Sunday, July 20, 2008

Learn love through economics...


Summarised from this article by Ben Stein...
  1. In general, and with rare exceptions, the returns in love situations are roughly proportional to the amount of time and devotion invested.
  2. If you invest caring, patience and unselfishness, you get those things back. (Assume this is not a one-sided love affair with someone who isn’t interested.)
  3. High-quality bonds consistently yield more return than junk, and so it is with high-quality love.
  4. Stay with high-quality human beings. And once you find that you are in a junk relationship, sell immediately.
  5. Junk situations can look appealing and seductive, but junk is junk.
  6. Research pays off.
  7. The most appealing and seductive (that word again) exterior can hide the most danger and chance of loss. But exteriors can hide far too much.
  8. In every long-term romantic situation, returns are greater when there is a monopoly. If you have to share your love with others, if you have to compete even after a brief while with others, forget the whole thing.
  9. The returns on your investment should at least equal the cost of the investment.
  10. Long-term investment pays off.
  11. Fall in love in haste, repent at leisure.
  12. Realistic expectations are everything.
  13. When you have a winner, stick with your winner.
  14. Have a dog or many dogs or cats in your life. These are your anchors to windward and your unfailing source of love.
  15. In the meantime, they say that falling in love is wonderful, and that the best is falling in love with what you have.

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