Want a raise? Have more sex

23 April 2015 - 02:09 By Rebecca Reid, ©The Daily Telegraph

Have you ever read an interview in a women's magazine in which the question of a morning routine comes up? It's pretty standard fare: A ''power woman'' tells us about rising at 5am to greet the sun, meditating, making kale smoothies for her 15 children and then working out for two hours. Finally, she will stride into the office at 8am, having achieved more in a morning than you usually do in a week.Only, it turns out that the secret those women might not have been sharing is the slotting-in of some good old-fashioned marital relations.Because it turns out that people who have sex two or three times a week earn 4.5% more than those who are less sexually active.Great news: Sex is good for your career! And when you think about it, it makes perfect sense.Sex is fun. Sex costs nothing and sex releases a cocktail of happy-making hormones when you orgasm.Whatever you do after work - whether it is an intense game of squash, a long evening in the pub with friends, having sex with your partner, or even masturbating - the important thing is that you're doing something. It is well documented that people with a work-life balance are far more successful in the office.It's just common sense that a change of scene, fresh air and time with people you care about will refresh and reboot you. And even better than a sunny walk home from work is the moment when you and your partner instantly connect and decide to skip chopping the vegetables for dinner and instead retreat upstairs.Good sex has a lot in common with professionalism: it is about listening, observing, acting on vocal and non-vocal cues and helping someone else, while focusing on yourself.And good sex is a confidence-booster. And as we all know, confidence is corporate catnip. ..

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