The Saad Truth About Happiness

8 Secrets for Leading the Good Life

By: Gad Saad

Narrated by: John McLain

Length: 7 hrs and 10 mins

Publisher's summary

Professor and “de facto global therapist” to an ever-growing audience of hundreds of thousands of people builds on national bestseller The Parasitic Mind to argue that happiness is not merely a changeable mood but a process toward which we can strive by following some basic steps that have been known to humans for millennia.

Happiness is a fact

It is a scientific fact, which means we can measure it, we can assess it, and we can devise strategies to make ourselves happy and fulfilled human beings.

Or so says, Professor Gad Saad, author of the sensational national bestseller The Parasitic Mind and popular host of The Saad Truth podcast. Professor Saad roams through the scientific studies, the wisdom of ancient philosophy and religion, and his extraordinary personal experience as a refugee from war-torn Lebanon turned academic celebrity to provide one of the most provocative, helpful, and entertaining listens you are likely to encounter.

In The Saad Truth about Happiness you’ll learn the secrets to living the good life, including:

• how to live the life you want—not necessarily the life expected of you,
• why resilience is a key to happiness,
• why your career needs to have a higher purpose than a paycheck,
• how variety truly can be the spice of life,
• why marriage is so important,
• how Aristotle had it right when he preached moderation, and
• why you should take a hint from your dog and realize that playfulness equals happiness.

Enlightening, bold, and good-humored, The Saad Truth about Happiness is as lively, stimulating, and captivating as its author, who has become a “de facto global therapist” to an ever-growing audience of hundreds of thousands of people. Listen to this book and you’ll see why so many seek his counsel.

©2023 Gad Saad (P)2023 Blackstone Publishing

Excellent book

Another Awesome book by Professor Saad. It would have been even better if narrated by the author himself.

Gad Saad gets it, thankfully he shares it.

the book provides great insights and great advice on how to just be happier. who doesn't want that. after all shouldn't that be everyone's goal. its not a heavy dose of psychology or silly mantras. you don't have to evaluate every aspect of your being or embark on some years long quest to achieve oneness. just gain a better understanding of what it means to be happy and how best to attain it. I'll revisit parts of it regularly as it is an enjoyable listen as well.

Gad should have read it

Would have much preferred if the author read , instead of a hired voice actor. Amazon should let the author have more power

Potentially good book but…

Self indulgent book. In the correct aim but not hitting the mark. Good luck ti the author.

Let Gad Read His Work

Love the book, but can’t stand the narrators. I was so excited for the release of this book. As with all Prof Saad’s creativity, it is playful, humorous and engaging. Unfortunately this narrator, is none of these qualities. Please, please, please let Gad read his next work!

Gad Saad Never Disappoint and ages like fine wine.

I instantly bought this book due to the parasitic mind being one of my favorite books of all time.
while being 2 hours away from finishing the book at the moment, so far the impression that it left is truly great, a refreshing breath of air for the self improvment/self help genre and am writing this as A avid reader and listener of the genre that went through all of the many best sellers of the genre and the underground pearls too, this one has a unique twist on it, funny references to many knowledgable pieces of literature and science,
casully banters the woke universties and trans community
i'm sold.

Socialism is a great theory

So many great explanations to the fallacy of all the offshoots of Socialism and communism. My favorite is that the theory is really great. They just have the wrong species. An ant colony would function well under socialism or communism since all the ants have the same motivation and desires for the collective good.

More passion than happiness?

Although the book is narrated by a rather stilted voice actor, I got the sensation that I was sitting at my Thanksgiving table next to my rambling second cousin whom I see once a year.

Yes, he’s passionate and knowledgeable; yes, i agree with many of his points; however, halfway through I began to regret choosing the seat.

Saad presents himself as a guy who’s figured out the secrets to happiness. Throughout the book, he recounts stories of people walking up to him and saying, “Wow, you seem happy.”

But from my own observations, people who are truly content aren’t so self-congratulatory or derisive. It seems that every few minutes, Saad slips in a sentence about toxic wokism. He seems angry. Saad also has a clear bone to pick with his cousin. Granted, his cousin struck first blood when he ridiculed one of Saad’s Tweets. But Saad devoted not a small section of this book to “don’t be vindictive like my cousin.” Perhaps the irony here is lost on Saad.

There are certainly some pearls of wisdom in this book, but they were clouded by the author’s fervor. If Saad were giving advice on living a passionate life, I’d give it higher grades.

Great words of wisdom by the Gadfather!

I really enjoyed Gad's words of wisdom. Such simple advice for leading the good life. He is a great storyteller! Cheers!

A pleasant read by a pleasant fellow.

If you appreciate Gad Saad, you'll appreciate this book.

Love his positive outlook on life!