What Decision Does George Blair-West Call Most Important?

Psychiatrist George Blair-West closes his TED Talks Daily talk by saying the most important decision you can make is who you choose as a life partner and as the other parent of your children. Romance still has to be there, he says, but a romantic heart is not enough. The choice also needs an informed, thoughtful mind. Just before that, he tells listeners to watch whether a partner follows through. Promises that sound good and then get dropped are a warning. If a commitment matters to the other person, he says, you move hell and high water to keep it. He says those habits can also be built inside a relationship that already exists.