Dear Dr Laura,

Thank you for reading my e-mail.

If a man has a modicum of motivation, a woman can bring it out of him a million fold. Seriously-he could be playin' video games, drinkin' beer, watchin' football one day, but then bump into a freckle-faced, butt chinned, giggling young lady the next and suddenly he's walking on the moon, going from mail room to CEO in two years-all those impossible things because... He's in love. In between all that achievement he'll occasionally act a fool just to get that giggle fix, you know, because he's in love. This is what a woman can do to a man.

I heard Dennis Prager paraphrase this phenomenon once: "A woman wants to be loved by a man she admires; a man wants to be admired by a woman he loves." I've also heard a lady mention it on your show back in the terrestrial radio days. She described how her husband had busted his butt to get a promotion and a raise and a bigger house for the family, and she said to him, "Honey, I'm so proud of you." And he responded, "I love you too." Same language; yet different. Profound harmony nonetheless.

Supreme motivation! A good woman can cause all that just by giggling-- giggling in front of a good man.

John