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How to Earn Respect
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I overheard two senior citizens talking about something animatedly. One said
"I really felt insulted when he did what he did. After all I deserve some
respect. I retired as Chief of XYZ organisation and I am no ordinary guy. I
still feel hurt and upset over that incident....". He went on and on. How
many of us have felt similarly at some stage in our lives? We all crave for
recognition and respect. And if there are instances where we experience
something else, we feel hurt and brood over it for a long long time.
I remember a favourite saying heard in my childhood days "Command Respect
and don't Demand Respect". I always felt that it is important to know how to
command respect and this blog attempts to address this question.
In order to command respect from other, we would need to do one or more
things from the list given below. This list is only indicative and not
exhaustive. Moreover, it is not listed in any particular order other than
how it occurred to me. To earn and retain respect, we should:
1. Give respect to others and their feelings
2. Be humble
3. Work without expectations
4. Be selfless
5. Have courage
6. Have high integrity
7. Listen more
8. Speak well
9. Deliver on promises
It occurs to me that people tend to genuinely respect only those people who
live a life of values. Others may be able to create a false respect out of
fear or greed but these are short lived and certainly not heartfelt.
Whatever your role in life may be - whether as a boss, a friend, a mother, a
teacher, a parent or anything else, in my considered view, real respect is
only reserved for value based living.
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