Ancient Wisdom + Modern Science = Awesome Advice on Love & Life for Smart People Like You
Today I want to talk about how being discriminating in dating can make you more successful in dating.
Before I start, I want to follow up on the story from the last article about my friend Aaron.
Remember how when he asked out this really attractive young woman, she immediately reeled off the names of the 4 [...]
I have a mini-confession to make: I wrote the Tao of Dating books specifically for really smart people. The writing of the books was precipitated by the endemic dating woes on the Harvard campus, as I observed them as an advisor and earlier, indulged in them as a student.
Those kids graduate and pretty much continue [...]
Earlier this week I was having a conversation with a friend about how dinner dates are probably one of the worst ways of getting to know someone. It’s basic stuff, but well worth repeating, because, well, people seem to keep on having these dinner dates. Much of what I write here concerns the loftier aspects [...]
This is the first post by The Phoenix as part of The Tao of Dating Experiment. We’ll be putting up her posts here; you can also follow her postings at taoofdatingexperiment.blogspot.com.
Phoenix
–noun
1. a mythical bird of great beauty fabled to live 500 or 600 years in the Arabian wilderness, to burn itself on a funeral pyre, [...]
Just wanted all the ladies (and curious men) out there know that the Tao of Dating Experiment for Women has officially kicked off.
One of my friends here in Los Angeles volunteered (completely unbidden) to test out the principles in the book and to document, via blog, how it affects her life in the dating realm [...]
Last weekend I had the pleasure of attending a talk by Marianne Williamson on ‘Divine Partnership’ here in Los Angeles. In it, she elaborated on many useful ideas from A Course in Miracles applicable to dating and relationships.
For those of you who are not familiar with her work yet, she possesses one of the most [...]
This is a reader’s response to the article “How to decipher what men really mean: principles for handling casual relationships.” If you haven’t read it yet, no big deal, but it’s available via the newsletter, which you can subscribe to in the left-hand box over there <–
Dear Dr. Benzer,
Some helpful and thought-provoking points below. [...]
I don’t think there’s any holiday on the American calendar quite so disdained and reviled as Valentine’s Day.
I mean, how many times have you heard of an ‘anti-Christmas party’? “Down with this fat guy who never brings me stuff I want! It’s all commercialized kitsch, nobody knows when the dude was born, and it’s supposed [...]
Recently I had the pleasure of reading a very interesting book on the inner workings of the human mind.
It’s by Jonathan Haidt, and it’s called The Happiness Hypothesis: Finding Modern Truth in Ancient Wisdom. If you’re fascinated by the science behind how humans tick and how it relates to ancient wisdom, I highly recommend [...]
Hi Dr. Alex,
I was in a long-term relationship not too long ago. Now that I am over it, I would like to continue dating like I was, when I was younger… I have recently started college at a new University, so I don’t know too many women. I addition to that, it seems like the [...]
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If you don't think you're smart, fine. If you want to be resistible, fine. Otherwise, you need to get this book for yourself, you smart woman you. 'Cause it's life-changingly awesome, that's why.
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