Mo Gawdat

And so I cry when I see it because I saw it without his will. And I go like, I approve, Habibi. It's absolutely fine. It's a lovely tattoo. But then it's the last message he gives me. And 10 hours later, he's gone. And suddenly everything's put in perspective. You know, you're that executive that's been paid all his life to solve problems. This one is not solvable. So you're struggling with it.

And so I cry when I see it because I saw it without his will. And I go like, I approve, Habibi. It's absolutely fine. It's a lovely tattoo. But then it's the last message he gives me. And 10 hours later, he's gone. And suddenly everything's put in perspective. You know, you're that executive that's been paid all his life to solve problems. This one is not solvable. So you're struggling with it.

You're trying to keep... Your wife and daughter, okay. Losing a child just doesn't feel right.

You're trying to keep... Your wife and daughter, okay. Losing a child just doesn't feel right.

Yeah, I mean, I still have the same pain, but less severe. So I felt a physical part of my heart disappear. So the bottom right-hand side, and I still feel it, not ever fully healed. Anyway, four days later, Aya walks into my study and basically says, Papa, Ali had a dream and he only told me about it. And I think you should know it. And I go like, yes, two weeks before he died, he had a dream.

Yeah, I mean, I still have the same pain, but less severe. So I felt a physical part of my heart disappear. So the bottom right-hand side, and I still feel it, not ever fully healed. Anyway, four days later, Aya walks into my study and basically says, Papa, Ali had a dream and he only told me about it. And I think you should know it. And I go like, yes, two weeks before he died, he had a dream.

He calls her and says, hey, I had this amazing dream. I dreamt I was everywhere and part of everyone. And it felt so amazing that I didn't want to wake up. Now, of course, if you're spiritual, you learn eventually that when the soul is separated from the body, you're no longer bound by space-time, basically. You have the ability to be everywhere.

He calls her and says, hey, I had this amazing dream. I dreamt I was everywhere and part of everyone. And it felt so amazing that I didn't want to wake up. Now, of course, if you're spiritual, you learn eventually that when the soul is separated from the body, you're no longer bound by space-time, basically. You have the ability to be everywhere.

And if all of our souls come from the same source, if you want, then by returning to the source, you're part of everyone. You're connected to every other soul. I learned that five years later. At the time, all I heard was my son giving me a quota, which was so weird. Because then all I heard in my head is Ali telling me, make me everywhere and part of everyone.

And if all of our souls come from the same source, if you want, then by returning to the source, you're part of everyone. You're connected to every other soul. I learned that five years later. At the time, all I heard was my son giving me a quota, which was so weird. Because then all I heard in my head is Ali telling me, make me everywhere and part of everyone.

And at the time, I was a year out of Google into Google X. So I had worked on the 4 billion strategy. I knew how to get to a billion people, right? So I basically said in my head, I was like, okay, Habibi, consider it done. That's all I heard myself say. And then I come up with this devious plan of I'm going to write the book, which includes everything he told me.

And at the time, I was a year out of Google into Google X. So I had worked on the 4 billion strategy. I knew how to get to a billion people, right? So I basically said in my head, I was like, okay, Habibi, consider it done. That's all I heard myself say. And then I come up with this devious plan of I'm going to write the book, which includes everything he told me.

about happiness, and then I'm going to do my own internet gimmicks thing so that I can get to 10 million people. And if I can get to 10 million people, exactly if I calculated correctly, if everyone tells two people who tell two people and so on over 72 years, Ali will be everywhere and part of everyone. That his essence, what he taught me will be everywhere and part of everyone.

about happiness, and then I'm going to do my own internet gimmicks thing so that I can get to 10 million people. And if I can get to 10 million people, exactly if I calculated correctly, if everyone tells two people who tell two people and so on over 72 years, Ali will be everywhere and part of everyone. That his essence, what he taught me will be everywhere and part of everyone.

And so I basically sit down and write. And it was like I was possessed. Really, I would wake up at 3 a.m. in the morning, switch on my Mac and type away and then go back to sleep, forget that I wrote whatever I wrote. And then a week later, I find something on the desktop. So I double click on it and I'm like, oh my God, who wrote this shit? Like, this is good shit. I don't even know that stuff.

And so I basically sit down and write. And it was like I was possessed. Really, I would wake up at 3 a.m. in the morning, switch on my Mac and type away and then go back to sleep, forget that I wrote whatever I wrote. And then a week later, I find something on the desktop. So I double click on it and I'm like, oh my God, who wrote this shit? Like, this is good shit. I don't even know that stuff.

I swear, it was unbelievable. And I was known at Google X to not be the hardest working person. So I always gave myself thinking time. But literally I would sometimes be in a meeting and then five minutes before the meeting ends, I go like, guys, I really have to go. I really have to go and then switch on my Mac in a corner somewhere and type away.

I swear, it was unbelievable. And I was known at Google X to not be the hardest working person. So I always gave myself thinking time. But literally I would sometimes be in a meeting and then five minutes before the meeting ends, I go like, guys, I really have to go. I really have to go and then switch on my Mac in a corner somewhere and type away.

Anyway, and then the world conspired to make it happen. I meet this incredible agent in New York City through a friend of a friend who was going through a tough time at the time. So I sent him a chapter and he goes like, oh, can you send me another chapter? And then I send him another chapter. And I'm like, until I sent him the whole book.

Anyway, and then the world conspired to make it happen. I meet this incredible agent in New York City through a friend of a friend who was going through a tough time at the time. So I sent him a chapter and he goes like, oh, can you send me another chapter? And then I send him another chapter. And I'm like, until I sent him the whole book.