10 Principles of Becoming a Respectful Person
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1.
Respect requires that we pay attention to other’s perceptions, fears and
experiences. It’s entire focus is on the other person. Seek first to
understand and second to be understood.
2.
If it’s a fact that Respect must be earned and does not deserve to be given
until it is earned, we could experience a lot of people waiting for respect
to happen in the world. If it’s initiated first, then it finds it’s way
back to the initiator.
3.
The proof of your respect for yourself is in how you treat others. How you
respect others is more of a statement about you.
4.
Respect is like trying to chase butterflies. It is a discipline that
requires an enormous amount of focus, energy, and perseverance to grasp
what others are communicating!
5.
One can jump ahead, get behind, add on, and totally miss the message.
Without validating another person’s message (both the spoken and unspoken
messages) the message can be totally misinterpreted.
6.
Respect seeks and works for the best results for all involved. Most often
you have to spend time exploring the worst possible outcomes if we don’t
respect each other, before you can explore best result thinking.
7.
You can define what respect means by exploring the question: How do you
want your best friend treated? Name somebody you hold in high esteem. How
do you want them treated?
8.
Tolerance is one of the lowest levels of respect. We need to do more than
tolerate each other.
9.
The promise of gaining valuable new perspectives and growth is worth the
investment of respect. When you take care of respect in your relationships,
classroom, community, and home everything else is taken care of.
10.
Respect includes language that is respectful of the other person’s ideas.
It requires need analysis skills and slow responses. It’s major focus is on
listening!
– Gene Bedley