This is an article all about people so when reading this
remember, 50/50 went out long ago. Try 100/100. Even when
the other side only comes back at 50, you give 100 and
watch your world change forever.

There is a great Motto to follow:

DRINK, STEAL, SWEAR & LIE

I said I live by these 4 rules: Drink, Steal, Swear, & Lie.

Sit a while and listen as I explain these four rules. So
here they are:

1. "Drink" from the "everlasting cup" of life every day.

2. "Steal" a moment to help someone that is in worse shape
than you are even when no one is watching.

3. "Swear" that you will be a better person today than
yesterday and even better tomorrow.

4. And last, but never least, before you "lie" your head
down at night thank God you live in America and have
freedom to own your own business, be your own boss, and can
help others every day.

This is what you should also ask for each night and day:

Dear Lord,

I am not as good as I should be, I am not as good as I
could be, but THANK YOU GOD THAT YOU HAVE ALLOWED ME TO
WORK AT THE FOLLOWING: I am better than I used to be and
working harder at improving and getting better every hour
of everyday to always show the best of me to everyone.

So we begin our journey. Have you come across a person who
is so naturally friendly that when you put them inside a
room of strangers, they'll be friends with almost everyone
in no time? We call such people a people-person, someone so
unbelievably nice and charismatic that they can charm
anyone into doing anything.

A socially-empowered person achieves so much greatness,
basically because of the people that catapult them to
success. They earn the trust and all-out support of the
people they have helped before. They never run out of help.
They can do anything because they have the support of so
many people. All because they know how to maximize their
social potential!

See, if you know your social skills and you make use of
them, you will reach self-empowerment. Self-empowerment is
making a general overhaul in your life and turning yourself
into a happier and more successful person. If you can be
one of those people-persons, then there is no reason why
you will not succeed. You just have to know how to start.

1. Be genuine.

Hypocrisy will just bring you all the way down. Be
genuinely nice and interested in people. Once they perceive
that you are a hypocrite with selfish intentions, you might
as well say goodbye to self-empowerment.

2. Be the greatest listener that you can be.

To earn the love and trust of the people, listen to their
problems and sympathize with them. Do not just hear them
out, listen to them with your heart. Make eye contact when
the person talks to you. Listen as if every word matters,
because it does! Brownie points when they learn that you
can be their confidante.

3. Laugh out loud.

Not that you force yourself to laugh for every joke cracked
by someone, albeit you do not find it funny at all. This
means finding humor in things and not being too darn
serious. A person oozing with an awesome sense of humor
attracts crowds and eventually, attracts success.

4. Don't forget yourself.

In the process of fluttering around like a social
butterfly, you might forget yourself, allowing everyone to
push you around. Remember, love and value yourself before
anyone else. If you deem yourself respectable and worthy of
affection, people will flock to you and not trample on you.

5. Do random acts of kindness.

You don't have to be a John Rockefeller and give your
entire life savings to charity. Little acts of kindness
matter the most, and this can be as simple as giving
someone a surprise you-take-care card or helping someone
cross the street. When we were kindergarten students,
kindness was taught to us and greatly practiced. Now is the
time to revive doing good deeds and this time, let them
stay for good.

6. Contact your old friends.

Sad how some friendships are destined to goodbye, but
thanks to technology, you can do something about it. Relive
the good old days by flipping your yearbook and look for
the great people whom you want to communicate with again.
Adding these old friends to your roster of support peers
will surely make you feel good all over.

7. Develop your personality.

Are you grouchy, grumpy and generally down? Whoa, you can't
go through life like that. Get rid of those bad traits and
habits that perpetually hamper your growth. And really, who
wants a grouchy friend anyway?

8. Be confident.

Be able to stride to the other corner of the room and
introduce yourself to people with that winning smile of
yours. Just remember: be confident, not arrogant.

9. Practice control.

When angry, don't snap at anyone. Never throw a tantrum.
Stay calm and collected. Be adult enough to take control of
situation and transform your anger into something more
productive and passive. As soon as people think your anger
goes to volcanic proportions easily, they will find it hard
to come to you.

10. Keep nurturing your relationships.

Your relationship with your family, friends and significant
others is too precious. You should not neglect it no matter
what happens. Go out and have fun with them. Do things
together. Happiness will never fly from your side as long
as the people who matter the most are close to you.

In the end, using people for self-empowerment means
becoming a better and more lovable person.

About the Author:

"Dr. Robin Rushlo", is a well known MLM Radio personality
and is nationally recognized as an expert in the network
marketing business.He is the current host of the radio
show, "Networking with the Blindguy"live daily from Gorilla
Broadcasting Network,and Guerilla Marketing Talk Radio
Network,providing Success and Retention Training for the
network marketing industry. You can listen to him at
Gorilla Talk Radio. http://gorillatalkradio.com