Give Respect to Take Respect?

From childhood, we always listening from our elders, Give Respect to Take Respect. Be Kind and Be nice. It all depends upon, how you treat others, and how you feel about me is closely connected.  The more you treat others with due respect, the more you will respect me. Because the more you respect me, the more you will do the same with others. One of the really nice things about being nice is that it’s contagious when you treat others with great respect. In turn they are more likely to treat you in a similar manner. That, in turn, affects the way you respond, and so on.

Any man's behavior toward other people colleagues, family members, friends sends out ripples that impact those we meet, and beyond. Do you select to spread calm, love, soothing ripples, or instead to rough and violent waves? This behavior has been associated with the crude army general, the tough business leader, the ruthless politician.

Our metaphors leave no alternative to this model. After all, in a dog-eat-dog world, it’s better to be the dog that does the eating than the one that gets eaten. It is better to be the strongest than the weakest; and to swim in treacherous waters, one must be a shark.

Though there are many examples of successful leaders that fit this model. Several leaders were no less successful and achieved their success by being gentle and kind. You must be very professional and very nice.  Of course, at certain time, one had to make tough and unpleasant decisions as a leader, and kindness is no substitute for competence, but he always had in mind the dignity of the people he was dealing with.

The people’s humor, generosity, and kindness rippled through his organization, affecting his employees, and through them, the company’s customers. Well-behaved manners are the lubricants of any successful organization. They enable the smooth functioning of organizations and of relationships in general.

If anyone able to use kindness and generosity to run an incredibly successful enterprise in a very competitive industry. Then we can all do so in our daily interactions. Be kind, be nice, when you meet a customer, a friend, a family member, or a stranger.

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle”.

JOHN WATSON

When you are a child, you enjoyed a great deal, but when we mature, we stop having fun. Do you think, why this happen? In childhood, we always give respect to our fellows and never mind their words. But when we enter in a young age, we mind and never forget to others. At any age, these aspects contribute to psychological and physical well-being.

It makes us more resilient, strengthens our immune system, enhances our creativity, and improves our relationships. We don’t need to restrict play to the leisure activities or hobbies that occupy us once the workday is over. We can select to bring the spirit of play to a meal with our family or to a road trip with friends, to learning a new skill or to a professional meeting with our colleagues.

Regardless of how important and significant our endeavors are if we go through life with gravity and somberness without having fun we will sink into the abyss of meaninglessness and nihilism. Play is our fuel, providing us with energy and drive.