6 Ways to Get People to Respect You (Avoid Being Taken Advantage Of)

Do you often find yourself being taken advantage of? Perhaps you’re often talked down to and treated as "less-than". Sometimes people can be harsh and judgmental. And you may feel as if they don’t hold any respect for you. It’s not always nice to hang around those who don’t value you, so if given the chance, it may be best to simply walk away and say good riddance. But, if you find you are always being subtly treated this way. Maybe you’d like to adopt some behaviors to gain respect. You can still be you, you just simply respect yourself enough to not let others walk all over you. To help you with that, here are a few tips on how to get respect!

We also made a video on the things that might make others lose respect for you:

• 8 Things That Make People Lose Respec...

Writer: Michal Mitchell
Script Editor & Manager: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Animator: Nayeli Meneses
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong

References:

Sander, Viktor. “15 Tricks That Make People Respect You.” SocialPro, 17 Nov. 2020, socialpronow.com/blog/5-tricks-that-will-make-people-respect-you-more/.

Ni, Preston. “Are You Too Nice? 7 Ways to Gain Appreciation & Respect.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, 1 Sept. 2013, www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/communication-success/201309/are-you-too-nice-7-ways-gain-appreciation-respect.

“Locus of Control.” Psychology Today, Sussex Publishers, www.psychologytoday.com/us/basics/locus-control.