Kevinicus
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Wanting to be respected is not the same as worrying all the time about what people think of you. If you think people don’t care anything about respect you are either lying or an idiot. You don’t have friendships without it. You don’t get jobs and promotions and raises without it. You don’t get opportunities in business, or to participate in activities that affect other people without it. What do mass shooters have in common - they are outsiders who are looked down on by their peers.
And, again don’t give me the nonsense that you are immune from wanting friendships and advancement at work and opportunities professionally and socially.
Wanting to be respected...by definition is a concern about what people think of you.
You shouldn't try and change who you are to get friends.
Do you think TO got in the hall of fame because of respect of who he was as a person?
Plenty of people get jobs and raises and other opportunities without respect.
I am sorry you feel the need to go around basing what you do on a desire to be respected by others.
I'll be me, if someone wants to be my friend, great. If not, oh well. I expect my work success to be based on the value of the work I perform. I am not going to be fake to have "respect."