If you want to see your household income go up substantially, teach all the women in the house to be tougher negotiators at work. "Good Morning America's" Web site has a story from their workplace expert, Tory Johnson, that says one explanation for the wage gap between men and women may be that men have learned to negotiate better. That's good news, because it's a skill that can be learned.

GMA teamed up with Carnegie Mellon economist Linda Babcock to create a bargaining behavior lab, and the negotiating styles of men and women were starkly different. It's fascinating to watch this video. Men, they say, see negotiating over money as a sport, where women consider it more like going to the dentist. The women in the study consistently settled for less cash. The men? Well, forget that. Most of them demanded more money without hesitation. You can see the full story by clicking here.

OK, Valley adult schools superintendents, are you paying attention? Let's hire some ace teachers to train negotiating skills to women. Do you think Donald and Ivanka Trump are available?

Meanwhile, I think I'll try this negotiating thing out: Can I have a raise? How about a company car? An extra week of vacation? Well, how about one of those retractable Sharpie pens and a package of pink Post-it notes? Yes! Wow, guys, how am I doing here? Am I a natural or what?