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Modern Mentor

369 GID How to find a romantic partner

Modern Mentor

Macmillan Holdings, LLC

Careers, Business, Management

4.3720 Ratings

🗓️ 27 July 2015

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

They say that like attracts like ... and that opposites attract. But like what? And opposite whats? Knowing how your brain works gives you the insight you need to find a compatible partner of the appropriate gender(s). Read the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/1exAw8e

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0:00.0

This is Steveer Robbins.

0:04.3

Welcome to the get it done guys, quick and dirty tips to work less and do more.

0:08.9

They say that new technology is driven by love, and by love, I of course mean physical love.

0:15.3

You know, friends with benefits type love.

0:17.8

Only the friend is the internet.

0:20.4

Indeed, one of the biggest impediments to productivity

0:22.6

is the easy availability of all that love online at any moment. People who work from home

0:28.0

barely have enough time left over to work. What little free time there is left over? People

0:32.8

spend searching the internet for romantic love. People are searching for mail-order brides, online dating,

0:39.8

and other romantic solutions. Everyone wants to know what will work and how to get a girlfriend

0:44.1

or how to get a boyfriend. We all want to be finding our very own schmoopee of the appropriate gender.

0:50.6

Well, it turns out that biological anthropologist Helen Fisher worked with chemistry.com to do a

0:57.0

hanken big analysis of profile text, who writes to whom, who responds, and who turns out to be

1:02.7

compatible. Her book, Why Him, Why Her, is a great guide to making your search for a soulmate

1:08.3

much more efficient. Our brains drive compatibility. Instead of

1:13.6

basing her research on psychological models, Professor Fisher looked at the four major neurotransmitter

1:18.7

systems that affect the brain. She figured that those would play out in different dynamics when

1:22.5

people use online dating sites. Different systems are stronger in each of us, and she's given each one

1:27.3

of them

1:27.6

names that conserve as memory hooks. Explorers are high in dopamine. Explorers, well, they

1:34.9

explore. They seek novelty. They're spontaneous and they go after what's new. They're creative,

1:40.5

optimistic, enthusiastic, and mentally flexible. Builders are the high serotonin bunch. Builders

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