Arthur Brooks
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And why now your mom doesn't know that your actual partner probably doesn't know that, but you have to answer the question and you're going super deep. So this is simulating. You're just, you're screaming through the process of intimacy with this person. And then, ha ha. Now it's when it gets really good.
So at the end, they have to gaze into each other's eyes, blinking as little as possible for four minutes to release as much oxytocin as possible. And they would walk one after the other at a lab saying, I feel like I just fell in love. I feel like I just.
So at the end, they have to gaze into each other's eyes, blinking as little as possible for four minutes to release as much oxytocin as possible. And they would walk one after the other at a lab saying, I feel like I just fell in love. I feel like I just.
So at the end, they have to gaze into each other's eyes, blinking as little as possible for four minutes to release as much oxytocin as possible. And they would walk one after the other at a lab saying, I feel like I just fell in love. I feel like I just.
I don't know. One couple got married.
I don't know. One couple got married.
I don't know. One couple got married.
Not that day. Yeah. But a bunch of the couples wound up dating. A bunch of them, the couples wound up dating. And one actually after college got married. Wow. Yeah, yeah. No, it's unreal because we think that there's some sort of, you know, Disney soulmates kind of metaphysical thing going on, but we're made for pair bonds. Humans are made for pair bond mating.
Not that day. Yeah. But a bunch of the couples wound up dating. A bunch of them, the couples wound up dating. And one actually after college got married. Wow. Yeah, yeah. No, it's unreal because we think that there's some sort of, you know, Disney soulmates kind of metaphysical thing going on, but we're made for pair bonds. Humans are made for pair bond mating.
Not that day. Yeah. But a bunch of the couples wound up dating. A bunch of them, the couples wound up dating. And one actually after college got married. Wow. Yeah, yeah. No, it's unreal because we think that there's some sort of, you know, Disney soulmates kind of metaphysical thing going on, but we're made for pair bonds. Humans are made for pair bond mating.
This is one of the most important imperatives of human life. and our brains are built for it. But this is the important thing that, this is one of the things that I teach my business students and my clients, is be careful with this. So, you know, I'm in my company, in my unit, I need more, I need a team building exercise. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to do an offsite.
This is one of the most important imperatives of human life. and our brains are built for it. But this is the important thing that, this is one of the things that I teach my business students and my clients, is be careful with this. So, you know, I'm in my company, in my unit, I need more, I need a team building exercise. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to do an offsite.
This is one of the most important imperatives of human life. and our brains are built for it. But this is the important thing that, this is one of the things that I teach my business students and my clients, is be careful with this. So, you know, I'm in my company, in my unit, I need more, I need a team building exercise. You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to do an offsite.
No spouses so that we can really get to know each other better. I just put them in the lab, man. And so when you're all day long with somebody and you're working with somebody with whom you could conceivably have a relationship, even though you don't want to, you're paired up and you're looking into each other's eyes and you're talking about things that are important like your work.
No spouses so that we can really get to know each other better. I just put them in the lab, man. And so when you're all day long with somebody and you're working with somebody with whom you could conceivably have a relationship, even though you don't want to, you're paired up and you're looking into each other's eyes and you're talking about things that are important like your work.
No spouses so that we can really get to know each other better. I just put them in the lab, man. And so when you're all day long with somebody and you're working with somebody with whom you could conceivably have a relationship, even though you don't want to, you're paired up and you're looking into each other's eyes and you're talking about things that are important like your work.
And then you go on a lazy river like canoe trip. Yeah. And you're telling each other stories around the campfire. That's the reason that 31% of extramarital affairs start at work.
And then you go on a lazy river like canoe trip. Yeah. And you're telling each other stories around the campfire. That's the reason that 31% of extramarital affairs start at work.
And then you go on a lazy river like canoe trip. Yeah. And you're telling each other stories around the campfire. That's the reason that 31% of extramarital affairs start at work.
Yeah, you got to be careful. And so if you're a boss, every boss watching us here, be careful. Don't ruin people's lives. It's like no outside work activities that don't include plus ones. If people have partners or spouses, they have to be invited to these things. And you should be going with your partner or your spouse to the Christmas party.