🌼6 Traits You Must Adopt to Become a Highly Respected Person

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Respect is one of life’s most precious commodities.

We all want to be respected.

It forms the basis of human interaction.

The only catch is it doesn’t come freely.

You must earn it, and when you’ve done that, you must work to maintain it.

Highly respected people know this full well.

In their quest to become highly respected, they underwent various transformations that helped them get to where they are today.

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This includes learning and adopting traits that help them continually gain and maintain the respect of others.

If you steal these 6 traits, the same can be true for you…

1. Never let anyone hear you complain

Complaining is easy.

All it takes is a few breaths or clicking buttons on a keyboard and pressing send.

There’s no barrier to entry for complaining.

Nobody gets respect for doing the easy stuff.

This is why controversial online streamer Sneako is getting a lot of respect lately…

He stepped into the octagon with a former UFC Middleweight Champion, Sean Strickland, for a friendly sparing match.

Mind you, Sneako is 50 lbs (~23 kg) lighter than Strickland and has zero UFC experience.

TLDR: Strickland beat the sh*t out of him — see for yourself.

Towels were thrown in countless times to stop the onslaught, but Strickland ignored them and proceeded to pound his face.

He only stopped when retired mixed martial artist and former UFC light heavyweight champion Forrest Griffin ran into the ring and pulled him away.

Throughout the entire beating, Sneako stood firm. He took every blow without backing down or falling to the canvas.

When the fight was stopped, he dusted himself off and carried on like nothing happened — even with blood gushing from his nose.

Everyone on social media, even people who disliked him for his controversial comments inspired by Andrew Tate, instantly ran to his aid:

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“Don’t like the guy but you gotta respect letting a UFC fighter beat on you.”

— @tripleg4l

“Gotta give sneako his props. Sean was legit tryna KO him there. Deserves respect.”

— @lxganbtc

“Hey man, I respect anyone who steps into the ring and takes that without complaining.”

— @VDAREJamesK

Your feelings are irrelevant to others for the most part.

Complaining doesn’t solve anything.

Highly respected people are doers.

They do what needs to be done and own the consequences.

2. Carry yourself with confidence

People respond to how you carry yourself.

If you act like a twerp, they’ll treat you like one.

The same is true if you do the opposite.

For example, I watched a prank video by Fred Beyer on YouTube…

He dressed up like a security guard, went to a college, and started pulling up random students for ridiculous things.

The craziest thing is people just submitted without questioning his authenticity.

Why? Because he carried himself like an asshole security guard.

If you carry yourself like someone who deserves to be highly respected, you will be — people wouldn’t even question why they respect you.

3. Own up to your mistakes

You don’t know everything.

When you f*%k up, take it on the chin.

Owning your mistakes is the fastest way to learn.

It’s also a great way to earn respect.

Yesterday, I was in my Bolt on my way to celebrate Valentine’s Day, and a car reversed into us at a traffic light.

It wasn’t deliberate — the guy owns a manual car.

As he was getting ready to move, the car rolled back because we were on a hill.

The guy immediately exited his car and apologized — “I’m so sorry. Let me check if there’s any damage.”

This disarmed our driver. When it happened, he was pissed. He flipped, but as soon as the guy got out with an apologetic tone, he chilled.

They inspected the cars, and everything was good, so we all went about our day.

Adimitng when you’re wrong is a strong display of character.

It shows you’re willing to be vulnerable and transparent.

This cultivates a sense of trust and adds to your credibility, which earns you respect.

4. Be true to your word

I’m going to let you in on a dark secret…

After my best friend was murdered, I went on a little bit of a rampage that ruffled a few feathers.

I completely disregarded my professional football career and did some stupid things.

Before I knew it, the leader of a street gang that opposes the area I grew up called me —

“Did you do XYZ?” he said.

“Yeah, I did. What’s the problem?” I replied.

Before abruptly cutting the line, he said, “Don’t let me catch you first.”

From that day, I never felt comfortable being on the street unarmed; I always carried something to protect myself — it only stopped when I became serious about my career and God.

