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How Respect Is Earned

First, respect yourself with what you do or not do. Never ask or demand respect from anyone.

Bassey BY
2 min readDec 2, 2024

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Respect is not being like. Like is transactional and respect is a choice.

Let’s keep it simple.

Respect is home-cooked food, which takes time, and like is fast food, which is prepared in five or fewer minutes.

Respect is earned. You can’t demand it, scream for it, or keep announcing it on social media.

Respect takes time and effort. It is what people do or do not do to themselves and others.

How do you want others to respect you, your time, energy, and money?
Respect yourself with what you do for yourself first.

People tend to treat us the way we treat or value ourselves.

A former client of 2020 called me for service and I was excited to hear from them again. I tripled my fees, and they laughed. I didn’t and we moved on. They called back, and unfortunately, there was no more spot.

I felt sad I didn’t have a spot for them. We are on the opposite side of the blaming game in the US, and that’s fine. I like them, and the dollar has no color or…

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Bassey BY
Bassey BY

Written by Bassey BY

I write lifestyle stories that help us get healthier, wiser, happier,& wealthier.I like to organize, garden, cook & walk. https://bassey.medium.com/subscribe

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