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- Christopher Boyce spent a decade studying happiness as a behavioral scientist.
- He took a bike trip around the world and realized true contentment is more about the journey, not the destination.
- Have goals but be prepared to let them go, and try to let people in to achieve deeper connections, he advises.
It's one thing to know what makes people happy, but quite another to live a happy life oneself. I didn't get a true taste of happiness until I quit my decade-long career as a happiness academic, packed all I'd need for many months onto a bicycle, and began meandering my way around the world to Bhutan.