The guy had a fierce reputation on the streets.

He’s one of them people you have to believe when they say, “I’m gonna kill you.”

I wasn’t taking any chances.

The craziest thing about it all is we were good friends before I did what I did — that’s despite growing up in different areas that were at war.

We used to chat regularly on Blackberry Messenger, and anytime we saw each other out, it was all love.

This was because prior to getting involved with the opposing area, he was known as my brothers — who also had a lot of street cred at the time — younger.

When we became close, he wasn’t involved with the area that didn’t like mine, so we honored our friendship.

I was never involved in that war but was always guilty by association.

We never ended up butting heads or making amends because his life was cut short a few years later in an unrelated incident, but he will undoubtedly go down as a highly respected person in the streets of Croydon.

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TLDR: Do what you say you’re gonna do.

Hold yourself accountable for your words.

When you do what you say you’re gonna do, you build a reputation of integrity — even if you’re causing destruction.

People respect integrity.

You lose respect when you can’t be held to your word.

It casts a shadow of doubt over your character and the reliability of anything you say in the future.

Do what you say you’ll do, and people will respect you.

5. Be open-minded

Close-mindedness is the fastest way to lose people’s respect.

People despise those who limit their capacity to connect with, understand, and learn from others around them.

For example, the gym I go to is run by a middle-aged guy who has a bit too much money…

He doesn’t give a damn about health or well-being, and it’s evident — I’m not gonna say anything that can go down as body shaming, but hopefully, you get my drift.

The gym he built was just another venture to earn more money — or at least, that’s how it seems.

The other day, I overheard the personal trainers discussing the situation…

They’re pissed at the owner’s decision to introduce a new rule: “All personal training fees must be paid to the gym.”

This money is then split 50/50 with the trainers.

In personal trainers’ heads, they see it as the owner has found a new way to milk money from the business…

One of them mentioned he tried to express to him that it’s not fair, and the guy told him to be quiet.

That same trainer went home and did the numbers.

He realized he could make more money by paying a monthly membership to use the facilities and training people privately.

He handed in his resignation — others are on the verge of following suit.

When you refuse to consider others perspectives, you’re viewed as an asshole who’s not worthy of respect.

When you consider other’s perspectives, you’re seen as respectable.

Listen to what people have to say and understand where they’re coming from if you wanna earn their respect.

6. Control your emotions

A friend told me a story of the time he realized he’s truly changed…

For context, he’s a prominent reformed gangster from one of the most notorious areas in London who’s been able to get himself in and around the upper echelons of society.

He said he was at a private dinner. Everyone was telling jokes and having a nice time.

That’s until one guy he’s never met came over to him, looked him directly in his eyes, and spat the food he had stored in his mouth all over his face, then started laughing.

According to my friend, the whole room paused, and he could feel the unreformed version of him coming back through.

He clenched his fist and raised his arm…

Right before he was about to hit the guy in the nose, his index finger stuck out, and he started laughing with the guy who spat on him — “That was a good one, man, but you didn’t need to spit on me. That’s disgusting.”

The tension in the room instantly dropped, and everyone joined in the laughter.

At the end of the night, everyone went up to him to commend him for not retaliating wrongly — apparently, the guy that spat is a bit of an asshole, and they all know it.

The ability to control your emotions is highly respected.

Being able to keep your cool in situations where other people would undoubtedly bug out is commendable — impulsive and irrational behavior is not.

Learn how to control your emotions, and you’ll garner respect.

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Final thoughts

Respect is a highly valuable commodity that’s hard to get but easy to lose.

Once it’s lost, it takes plenty of effort to rebuild — some people aren’t even able to get there’s back.

Adopt these 6 traits will ensure you’re not that person:

1. Never let anyone hear you complain

2. Act with irrational self-belief

3. Own up to your mistakes

4. Be true to your word

5. Be open-minded

6. Control your emotions

Start implementing them today and watch how your value and influence grow.

1. Contributed by Kurtis Pykes

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