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National Spouses Day -- January 26

Did you know:
>> Only 38% of married women think their hubby is sexy, while 57% of husbands say the same about their wives. 
 

To conduct the NationalToday.com Spouses Day Survey, the pollsters at National Today [www.nationaltoday.com] — America's favorite online destination to celebrate quirky and fun holidays — asked 1,035 married Americans to dish on their spouses.
 

*** NATIONALTODAY.COM SPOUSES DAY SURVEY ***

(survey of 1,035 Americans, conducted Jan. 23, 2017)

>>  TOP 5 THINGS THAT ANNOY US ABOUT OUR SPOUSES
#1: My spouse has selective listening (40%)
#2: My spouse snores (39%)
#3: My spouse can be a control freak sometimes (26%)
#4: My spouse is not as financially responsible as I am (20%)
#5: My spouse has bodily quirks (e.g. nose picking, farting, burping, etc.) (19%)
 

>>  TOP 5 REASONS AMERICANS APPRECIATE THEIR SPOUSES

#1: My spouse is a hard worker (60%)
#2: I can be myself around my spouse (56%)
#3: My spouse makes me laugh (56%)
#4: My spouse is smart (52%)
#5: My spouse is supportive of my goals and desires (48%)

 TOP 5 MOST SURPRISING SPOUSE INSIGHTS

#1: I love my spouse, but sometimes I wish I were single so I could experience dating again (10%)

#2: My spouse gets on my nerves sometimes (44%)
#3: I wear the pants in the relationship with my spouse (13%)
#4: Between the two of us, I'm better-looking than my spouse (9%)
#5: My spouse is a slob (e.g. doesn't wash dishes, leaves dirty clothes on floor, etc.) (17%)

>> HUSBANDS THINK THEY'RE MORE HELPFUL THAN THEY ACTUALLY ARE
While 44% of husbands say they evenly split the household chores with their wives, only 26% of wives say the same. Whose version of reality is true?!

>> SOURCE: NationalToday.com Spouses Day Survey http://nationaltoday.com/us/national-spouses-day/

 

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Perhaps, you know of women, where you work or within your personal network, that are ready to start doing things slightly different in order to achieve the success and happiness they deserve.

  Decoding the Executive Woman's Dress Code (FREE) 

 To reclaim your time and life: "When Doing It All Won't Do: A self-coaching guide for career women" by Barbara McEwen & John G. Agno.  

Purchase and download for the Nook eReader at Barnes & Noble  (.ePub Format for Nook and iPad) for $.99

Purchase and download at Amazon for the Kindle Edition -(.mobi format) for $.99   

Purchase and download all eReader formats at Smashwords  (Various Formats are available) for $.99

 Barbara A. McEwen: When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition (Paperback at $14.99)

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In the 1980s, the day wasn't over for career women until the sheer, nude-colored pantyhose was off. 

Today, there is a generation gap between women who remember a time when stockings and pumps were required workplace attire and women in the 20-to-35-year-old range who show greater interest in alternatives like leggings, tights, trouser socks and even thigh high hosiery.

  The casualization of the workplace and a 24/7 mentality have given women more options as to what they wear and less options as to the hours they are available for office communication.  "The traditional waist-high pantyhose garment thrived in the 1980s, it was at a peak," said Sally Kay, president and chief executive of the Hosiery Association, a Charlotte-based trade organization.  "But with the onset of the Internet in the '90s, and the ability to work from home, that's when we start to see sales decline."

"Pantyhose feels frumpy and old to younger generations," said Clare Sauro, assistant curator of accessories of The Museum at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.  "Plus, if you've never worn pantyhose, you don't think to wear them now."

Source: The Associated Press 

Perhaps, you know of women managers, where you work or within your personal network, that are ready to start doing things slightly different in order to achieve the success they deserve.

 John Agno: Decoding the Executive Woman's Dress Code (FREE) 

 To reclaim your time and life: "When Doing It All Won't Do: A self-coaching guide for career women" by Barbara McEwen & John G. Agno.  

