{"id":393,"date":"2017-04-13T14:57:59","date_gmt":"2017-04-13T12:57:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elskedoets.nl\/?p=393\/"},"modified":"2017-04-13T14:57:59","modified_gmt":"2017-04-13T12:57:59","slug":"where-is-the-champagne-that-i-drink-as-business-woman-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.elskedoets.nl\/en\/news\/where-is-the-champagne-that-i-drink-as-business-woman-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Where is the champagne that I drink as \u2018Business woman of the year\u2019?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Are you tough? Are you strict? Where is the champagne that you drink every day? As a fledgling \u2018Business woman of the year\u2019, these were some of the questions that I was confronted with during several interviews for newspapers, magazines, radio and television. Especially those first 2 questions are somewhat remarkable, as they say a good deal about the predominantly male interviewers in front of me. Would they ask the same questions to a man? Moreover, I find it quite odd that I only encountered 1 female interviewer so far. There is still much progress to be made in this field. For me personally, a \u2018world of men\u2019 has opened up! I run a female-dominated company where 90% of the entire staff is female. Since the 20th<\/sup> of March 2017, I am entitled to hold the honorable title of \u2018Business woman of the year\u2019, and this seems to be quite a \u2018thing\u2019 for many people. I am rather level-headed, a detail of personality that seems very typical for people who have their roots in the Dutch province of Noord-Holland. As the saying goes over here: \u2018with both feet on the ground and hands in the clay\u2019. I do not feel this external pressure; I am still the same Elske. Actually, it is quite remarkable to note that some people in the private sphere suddenly ask questions about me to my husband, while I am standing right next to him in person.<\/p>\n

Where is the champagne? This I consider to be a very nice and also a very appropriate question, as one of my personal mottos is: \u2018take a sip of champagne every day, as life is too precious and vulnerable to not be celebrated every day\u2019. To be frank, however, I must admit that I am entirely focused on my work during the daytime and for that reason I stick to a nice cup of tea. So my dear male interviewers: the \u2018Veuve Clicquot champagne\u2019 is being kept cool at the Jan Doets Rooftop Bar to enjoy during the evening. There is never a dull moment at Jan Doets America Tours; we actually find the dynamism that comes with this momentum very exciting and understandably also very enjoyable!<\/p>\n

There will be more soon in regard to my big adventure of this year:\u00a0 having an additional job as \u2018Business woman of the year\u2019.<\/p>\n

Elske Doets<\/p>\n

a.k.a. Spirit Bear<\/p>\n

Owner and President of Jan Doets America Tours
\nwww.elskedoets.nl<\/a> – Twitter: @DoetsElske – Instagram: elskedoets – www.jandoets.nl\/Elske<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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