Romantics can take a tip from the world of sports. Great fundamentals are vital to top notch performance. A major fundamental is "follow through". Whether it's your golf swing, basketball shot or dart board throw, it is what you do after the hit or release that often determines your consistency and success.

How does that apply to Valentines Day . . . or any romantic event?. It's often what you do the rest of the week that dramatically raises or lowers your romantic score.

This week’s TIP:

Romantic moment "follow-throughs!"

If you gave her a dozen roses on Valentine's Day, give her a dozen compliments the next day, a dozen unexpected kisses the next day, and a dozen minutes of your totally undivided listening attention the next. (You get the idea.) These follow-up gifts cost you nothing but the thoughtfulness and will doubly convince her that the affections you lavished on Valentine's Day were genuine and not given just because they were expected.