Purchase and download for the Nook eReader at Barnes & Noble  (.ePub Format for Nook and iPad) for $.99

Purchase and download at Amazon for the Kindle Edition -(.mobi format) for $.99   

Purchase and download all eReader formats at Smashwords  (Various Formats are available) for $.99

 Barbara A. McEwen: When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition (Paperback at $14.99)

Today, there is a generation gap between women who remember a time when stockings and pumps were required workplace attire and women in the 20-to-35-year-old range who show greater interest in alternatives like leggings, tights, trouser socks and even thigh high hosiery.

  The casualization of the workplace and a 24/7 mentality have given women more options as to what they wear and less options as to the hours they are available for office communication.  "The traditional waist-high pantyhose garment thrived in the 1980s, it was at a peak," said Sally Kay, president and chief executive of the Hosiery Association, a Charlotte-based trade organization.  "But with the onset of the Internet in the '90s, and the ability to work from home, that's when we start to see sales decline."

"Pantyhose feels frumpy and old to younger generations," said Clare Sauro, assistant curator of accessories of The Museum at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology.  "Plus, if you've never worn pantyhose, you don't think to wear them now."

Source: The Associated Press 

Perhaps, you know of women managers, where you work or within your personal network, that are ready to start doing things slightly different in order to achieve the success they deserve.

 John Agno: Decoding the Executive Woman's Dress Code (FREE) 

 To reclaim your time and life: "When Doing It All Won't Do: A self-coaching guide for career women" by Barbara McEwen & John G. Agno.  

Purchase and download for the Nook eReader at Barnes & Noble  (.ePub Format for Nook and iPad) for $.99

Purchase and download at Amazon for the Kindle Edition -(.mobi format) for $.99   

Purchase and download all eReader formats at Smashwords  (Various Formats are available) for $.99

 Barbara A. McEwen: When Doing It All Won't Do: A Self-Coaching Guide for Career Women--Workbook Edition (Paperback at $14.99)

Lessons from Trailblazing Women

It is all well and good to be told to lean in, but in reality, nearly two-third of Americans believe that women continue to face barriers to career advancement, and statistics show that more than 75% of millennial women identify gender bias as a workplace problem.

On the flipside, women ran 4.2% of companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index as of December 2015.  While these women encountered a variety of setbacks in their career, their challenges often provided useful leadership lessons that helped propel their ascent and success.

Drawing on interviews with present or former female CEOs of Hewlett-Packard, Hearst Magazine, Avon, Sara Lee, Campbell Soup, Ogilvy & Mather, and many other companies, EARNING IT author Joann Lublin gleans important lessons from these women's trailblazing business achievements.  Their experiences offer a road map that will enable other women to find their way when it comes to launching their career.

Women keen to get ahead must learn to manage men well, especially those who don't want to be managed by women.

Nowadays, executive women managers rarely face openly hostile resistance from their male deputies.  Yet, their career progress continues to be slowed as a result of less obvious sex-role stereotypes, which "manifest themselves in all kinds of subtle and not-so-subtle ways," says Robin J. Ely, a Harvard Business School professor who specializes in gender issues.

Using street smarts, a sense of humor, strong belief in themselves, and empathetic ability to walk in their employee's shoes, the women who share their wisdom in EARNING IT crafted innovative approaches that helped them win at work.

Sources:  Joann S. Lublin: Earning It: Hard-Won Lessons from Trailblazing Women at the Top of the Business World

Sheryl Sandberg: Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead

Other Self-Coaching for Career Women: 

 Women, Know Thyself: The most important knowledge is self-knowledge.  (ebook and paperback editions)   

 Women and Time (ebook and paperback editions) 

 When Doing It All Won't Do: A self-coaching guide for career women. (ebook at $.99 or Workbook Edition in paperback at $13.41)  

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