Mo’s newest book, ‘Unstressable: A Practical Guide to Stress-Free Living’, available on 9th May 2024, here: https://amzn.to/3w6xG8h

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