When Gergen was working at the JFK School of Government at Harvard, he advertised a position for an executive assistant. My wife at the time applied for the position. Sounded exciting. During the interview with the outgoing executive assistant, she was shown a drawer of Aqua Net, which Gergen used about 5-10 times daily to keep his strands in place. It was essential to keep the drawer stocked. Ex-wife was told "you really don't want to work for him, there has to be something else you want to do here."