I have accomplished a lot in my life. When I become Teen Mayor of my housing community in high school the stars aligned to put me on the path to greatness. You have accomplished a lot in your life too. You have a good education, a good career, and you have set yourself up to achieve anything you want in life. You may also fall prey to a way of thinking that is crippling you.
When you are single and aren?t as successful in finding love as you would like it is very easy to place blame – you are married to your job, you are balancing school and work, you are living life to the fullest and your calendar is filled with social activity. Or maybe you cling on to this fallacy:
Men are intimidated by successful women
When I was single I would blame my lackluster love life on this mantra. It was the most rational conclusion I came to. All of my friends kept telling me I was a good catch and I was making time in my busy schedule for love, so of course the problem had to be men not appreciating my success.

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I harbored this way of thinking for years. Never mind that friends of mine from college were getting married and starting to grow their families. I was considered to be the one who wanted to reach the highest rung on the corporate ladder. The one who had laser focus on her career. It wasn?t until my early 30?s that I saw the error in my way of thinking. At that time I had a job that was very time intensive with heavy travel. I thought ?How can a women enter into and sustain a relationship with a schedule like this!?? But there were several women I worked with who did! One of my girlfriends from that job entered into the dating pool, met a guy and was married within two years. She has since had a child and is still doing the same job I was doing!
I realized that if men were truly intimidated by successful women then no female CEO would be married. None of our female political leaders would have husbands. It is a myth that men are intimidated by single women. Men love strong women who are self-sufficient and ambitious. My friend mentioned earlier told me the one reason why her husband appreciates their relationship is because he never has to worry about her. He knows that she can fend for herself and take care of what?s hers when he isn?t around.
Don?t let the myth affect how you approach dating. Quality men love successful women. Successful women are smart and confident which are two qualities that attract men. Falling into the fallacy leads you to overlook other factors that may contribute to your less-than-ideal love situation.