What Is “Happiness”? Discovering Meaning On The Silk Road w/ Will Rickard

What is your current relationship with 'happiness"'? How does travel affect your happiness and why? What roles do contentment, purpose, & gratitude play in your daily habits?

Happiness may feel like the fabled Phoenix that rises, burns bright, and then turns to ashes but have you been possibly looking at it the wrong way and with the wrong intentions? Today's guest, Will Rickard, is the author of The Silk Road To Happiness which took him to Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Afghanistan over 3 months in the pursuit of happiness and its meaning. Will left the corporate dream job to embark on a journey both in travel and within himself and came out of it with a perspective that non-travelers may never know. We talk about his adventures in the 'Stans, how being enthusiastic is important & different from passion, and the 5 things that constitute a good life. Break free from your slump in pursuit of your happiness!

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Tune In To Learn:
12:55 From Crisis Of Self To Booking A Ticket
21:30 Double Dipping On The Australian Gap Year
25:30 Your Frame Of Reference Is Only What Is In Front Of You
27:10 Balancing Discontent & Gratitude with The Pursuit Of More
33:30 Differences In Pursuing More via Purpose vs Consumerism
35:50 The Goal Worthy Of Striving For
39:30 What Is Happiness?
41:15 The Silk Road & How It Changed His Perspective
44:15 The Five Things That Constitute A Good Life (In Respect To Happiness)
52:45 The Heroin Highway Experience
56:30 There Is A Reason It Is Practiced For 100's Of Years
01:01:40 The Fight For Purpose & A Fear Of Change
01:03:30 The Non-Negotiable: Gratitude
01:10:00 Why Should You Go To The 'Stans
01:12:00 Where Did This All Take You
And so much more
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