The Happiness Equation is: your happiness is equal to or greater than the difference between the events of your life and your expectations of how life should behave. Take a moment here and think about this seemingly silly question: have you ever experienced anything outside the present moment? The realisation that nothing we could do, including crying in our rooms for the next 17 years, would ever bring him back… we started from there.

However, whether you've lost a loved one, been through a relationship break up, experienced a career setback or you're simply struggling to deal with current events, happiness can often seem unattainable.In what sense was your quest to develop an equation for happiness informed by Google X’s moonshot philosophy, to set audacious rather than incremental goals? Somehow the probability of an accident increases [in your mind] after you see a car turned over on the side of the road,” says Kahneman. Gawdat argues that, when your brain needs your attention, it exaggerates your perceptions so it can’t be ignored. We offer a 30-day money back guarantee for your first all-access annual subscription, if you aren't completely satisfied with your purchase.

Let’s circle back to the perception of the events — because thoughts are not always an accurate representation of reality. When I started going through this dialogue it made me realise that this can be for a reason, for good can come out of it.

Equally, if the product passes the ‘table stakes’ test and it has a potentially high RoI, this is of little value if no one will use it. You might know Mo as the former Chief Business Officer of Google X – a role with status and riches that many might aspire to.