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Self-respect Starts With What You Do to Yourself.
We all want people to respect and like us. You can earn respect with what you do and how you conduct yourself and your business. Earn self-respect with these simple steps.
According to you —
- Your spouse doesn’t help around the house.
- Your kids treat you like a maid.
- Your best friend didn’t invite you to her wedding.
- I’m my family’s ATM.
Mary reports, “My mom takes her stress out on me. She has two other kids she treats like angels while I am being treated awfully.”
Mary stared at me and made my neck wiggle. I held my breath; I thought, “her mother treats her two siblings like angels?”
Does the above sound familiar? Often we give our close relatives and friends clues on how to mistreat us.
We teach people how to treat us. Is it not true?
Many years ago, my good friend did not back down but calmed me down and repeatedly said — “ I think we both know, you need to change that specific behavior, and your spouse will change his if he needs to.” I did, and my partner adjusted his behavior for his own good.
