Friendship Choices
©Arlene R. Taylor PhD
Human beings tend to pursue friendships (or not) for a variety of reasons. While everything from opportunity and availability to one’s position on the EAI Continuum undoubtedly impact choices, lifetime best friends tend to share similar brain function.
Following are examples of the way in which individuals might go about selecting friends based on his or her brain's innate energy advantage.
Prioritizing Division | Envisioning Division
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Individuals with an energy advantage in this division may:
Their friends must be capable, useful, successful, goal-oriented, and relatively unemotional
| Individuals with an energy advantage in this division may:
Their friends must be interesting, stimulating, visionary, and have a great sense of humor
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Maintaining Division | Harmonizing Division |
Individuals with an energy advantage in this division may:
Their friends must be dependable, predictable, traditional, and conservative (e.g., not too boisterous, don’t draw attention)
| Individuals with an energy advantage in this division may:
Their friends must be expressive, loyal, affectionate, touch-oriented, and loyal
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