Visualize this thing you want. See it, feel it, believe in it. Make your mental blueprint and begin. - Robert Collier

You have to compete in the same way for your reader's attention. He is not looking for your letter. He has a thousand and one other things more important to him to occupy his mind. Why should he divert his attention from them to plow through pages of type about you or your projects?

Start where you are. Distant fields always look greener, but opportunity lies right where you are. Take advantage of every opportunity of service.

See things that you want as already yours. Know that they will come to you at need. Then let them come. Don't fret and worry about them. Don't think about your lack of them. Think of them as yours, as belonging to you, as already in your possession.