Nov 22, 2021
Ali was only 21 years old when he died unexpectedly on the
operating table during a routine appendix surgery.
I sat down with Ali’s dad Mo Gawdat, best selling author and former
Chief Business Officer of Google X, to discuss the incredible
aftermath of that loss. When you hear about Ali, he strikes you as
being more of a spiritual teacher than your average 20 year old,
and the wisdom and kindness he showed in his life is something
people of all ages can learn from.
Mo addresses grief from the perspective of a brilliant engineer, a
truly unique approach that I know many will benefit from. This was
one of my absolute favorite conversations; we talked about
everything from kindness to strangers to the nature of reality and
whether quantum physics can prove that life is more like a video
game than we might think. Mo shares why he was inspired by Ali to
give up a life that was externally wildly successfully (think 16
car garage) to embark on his mission of making 1 billion people
happy.
This is the longest episode in the series because it was one of
those conversations you just never want to end. I hope you get as
much out of it as I did!
You can learn more about Mo and his
work at www.mogawdat.com, connect with him on Instagram @mo_gawdat, and
check out his podcast,
Slow Mo.