How to be a Person Worthy of Respect

1. Respect Yourself.

If you don't respect yourself and take care of yourself it will be harder for other people to respect you as well. 

2. Respect Others

The amount of respect that you show to others is the amount of respect they will give to you, generally.  You reap what you sow.  You need to give what you want to get.  If you want a lot of respect from others, you need to give a lot of respect to them. 

3.  Be a Clean Person

It's generally hard for people to respect anyone who looks or smell like a trash can or who seems to live in a trash can.  Keep your body clean, take showers, brush your teeth a lot, wear clean clothes etc.  And try to keep your environment clean.  We all have lazy days, but generally try to clean up after yourself and others will respect you more. 

4.  Be a Hard Worker

If you want people to respect you a lot, don't be lazy.  Work hard.  Not just at work making money, but in everything you do.  You should give 110% to everything you do, even cleaning your house etc.  Always give your all in any task and you will be respected.

5. Don't Talk Condescendingly to Others

The minute you talk in a condescending tone it puts people on the defensive and they will be disrespectful towards you.  If you want people to be kind and respect you, talk in a kind tone of voice, always.  Even if you think you are just joking, don't do it.  Respecting others is more important then being able to joke around. 

6. Dress Modestly

To the ladies, don't wear something that would cause anyone to disrespect you.  Cover yourself well.  Don't wear overly tight or revealing clothes.  If you do, you open people up to disrespect you.  Why?  Because you then look like a prostitute and no one respects prostitutes.  If you want to attract a guy you will only attract bad guys by trying to look like a prostitute, and it sends the message that you won't be faithful to the guy you do attract.  Always dress modestly. 

7. Control Your Anger

If you don't control your anger and let careless words fly when you are angry, you will be respected very little.  If you want respect, stay self-controlled and calm even when you are angry.  Take the time to calm down before you speak.  Write a letter about what made you angry or express it calmly to the person after you are no longer angry.  Don't ever damage property or hurt anyone when you are angry.  If can stay self-controlled when angry, people will respect you. 

8. Don't be an Overly Nice Doormat

It's good to be nice, but if you are too nice people will take advantage of you and use you.  You need to be kind to others but still make sure people know it's not ok to disrespect you.  When someone is disrespectful to you, stop talking to them for a time.  Don't allow the disrespect to continue.  Don't let people think they can treat you however they want to.  We treat people how to treat us.  We can allow disrespect toward us by being too nice, or we can not allow it by getting very far away from abusive and disrespectful people.  Some people will be disrespectful to you no matter what; those people do not deserve to be in your life.

9. Serve Others

Protect yourself from mean people, but serve those who are helpless and weaker then you, like children and the elderly.  The more you give of yourself to people who are kind and deserve it, the more people will respect you. 

10. Have Faith and be Positive

People respect people who are positive more than people who are negative.  Always try to see the good in a situation.  This is more worthy of respect because it can be hard to do.  It takes mental work to always try to stay positive.  It's not being naïve, but it's seeing that all things can work together for good eventually.  It is an attitude that gives life to yourself and others.  The more positive and happy you are in life, the more people will respect you. 

11. Don't Ask Other People for Money

There are always places hiring like Wal-mart and McDonalds etc.  If you want money you can always find a job to get it.  Don't ask others for money.  It's not their job to give you money, it is your own job to get money. The exception is parents giving their child money for education, but otherwise we should be self sufficient and able to support ourselves.