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[quote=Anonymous]In the early years, i was a charming wife.  Traveled to overseas conferences, made nice with the wives, chummed it up with his colleagues.  Send xmas cards every year to his global network.  He invests in his network a lot too, so i don't think there was any harm in me adding even more. When global colleagues visited DC, we had them stay with us and wined and dined them. His network has definitely helped him achieve a lot by the time he was  in his 40s.  As he's gotten more senior, so have the young guys who stayed at our home  20 years ago.   He has treated so many of these people like family over the years, so it was easy for me to add on to the charm.

As he's gotten more senior, he definitely asks me for input on major decisions (changing jobs, new senior hires, etc).  I've invested a lot of time remembering who all these people are over 20 years (even if i've met some of them only once or twice), so i can contribute a lot to these conversations.

A few times a year he will ask me to review an important document before he sends it to the COO, or to a magazine, for a second set of eyes.

I'm a partner in biglaw, so we're not talking about a major time commitment to his work.  More an ongoing investment that reaped dividends over 20 years.  [/quote]

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