Step one in how to earn respect in
your relationships requires honesty. You have to be honest with yourself. This
is a place where you ask the questions: What do I want from this relationship? Or
what is my role? Am I satisfied with how things are going? Asking these
question allows you to view the relationship in an objective way, and it may
allow you to view the value in your own mind. Having a good understanding of
where you see a relationship going is quite frankly liberating and can help to
solidify it through more difficult times. Being honest with the other person
involved comes next because if you aren't honest with yourself to start, how
could you possibly be honest with someone else. So if you are happy, express
it, if you aren't sure where your relationship is going, express that. Of
course do so in an appropriate manner.
Step two in how to earn respect in
your relationships revolves around boundaries. Everyone has boundaries whether
they admit it or not. Boundaries are like they sound, limitations. Knowing your
boundaries (limitations) and being tactful in sharing those go a long way when
discovering how to earn respect in you relationships. Boundaries are made up
within our belief systems, our values, and what we have learned. There are good
boundaries and there are bad boundaries.
Step 3 in how to earn respect in
your relationships is the 5 in 1 rule. The 5 in 1 rule is simple. If you are
mad at the other person in the relationship and you just don't feel like you
can live with that, you just have to say something. Well say it using the 5 in
1 rule. For every negative thing that you have to say to the other person,
start by saying 5 positive things. This will go a long way in helping you to
not only maintain healthy relationships, but it will also take the
defensiveness out of the other person and ultimately you want to keep your
relationships happy.
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