Others can tell when a spouse is truly happy. There’s a certain look of contentment that can’t be faked, and a flirtatious smile that exchanges between the executive and the spouse, even in public. It’s easy to gravitate to a spouse who seems to have life figured out. The desire to have some of it rub off is overwhelming. So what is the secret? I conducted my own unofficial survey, reading other executive spouse blogs and talking with people directly. Here are the secrets I found to be most common… in order of importance. (more…)