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How to gain respect
There\'s a secret to gaining respect - one that I had the good fortune to learn early in my career - and from a most improbable source. The secret to getting respect is to give respect.
Some known steps for how to gain respect
1.Never blunt the bad news.
2.Become what you always told people what you wanted to be.
3.Say no when the answer is "no."
4.When someone asks you an insulting question such as "Ugh, you actually like that movie?" Respond with an unwavering "Yes."
5.Show patience with those who cannot do what you can.
6.Risk being hated for doing what is right.
7.Show respect. It is the easiest way to gain it.
8. Fall down seven times but get up eight.
Important things to learn how to gain respect
It’s about being oneself;
It’s bout being true to oneself even when peer-pressure/cultural pressure pushes hard for you to cave in;
It’s about integrity;
It’s about being reliable;
It’s about striving for one’s best … attaining one’s maximum effort with each situation;
It’s about knowing one’s own limitations;
It’s about self-discipline in all types of situations;
It’s about knowing one is not perfect;
It’s about taking responsibility for one’s own actions;
It’s about leaving the ego out of it, as difficult as that can be at times;
It’s about seeing the lesson in rejection and learning from it;
It’s about seeing the positive in each person one encounters … even those with whom one doesn’t feel cozy;
It’s about not caring about what others think about you or say about you.
It’s about loving oneself;
It’s about having respect for oneself, an important thing in learning how to gain respect.
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