Self Respect

Portions from a article in Forbes written by Dick Williams-

3 Tips To Build The Trait That Drives Business: Self-Respect


We stopped looking to the world to provide what can only come from the inside. This one step was the key that helped us stop seeing our world as limiting or judgmental. Our entire paradigm changed. Here are three tips that will help you build this important but typically overlooked trait for yourself:

1. Real self-respect comes from dominion over self.

If our motives, words, and actions are dictated by outside forces rather than from within, others will sense our insecurity or duplicity.

The view we have of ourselves affects our own attitudes and behaviors, as well as how we view others.

 In fact, until we take the way we see ourselves into account, we can’t fully understand how others see and feel about themselves and their world. We will most likely blindly project our intentions onto their behavior and think ourselves objective.

 I love the way Goethe puts it: “Treat a man as he is, and he will remain as he is; treat a man as he can and should be, and he will become as he can and should be.” This isn’t to say that we trust every individual unconditionally, but it does mean that we treat each person we meet with respect.

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