Society
The Lost Art of Connection: Why We Need to Start Talking Again
The art of conversation is something we have slowly lost. Not because people no longer want connection. If anything, I think we want it more than ever. We…
From the Desk
Insights
Perspective on modern relationships, elite standards, and the principles that guide high-achieving men toward lasting commitment.
Dos & Don’ts
Are You Saying No Too Often? The Biggest Dating Mistake I See
One of the unique advantages of being a professional in the matchmaking industry is that you get to see dating from a perspective most people never experience. You…
Matchmaking
Why More People Are Turning to Matchmaking
Dating is one of the most personal parts of our lives, yet it is often the area where people feel the most pressure to figure everything out on…
Dos & Don’ts
Modern Dating Has Made Us Better at Filtering, Not Connecting
As someone who has worked in the luxury matchmaking industry, I have had the opportunity to work with people from a wide range of backgrounds, age groups, cities,…
Dos & Don’ts
Why Successful Singles Are So Exhausted by Dating Apps
The Dating Callous Why Singles No Longer Recognize a Great Match When They Meet One By Louie Felix After more than 22 years as a professional matchmaker, I…
The Modern Man
Dating in Your Forties and Fifties: A Realist’s Guide
Dating at this age is not what it was at thirty, and pretending otherwise is the single largest source of unhappiness in our clients’ romantic lives. The men…
Relationships
Building, Not Achieving: What Long-Term Partnership Asks of High-Performers
The skills that make a man successful in business are not the skills that make a marriage work. This is an observation most accomplished men resist for about…
Relationships
The Optionality Trap: Why More Choice Has Made Partnership Harder
The men we know who can’t seem to settle down are not, by and large, men who lack options. They’re men with too many. They have curated lives,…
Dos & Don’ts
The Curated First Meeting: A Field Guide
A first introduction arranged by a matchmaker is not a first date in the ordinary sense. Both of you have been pre-vetted. Neither of you has had to…
Matchmaking
The Brief: How to Tell a Matchmaker What You Actually Want
Most successful men come to a matchmaker with the wrong list. It tends to include height, age range, profession, perhaps a hair color, and a vague preference for…