Mo Gawdat on the Illusion of Wealth: What We're Really Chasing

By Neill Reich

Mo Gawdat on the Illusion of Wealth: What We're Really Chasing is not just another self-help book-it's a wake-up call for every ambitious, hard-working soul who has ever felt the quiet emptiness that follows achievement. Inspired by the transformational ideas of former Google X executive and global happiness advocate Mo Gawdat, this book explores one of the most quietly devastating truths of our time: that the chase for wealth, status, and success is rarely about money at all-it's about a deep, unspoken need to feel worthy, secure, and loved.Through emotionally honest storytelling, deep reflection, and philosophical clarity, this book holds a mirror up to modern ambition and asks the questions most of us have been too busy to face. Why do we chase success that doesn't fulfill us? Why does happiness seem to slip away even when we "have it all"? What are we truly seeking beneath the numbers, titles, and applause? And what would it look like to redefine wealth in a way that actually feeds the soul?
Drawing from Gawdat's life-altering equation for happiness and his profound reckoning after the tragic loss of his son, this book takes those insights further-showing how modern society has conditioned us to tie our worth to productivity, our identity to achievement, and our peace to numbers in a bank account. But what if real wealth isn't measured in dollars? What if it's measured in presence, clarity, relationships, and peace of mind? What if we've been looking in all the wrong places?
This is a book for those ready to stop performing and start living. It's for the entrepreneur who's built everything and still feels nothing. It's for the student chasing a future they're not even sure they want. It's for the quiet thinker who has always sensed there's something deeper-something more honest than hustle culture and more sustainable than burnout disguised as ambition.
By the end of this book, readers won't just understand why their pursuit of wealth has felt so hollow-they'll know how to change the equation entirely. They'll learn what it means to chase meaning instead of money, presence instead of pressure, and truth instead of performance. They'll walk away with a different understanding of success-not as something to chase, but something to remember.
Whether you're familiar with Mo Gawdat's work or encountering these ideas for the first time, this book will meet you where you are-and gently guide you home to yourself.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FLDSJ1G3
• ISBN13: 9798296720580
• Release Date: August 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"