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What is the Best Way to Find a Partner?
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40:50 - 45:45 (04:55)

The decision-making process of finding a partner shouldn't be based solely on checkboxes of qualities that they possess, but rather on the feeling you have when you are with them. This approach is similar to finding the best job.

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Author and economist Tim Harford explains how society's expectation of finding "the one" is a flawed concept, as there is no single person who fits every desired attribute.
40:50 - 41:59 (01:09)
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Relationships
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Author and economist Tim Harford explains how society's expectation of finding "the one" is a flawed concept, as there is no single person who fits every desired attribute. Instead, he argues that most of life is a complex matrix of pluses and minuses.

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What is the Best Way to Find a Partner?
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The Tim Ferriss Show
The decision to find a life partner involves making a list of pluses and minuses, but there is no dominant feeling associated with it.
41:59 - 45:45 (03:46)
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Life Partner