Do you need reasons to be cheerful? Simply changing your thoughts will help

A successful and wealthy Google engineer had little joy in his life so he set out to formulate an equation for happiness, writes Helen O’Callaghan.

Faced with the question of how to be happy, what else would a Google engineer do than devise an equation? Which is exactly what tech entrepreneur Mo Gawdat did, when — despite enjoying lots of success, wealth and recognition — he couldn’t find any joy in his life.

“Even my greatest blessing, my family, didn’t give me the joy they might have because I couldn’t receive it. In my constant quest for more, I’d become pushy and aggressive — even at home.