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The Saad Truth about Happiness · Clay & Buck Recommendations

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Let's start with the two most fundamental decisions that will either impart great happiness or
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great misery upon you, choosing the right life partner and the ideal job.
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I can speak briefly on each if you like the right life partner. In
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evolutionist psychology, there are two opposing maxims. One is the opposites attract maxim
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or the birds of a feather flock together maxim well. For short term sexual
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encounter, opposites attract works perfectly well. I may be sexually restrained, I
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may be introverted. You may be the exact opposites, and hence opposites might
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attract. But for long term stability of a romantic union, the research is
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overwhelmingly clear that it's birds of a feather flock together. And what do we
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mean by birds of a feather flocking on which feathers well. It's sharing the
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same life goals, same belief systems, same values. You increase your chances
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tremendously if you find someone with whom to assort on these values,