Mo Gawdat

You know, it's not something that I experience enough, at least mentally. I have reasonable command over my brain. And so anyway, she comes back and writes this beautiful thing. And I always joke that between my writing and Alice's writing, mine has normally bolded letters and equations and bullet points. And then when I read Alice's work, almost every time when I was editing it,

You know, it's not something that I experience enough, at least mentally. I have reasonable command over my brain. And so anyway, she comes back and writes this beautiful thing. And I always joke that between my writing and Alice's writing, mine has normally bolded letters and equations and bullet points. And then when I read Alice's work, almost every time when I was editing it,

You know, I read and read and I'm like, where the F is she going with this? Like, I have no idea what, why doesn't she just write it in one line? And then suddenly I feel something in my heart. So she writes so much in the feminine and I write so much in the masculine. And the book is such a beautiful yin and yang of the topic.

You know, I read and read and I'm like, where the F is she going with this? Like, I have no idea what, why doesn't she just write it in one line? And then suddenly I feel something in my heart. So she writes so much in the feminine and I write so much in the masculine. And the book is such a beautiful yin and yang of the topic.

It really is probably one of my favorite books because of that mix. And basically, Alice in her feminine, I sit down and I go like, you know what really explains stress? And she goes like, what? And I go like, stress in physics. Don't you understand? When you stress an object, You apply a force to it. The force is not the stress. The stress is the force divided by the cross area of the object.

It really is probably one of my favorite books because of that mix. And basically, Alice in her feminine, I sit down and I go like, you know what really explains stress? And she goes like, what? And I go like, stress in physics. Don't you understand? When you stress an object, You apply a force to it. The force is not the stress. The stress is the force divided by the cross area of the object.

So it's not just the external pressures on the object, it's the resources that the object has to carry that pressure That is how stress is felt. And in humans, all of the external events, external stressors, and by the way, most stressors are internal, and we can come back to that in a minute.

So it's not just the external pressures on the object, it's the resources that the object has to carry that pressure That is how stress is felt. And in humans, all of the external events, external stressors, and by the way, most stressors are internal, and we can come back to that in a minute.

They're applied to you, but they're divided by your skills, your abilities, your contacts, your resources. And the more of those that you have, the less stressed you will feel. The pressure will be there and it will accelerate across your life, but you'll start to feel less stressed by it.

They're applied to you, but they're divided by your skills, your abilities, your contacts, your resources. And the more of those that you have, the less stressed you will feel. The pressure will be there and it will accelerate across your life, but you'll start to feel less stressed by it.

And, you know, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand this because stuff that freaked me out when I was 20, I managed to deal with in my 30s. I dealt with ease when I was 40. And then in my 50s, I laugh at it. Not because it's easier, but because I started to acquire that. And so she goes like, oh my God, I actually understand this.

And, you know, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to understand this because stuff that freaked me out when I was 20, I managed to deal with in my 30s. I dealt with ease when I was 40. And then in my 50s, I laugh at it. Not because it's easier, but because I started to acquire that. And so she goes like, oh my God, I actually understand this.

And then we come up with the slogan of the book, which is, it's not the events of your life that stress you. It's the way you deal with them that does. And the book centers around that idea that... Life will continue to stress you. We say there are four quadrants of stress. We call them ton, T-O-N-N. Traumas are external macro stresses that hit you so hard.

And then we come up with the slogan of the book, which is, it's not the events of your life that stress you. It's the way you deal with them that does. And the book centers around that idea that... Life will continue to stress you. We say there are four quadrants of stress. We call them ton, T-O-N-N. Traumas are external macro stresses that hit you so hard.

O is obsessions, which are internal beliefs and scripts that really have a traumatic effect on you, but they're coming within you. The first N is noise, tiny little niggles that you annoy yourself with all the time. And the second N is nuisances. So little things like, you know, your alarm clock in the morning or whatever.

O is obsessions, which are internal beliefs and scripts that really have a traumatic effect on you, but they're coming within you. The first N is noise, tiny little niggles that you annoy yourself with all the time. And the second N is nuisances. So little things like, you know, your alarm clock in the morning or whatever.

And then suddenly there is a model in place because now that you understand them, of course, trauma is outside of our control, but trauma is not really the reason for the stress pandemic or epidemic of the world. Trauma, good news and bad news, if you want. The bad news is that 91% of everyone you know will get at least one PTSD-inducing traumatic event once in their life, and many get more. So

And then suddenly there is a model in place because now that you understand them, of course, trauma is outside of our control, but trauma is not really the reason for the stress pandemic or epidemic of the world. Trauma, good news and bad news, if you want. The bad news is that 91% of everyone you know will get at least one PTSD-inducing traumatic event once in their life, and many get more. So

You know, when it comes to loss, for example, I lost so many people that I love. And each of those counts as a traumatic event. It is an amount of pressure on you that is so high intensity in such a short period of time that it exceeds your ability to carry it and so you break. So that's the bad news.

You know, when it comes to loss, for example, I lost so many people that I love. And each of those counts as a traumatic event. It is an amount of pressure on you that is so high intensity in such a short period of time that it exceeds your ability to carry it and so you break. So that's the bad news.