How do you gain respect from people?

Put yourself in their shoes. Empathy. Know the distinct difference between treating someone with respect and having respect for someone. Treating others with respect displays your integrity towards them.

Here are the few things that you could do to make others show more respect towards you.

1 Don't judge others

"Judging a person doesn't define who they are it defines who you are"

2 Respecting yourself: if you don't, nobody else will

One of the ways you can respect yourself, is to respect your own body physically. Try treat your body as you would the body of someone you love dearly. Eating healthy food, exercising often and low stress.

3 Never talk behind anyone's back

Why? It is a bad habit to have because it often times encourages gossip, the spread of rumours, and criticism that we usually wouldn’t say to a person’s face. We do not gain anything from this but some cheap entertainment. So if you are doing so then its time to stop this bad habit as it often times destroy relationships.

4 Be kind

How you make others feel themselves will tell alot about you. Being kind is vastly different from being nice. A nice person is externally motivated, he is engaged by the need of other's approval and validation. He/She also desires acceptance from people and is very fearful of rejection. In contrast, the kind person is internally motivated. He/She does not need acceptance from other people. With high self-esteem, he/she cannot be bothered with what other's might think of he/she and is more interested in doing whats right. Her compassion comes from an overflowing of her positive self-regard and not from the need to please others. Which character do want to be?

5 Honor your words and never go back on your words

Why should you do so? Honouring your words is something often taken lightly of. Many people do not realise the damage that they cause when they don't honor their words, making empty promises. If you say you are going to do something, then you need to do it.

6 Stay by their side when no one else values them anymore

Why should you stay by their side? They will be grateful for you doing so and respect you for an long long time. How can anyone forget when you are at one of the most depressing moments of your life and there was someone there beside you to provide their support.

I hope you find these few ways to gain respect from other people helpful. Do keep in mind that there is no guaranteed way to make others start off by respecting you, as there are a few select people who truly do not have respect for anyone. Other then that always remember that your character is what gives you the respect from others.