Aiming to live up to your full potential is great. In fact, everybody should share that goal. But how exactly can one be a high achiever? How can one fully use the skill that he/she has been blessed with? Are there special things that need to be done to improve the overall performance and quality of life? Read on to see the answer to these questions.

Living up to your greatest potential starts with how you perceive yourself. Your self-image plays a big role in determining how successful you can get. As you may have heard a lot of times before, happiness is a choice. So, be confident about yourself, and choose to be happy.

There is no direct way to achieve happiness. However, there are connecting ways that can lead you to that path.

The first thing to do is focus on the potential that you know about. Do an honest assessment of your potential. You can do this by making a list of your skills, the things that you do well. Apart from your known skills, make a list of the things you like to do even when you are uncertain if you can do them well enough. Also include in the list your hobbies.

Do not be too hard on yourself. In doing what’s listed in #1, list as much as you can. Unconsciously, most of us think very little of ourselves. Try not to be like that. Instead, act as if you are your forgiving and encouraging best friend to see more of your good sides than the bad.

With regards to the things you wish to do but feel that you won’t be able to perform well, reconsider if you could move some of them to your first list. Do the same with the activities you’ve listed as hobbies.

Then, have a list of things you would like to do if you could. Think of the skills or attributes you lack that make you incapable of the said activities. All these lists, what are they for? Basically, they are an assessment of yourself. Use this as your basis to see where your strength lies and what your weaknesses are. Focus on your strong points and try your best to improve on the weaknesses you’ve discovered. Do so and you will be able to reach your full potential.

New and experienced network marketers alike are constantly in search of the best network marketing tool. Have you been searching as well? You want something that you can trust and depend on to work for you . . .and of course, something that doesn’t cost you an arm and a leg. Well, I have some very good news for you! The very best network marketing tool is absolutely free and here’s the real good part. . .you already have it!

Because this “secret” tool happens to be you. . . yourself. Ok, now you could be confused so let me explain. I’ll have to back up a bit. Let’s first talk about the tools that you don’t want to use in Network Marketing. Whatever you do, do not try to promote your network marketing company with the tools that they offer you: the fliers, the catalogues and no, not even the website. You can show this to your prospects later but here is the golden rule that you want to keep in mind.

The people that you want to be your team members (your downline) do not care about the business that you are involved in. They don’t. No matter how great the business is and no matter how many people this business has helped. . .your potential downline does not care. Do you want to know what they do care about? They care if YOU can show them how to be successful with their network marketing company.

They care if YOU will be there to answer their questions. They care that YOU are excited about the business. That’s right. In the ever-growing world of online network marketing, where it’s hard to attach a person to all the hype and offers out there, your potential customers and your potential team members are looking for someone that they can trust.

Someone that they can count on. Someone who will lead them in the right direction. Someone who is real. They too are looking for that infamous business-saving network marketing tool. What better to offer them than yourself? So, now all you have to do is go out there and introduce yourself. Let everyone know that you’re out there and you’re willing to help them succeed. There are many, many ways to do this.

Here are just 3 of the quick,easy and free:

1) Set up a Hubpages account. Include your picture and a small bio about yourself. Fill in whatever else you can. Write an article about yourself. It can be about how you help people succeed in network marketing. Or. . .it doesn’t have to be. Just write about something that you know and can help someone understand.

Make comments on other people’s hubpages. they will see your comments and take a look at your hub. This is how you start introducing yourself.

2)Set up a facebook account. Let people know about your status. Make it interesting with comments like “Just helped someone get their first lead! I love my business!”

3) Register on Twitter and update your “tweets”. This is similar to what you do on Facebook. . .but do it in 140 characters or less. Again, make it interesting and make it personal and don’t be promotional. . .the name of the game is “offer value” and let people see who you are.

Realize that you yourself are the best network marketing tool and capitalize on that!

1. Test Your Idea:

To lead to a sale, your query must convince the editor that you have a clear idea of what you plan to cover in the article, and what approach you ‘re going to take.

So before writing the letter, think your article idea through carefully, and picture yourself describing the article to a friend.

2. Find Your Angle:

Finding your angle is often a matter of narrowing your topic. A topic like “Hair” is far too general, narrow it to say, “Hair Cutting” is better.

When your subject is popular, you must give the editor a fresh approach. One way is to take an idea like “Overcoming Failure” and give it a twist to something like “Failure Can Be Good for You.” It needn’t be exotic to sell, something as mundane as “New and Improved” has worked by adding a new ingredient to the usual.

3. Research Helps:

While many queries can be written entirely from your own knowledge, a little research can pay big dividends by seducing the editor. Facts sell editors on an idea. Editors look for queries with many specifics: Don’t just write that “Last year millions of people suffered from yeast infections.” Tell how many millions – and why!

Research both the topic and the markets you’re aiming it at. A common reason for rejection is because of inadequate knowledge of the magazine.

4. Shaping Your Raw Material:

After you have the basics:
a. the idea
b. the slant/facts, and
c. the market

Then you’re ready to write your query. A good query starts strong, and never lets up until the editor is sold. Follow the two newspaper dictums; The five W’s (who, what, where, when, why) which explains the story immediately, and “the inverted pyramid” which emphasized putting the most interesting information first. You’ll lose the editor’s interest if you save the best for last, and always remember EDITOR’S CUT FROM THE BOTTOM UP!

5. 3 Main Sections to a Query:

a. The Lead Paragraph
b. The Summary
c. The Author’s Bio.

Each has a specific purpose: first, tell the editor what the story is, then why she/he should buy it, and finally who is going to write it.

The Lead – is aimed to hook the editor and make them want to continue reading.

Once you’ve grabbed the editor’s attention, move directly to a summary of the article.

Summary – This section should convince the editor that you know where you want to go with the article; it should outline the points you plan to cover or provide factual information about your topic – giving only enough to prove that your story is real. Here you can mention your sources. Tell the editor who’ll you’ll be talking to, and if experts are they on the cutting edge of today’s technology. Also include here a working title for the article. Don’t spend a lot of time trying to get a provocative headline, because titles are often changed by the editor before publication.

Author’s Bio – is where you sell yourself as a writer to the editor now that you’ve sold him/her on the idea. Don’t be bashful; editors expect a bit of sell in the bio. There’s nothing wrong with saying, “I’m highly qualified to write this article because…” if a convincing reason follows. Start your bio with your publishing credits, and include magazines similar to the one you’re pitching if you can.