To make meaningful connections in an authentic way, you have to project the best parts of your true self. In other words, before you expect others to like you, you have to like you--that is the law of self-image.

Perception is reality, and self-image is self-perception.

Self-image is the basis for how you experience--and are experienced by--the outside world.

When we come from an authentic, genuine place in ourselves, our efforts to connect with people work to their fullest.