Susan Patton is also known as "The Princeton Mom" She is a native New Yorker, a first generation American, and one of the first women to graduate from Princeton University. Her conservative reflections on marriage and motherhood have sparked an international dialogue about how to best plan for personal happiness - - not just career success. She is the author of the controversial best selling book Marry Smart, Advice for Finding The One.
For more than two decades, Susan Patton has been a human resources consultant to the world's most prestigious media companies, marketing and advertising agencies, and digital properties. She is also a frequent lecturer and an executive coach to senior professionals across multiple disciplines. Susan Patton is the proud mother of two Princeton sons and a long-haired dachshund named Lucille.
Amidst all the discussion about women in the workplace, this is an affirmation, a validation of all young women who ALSO aspire to the traditional roles of wife and mother. You can have it all... but you have to plan for it!
Prepare yourself to maximize your opportunities during these prime dating years. Get a world-class education, meet your lifelong best friends, explore all of your interests, and keep a keen eye on your classmates as possible life partners. You'll never again have this concentration of wonderful, age-appropriate, single men to choose from.
Forget what is politically correct, and listen to your inner self. You are responsible for your happiness, your safety and your success. Remember that you're not the victim of your life... you are the architect of your life!
Smart girls have almost priced themselves out of the marriage market. Finding men who are your intellectual equal gets harder the more educated you are. Look for men who will celebrate your capacity for greatness, and not be threatened by it.