| People who are successful in business tend to be | | | | relationship experts, it’s not uncommon for a |
| charming, dynamic and just plain interesting to be | | | | strong, successful woman to feel a strong sense of |
| around. Dating successful women can be immensely | | | | fear when she realizes that she’s not in |
| rewarding – but it can also be something of a | | | | complete control of the relationship, and will try |
| challenge, if you’re not the entirely secure and | | | | every tool in her arsenal to regain control. This is |
| confident about your own strengths. If you’re | | | | natural, but that doesn’t mean it’s |
| up to the task, however, attracting a woman who | | | | acceptable. If you want to have a long term |
| owns her own business could bring you a great deal | | | | relationship with this woman, you have to let her |
| of happiness. So how do you do it? | | | | know in no uncertain terms that bullying, ultimatums |
| 1. Be a success in your own right. You don’t | | | | and threats aren’t going to work on you. |
| have to own a business or have a lot of money, but | | | | Negotiate and compromise, certainly, but stand your |
| you’ll need to be secure in your career. It helps if | | | | ground no matter how insistent she may be. |
| you’re doing what you enjoy, no matter what | | | | 4. Make her feel safe and protected. As tough as |
| that is. Most women entrepreneurs started their own | | | | she needs to be in the business world, she still wants |
| businesses after years of dissatisfaction working for | | | | someone to snuggle with. Allow her to be vulnerable |
| other people. That means she’s probably not | | | | when she’s with you, and never assume that |
| going to have a lot of patience if you complain all the | | | | just because she’s made a success of her life |
| time about how much you hate your job – after | | | | that she doesn’t get scared and worried just like |
| all, she’s been there herself, and she actually did | | | | everyone else. She may even feel more scared than |
| something about it. | | | | you realize, because she has a lot riding on her |
| 2. Don’t let her push you around. Most successful | | | | shoulders – even the most successful people feel |
| women get where they are by developing a | | | | anxiety about failing. Be there for her when she |
| take-charge attitude. They have to be tough, | | | | needs a shoulder, and she’ll treasure you all the |
| because so many people in the business world simply | | | | more for allowing her to let her guard down. |
| don’t respect women who they perceive as | | | | 5. Treat her, in all ways, like a beautiful woman. Her |
| being “soft.” They probably have employees | | | | business may be a riding stable, a landscaping |
| to whom they have to delegate all day long. That | | | | business or a plumbing operation, but that |
| attitude can carry over into their personal life, and an | | | | doesn’t mean that when she washes off the |
| entrepreneurial women can unwittingly find herself | | | | grime at the end of the day she doesn’t want |
| being somewhat demanding, and expecting others to | | | | to feel pretty. Even women who are successes in |
| do everything the way she wants. And it may be | | | | areas where good grooming in essential spend their |
| tempting to I’ve in and let her have her way all | | | | days using their intellect to get ahead, handling |
| the time, but you’ll soon regret that – | | | | everything from accounting to employee relations. By |
| because she won’t respect you. Strong women | | | | all means, tell her how much you admire her |
| want equally strong partners, so show her that you | | | | accomplishments in business, but also tell her how |
| have a spine and stand up for yourself! | | | | much your love her hair, her eyes and the scent of |
| 3. Be prepared for fireworks. The problem with not | | | | her perfume. Make her feel treasured, and the |
| letting her push you around is that she may react | | | | entrepreneurial woman will want to make you her |
| badly to the loss of control – this is, of course, a | | | | second career. |
| big part of why she’s successful. According to | | | | |