The Algebra of Happiness
Scott Galloway, a serial entrepreneur, NYU marketing professor, and one of the louder voices in tech-business criticism, spent years closing his popular Brand Strategy course at the Stern School of Business with a lecture on what his students actually wanted to know: how to build a life that ends well. The Algebra of Happiness, published in 2019, collects and extends that lecture into a short, aphoristic book on the math of a good adult life. Chapters work through the compounding of early career choices, the long-term return on exercise, the honesty most couples avoid about money, the specific ways children change the calculus, and the non-negotiable position of friendship and physical affection in a life worth the effort. Galloway writes in short, blunt sections and avoids the optimism of the standard genre.
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NYU marketing professor Scott Galloway pulls together his most-watched lectures and personal essays into short chapters of advice on success, money, relationships, and family for people in their twenties through forties.
The Algebra of Happiness was written by Scott Galloway and published in 2019. Galloway is a New York University Stern professor of marketing and host of the Prof G podcast.
The Algebra of Happiness blends personal essay, financial advice, and life-stage reflection. It is more aphoristic and personal than typical self-help, structured around brief principles drawn from Galloway's life.
The Algebra of Happiness is 256 pages in standard print editions, though page counts vary slightly between hardcover, paperback, and large-print formats.
At an average reading pace of about 250 words per minute, The Algebra of Happiness takes most readers 4 to 6 hours to finish.
The Algebra of Happiness is a standalone novel by Scott Galloway, not part of a series.
The Algebra of Happiness is available in hardcover, paperback, ebook, and audiobook formats from Amazon, Bookshop.org, ThriftBooks, and most major bookstores.
