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Good Grooming and Success

From: Voxxi

Comment: That's an incredibly shallow comment. If she's a good person, it shouldn't matter whether she has "sex appeal".

Comment: We want to have sex with good looking persons, not with Mother Theresa, it is a fact of life.

Comment: If I were Holly Petraeus, I would consider this affair a wake up a call and take action. I would:

1. Get on the elliptical machine daily.

2. Hire a trainer and get on an exercise and healthy food regimen

3.Go to George of the Four Seasons in DC (or another top hairstylist) and get a plan for my hair cut and color and implement it how he suggests. Get a French manicure while you're there.

4. Find a great makeup artist and implement a plan for day and evening makeup

5. Hire an image consultant to do a complete wardrobe redesign. You can make some immediate impacting changes and then more as you see the results from the work out plan . Even conservative clothes manufacturers like Talbots have great looking, eye catching outfits.

I would implement all five steps immediately - you can afford to do it.

Image vs Issues

From: The New York Times

The Republicans portrayed Mr. McGovern as a cowardly left-winger, a threat to the military and the free-market economy and someone outside the mainstream of American thought.

Whether those charges were fair or not, Mr. McGovern never lived down the image of a liberal loser, and many Democrats long accused him of leading the party astray.

Mr. McGovern resented that characterization mightily. “I always thought of myself as a good old South Dakota boy who grew up here on the prairie,” he said in an interview for this obituary in 2005 in his home in Mitchell.

“My dad was a Methodist minister. I went off to war. I have been married to the same woman forever. I’m what a normal, healthy, ideal American should be like.

“But we probably didn’t work enough on cultivating that image,” he added, referring to his presidential campaign organization.

“We were more interested in ending the war in Vietnam and getting people out of poverty and being fair to women and minorities and saving the environment.

“It was an issue-oriented campaign, and we should have paid more attention to image.”

 

Book Better Than Cover

From: Ami Isseroff RIP (edited)

The company I worked for was looking for a good technical writer and Ami answered our ad.

First appearances can be deceptive and none moreso than Ami's.

He was small in stature, wore rumpled clothes and sometimes his speech was unclear because a frail heart left him gasping for air.

All this was forgotten in a few minutes, however, as I was captivated by Ami the person.

In a short while I have started to learn from Ami how to do my job better - and I was an experienced software developer which Ami never was.

Sexuality

From: Margaret Wente, The male gaze, and why I miss it, Globe and Mail -
Friday, Apr. 06, 2012 (edited)

Men don’t look at me the way they used to. In general, they don’t look at me at all. This is what happens when a woman turns 40 (50, 60).

In theory, this is supposed to be an exhilarating passage in the life of a woman. We don’t have to care what men think of us any more.

In reality, it sucks. I’d give a lot for men to look at me like that again.

The trouble with our culture, where we’ve all had the evils of sexual harassment pounded into us for years and where even the mildest flirtation in the workplace has become impermissible, is that we’ve shut out an emotionally enriching part of life.

This is the mutual appreciation of men for women, and vice versa.

Show Confidence With Body Language

From: Top 10: Ways To Show Confidence With Body Language by Andy Moore

Don't put your hands in your pockets.

Don't cross your arms.

Don't fidget

Stand up straight

Don't look down.

Be well-groomed

Firm Handshake

Don't be afraid to smile

He also advises you to feel free to touch people. I would say only if it is a perfectly natural thing for you to do. If it's forced it's repulsive.

This reminds me of people who use your name more than they have to because they were told that this is what you want to hear. It's odd and disconcerting. It makes you not want to trust them.

The same is true of smiling. He advises you to smile. Fine if you want to but don't force it. You see politicians forcing themselves to smile when they speak to the media. It's incongruous and repulsive.

 

Women Should Flaunt It at Work

From: Women Should Flaunt It at Work by Jessica Bennett

Hakim defines erotic capital as more than just sex: a combination of beauty, style, social skills and charm that can be learned (or, shall we say, bought).

If that means spending a fortune on brand-name clothes, so be it—because erotic capital is as important in today’s workplace, she says, as intelligence or skill.

Dieting and exercise? That should be a given, because nobody wants to hire the overweight.

Tanning, hair dye—even cosmetic surgery. Those are all necessary evils if you’re really driven to make it to the top, says Hakim.

Perfume and high heels also have been known to do the trick.

“Anyone, even quite an ugly person, can be attractive if they just have the right kind of hairstyle, clothes, and present themselves to the best effect,”...

“This isn't a frivolous spending of money. It has real benefits.” As a famous cosmetics creator once put it: “There are no ugly women, only lazy ones.”

Men have erotic capital too, she says—but women’s sex appeal has always been more prominent.

She faults traditional feminists for dismissing its importance: the one aspect of life, she writes, where women undoubtedly have an advantage over men.

 

Don't Wear The Wrong Tie

Full Story - Rachel Emma Silverman - Wall Street Journal (edited below)

Career and image consultants advise most workers to err on the conservative side =  nude, beige or black-opaque hosiery.

“There are penalties in everyday work environments. If someone wears the wrong tie, you may not think they’re worthy of working with you on a project.  You may think it’s just a pair of red tights. But actually, it can make a big difference.”

“If I walk into a brokerage and they look like Goth girl with multi-striped leggings, I’m not going to feel good leaving my money there.”

Those working in creative industries have longer leashes when it comes to style

Losing Weight With Leptin

THIS IS SCIENCE, BABY.

Leptin is a hormone tied to your body's use of fat.

When you lose 10% of your weight, leptin falls fast. So, your stupid body thinks you're facing starvation and it tries to protect you by burning 20% less calories -- and even if you're on a diet that can make you fat.

Also, once you start losing weight the parts of your brain running your love of food have more blood in them while the part that limits eating has less.

Luckily, injections of leptin can stop the you from reacting in this way.

Reference: Jon Kay, National Post

Tank Top Cops

From Dorothy Surrenders

I’ve noticed something about televised ladies of law enforcement. No, not their badges. No, not their airs of authority. No, not their really big guns. No, I’ve noticed they all wear tank tops to work. Like a lot. Like constantly. Not that I mind. Not at all. But, I’ve just never been pulled over by a cop while speeding who sauntered up to my car window in a ribbed white tank top asking for my license and registration.

Cosmetic Surgery Report

An ongoing discussion of its value in your life and career.
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Scoop From Twitter: Jason Buss is a good husband.

His wife sent him to the store for batteries and he came back with $160 worth of junk food! JBuss is the Director of Talent Acquisition at the Russell Investment Group in Minneapolis. Let's send him out for a floor sweeper and see what he brings in).

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