Single, Sexy and would never Settle

I have a friend. For privacy purposes, let's call her Alice. Alice is into living The Life--she loves fashion, fine food and wine, high quality belongings and pretty much anything that adds status to her profile.

On the surface, Alice has it going on. She's in a management-level position of an independent sales business and she makes a great living for a single girl in her late 20's. Her house is decked out in black and white paisley with pink accents. She just purchased stainless steel appliances for her kitchen in which she cooks delicious gourmet-style meals and brews delicious coffee in her Gevalia coffee maker.

She is thin, beautiful, always smelling nice and looking like the essence of femininity. Why is she single???

Well she, as well as other people in her life often ask the above question. As dearly as I love my friend Alice, I'm able to see some of the flaws in her dating history. I desperately want to help her. I have certain books I've read that I think could really help her change the way she thinks about snagging a husband. But handing someone a book isn't going to change their life. Plus why would a 28 year old single woman who has a blossoming career listen to dating advice from a 21 year old recent college graduate who is living with her parents and also single?

In the business that Alice and I are both a part of we are often told that we can't help someone grow without first growing ourselves. In the leadership of the new business associates we recruit, we're taught the best way we can lead our followers is by building our own business. We can't preach something we don't personally practice.

Interestingly enough, I just purchased a dating advice book written by a Saleswoman. She teaches sales techniques for "closing the deal with any guy you want." Isn't it wildly appropriate for a single girl successful in independent sales to read this book at follow its advice? I think so.

So here's my plan. I'm keeping all the jewels I learn from this book Top Secret (at least to Alice) and as I apply the techniques and see my dating life flourish, Alice will be either dying to know what I'm doing differently or whining that she doesn't have my luck.

Let's see what happens, shall we?