The way that you garner respect is by doing the work that you committed to doing and then letting the results speak for themselves.

So you don't need to go to your boss and say, hey, boss, didn't I do such a good job?

That's desperate.

That's needy.

That actually, in a lot of ways, can undermine respect.

But if you just put your head down, nose to the grindstone, get to work, follow through on what you say you're going to do, and then achieve the results, people will see that.

I promise you.

You don't need to be flapping your gums at them.

People will see that and they will treat you accordingly.

You're a man of action.

You live life to the fullest.

Embrace your fears and boldly

chart your own path. When life knocks you down, you get back up one more time, every time.

You are not easily deterred or defeated, rugged, resilient, strong. This is your life. This is who you are.

This is who you will become. At the end of the day, and after all is said and done, you can call yourself a man.

You've all heard of love languages, whether it's words of affirmation, gift giving, physical touch, quality time, etc., etc.

And while I think there's some value to that,

I would suggest to you that the love language of men is respect. Now sure, I like to be touched

physically by the woman in my life. I like words of affirmation. I like gifts. I like quality

time. I like acts of service. I like all of that. But if you want to get to the root of what a man really wants and desires in his life, it's a level of respect from not only his romantic interest, but also his friends and colleagues and coworkers and everybody else. So today I'm going to talk with you about nine things that you can do to garner and gain more respect in the right way.

This is not about manipulation. This is not about gaming the system or making people think

you're better or different than you are. This is about true respect. Now, granted, there is a baseline

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