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What Is Self-Respect and Why Is It So Important?

Self-respect is a word that means honoring your worth, preserving your dignity, and taking pride in your abilities. Being self-respecting means that you believe at a core level that you’re worthy of being treated fairly and with courtesy.

Why is self-respect so important?

Without self-respect, we are susceptible to being used, abused, and mistreated by other people. Those who lack self-respect are often targets of unsavory types of people like narcissists and egomaniacs who enjoy using self-neglecting people as their lackeys. And who in their right mind would want to end up as fodder for those ratbags lurking in the dark corners of society?

Ultimately, self-respect is vital because it impacts every area of your life.

From your friendships and relationships to your work commitments, having self-respect ensures that you are treated well, given fair opportunities, have your needs and desires met, and remain on equal footing with other people. With no self-respect, you are prone to excessive self-sacrifice, letting yourself be walked over and used, abandoning your true self and authentic needs, giving up on your dreams, and other forms of self-abuse.

7 Examples of Self-Respect

Sometimes it helps to have a clear picture of what self-respect looks like so it’s not so cerebral. Here are some examples of self-respect:

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Refusing to be spoken to in an offensive way because you know you deserve to be treated well

Cutting ties with a friend who is lazy and untrustworthy because you know you are worthy of having a dependable friend

Setting strong boundaries around people who are energy vampires because you want to preserve your energy and not have it stolen

Saying “no” to the unreasonable requests given by your child or family member because you respect your limits

Having clear rules in your relationships such as “no lying” because you deserve to have an honest partner

Refusing to settle for less in business deals because you know the worth of your work

Not compromising your deepest values in favor of social acceptance

This list is by no means exhaustive, but I hope you get the idea! Also, don’t forget that you can leave a comment beneath this article just in case you need clarification.

What Are the Advantages of Having Self-Respect?

Oh boy, where do I start? Consciously developing self-respect is the very foundation of self-love and self-care. Here are some of the advantages of having self-respect:

You honor your needs, desires, and values

You feel empowered to say “no” and draw boundaries

You have more energy to dedicate to yourself and your dreams

You feel a sense of equality with others

You respect the quality of your work

You choose better friends, partners, and workplaces

You feel happy and fulfilled in your romantic life

You feel happy and fulfilled in your business life

You feel a greater sense of self-trust and therefore self-confidence

You know how to protect yourself

You feel powerful and a sense of authority over your life

You’re capable of practicing self-love and self-care

13 Signs It’s Time to Build Some Goddamn Self-Respect!

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When we lack self-respect, it’s like the fire within us has been dimmed. Our inner wolf has been captured. We have been domesticated and we don’t know how to protect ourselves.

Pay attention to the following signs and see how many you relate to:

You always seem to attract people who mistreat or use you

You have no time for yourself

You feel exhausted most of the time due to your commitments to others

You settle for less

You feel inferior to or ‘less than’ others

You struggle to speak up

You can’t seem to say “no”

You lack self-confidence

You’re there for everyone, but no one is ever there for you

You undervalue your strengths, gifts, and achievements

You let others walk over you

You’re excessively afraid of what others think about you

You feel overall unhappy with the quality of your life

Stop and think. How many of these signs can you relate to? 

Don’t worry if you resonate with most of them. You’re certainly not alone – this is a big issue many people struggle with (including myself in the past).

How to Build and Gain Self-Respect

If you are used to bending over backward for people, building self-respect will be difficult.

If you are acclimatized to obsessing over other’s feelings/thoughts about you, gaining self-respect will also be hard. Furthermore, if you have been conditioned in a family or culture to put your needs last, self-respect will feel extremely elusive.

But don’t fret.

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