So glad to see our resident big brother uploading regularly here :D Love playing these in the background while I'm going about my day, it's so relaxing and thought-provoking at the same time
9:34 And people are also useful in different ways. Emotinally, financially (not paying for others but teaching others to be more careful with their money), helpful with chores, and many other things.
Peoole seem to sometimes put too much weight on respecting calls to authority even when that's totally irrational. Proof of work is a more trustworthy metric. It takes a while to build this solid foundation.
9:03 - "People deserve respect just for being humans." I think this kind of hypothetical argument against what you're talking about is based mostly just on English (and many other languages certainly) having the word respect used for both esteeming somebody for e.g. experience and also for acknowledging them as a fellow human; brings to mind the way some (typically not very nice) people say "If you won't respect me [as an authority], I won't respect you [as a person]" conflating two meanings in one word without realising it. Linguistics aside, as always, great video!
I would recomend to learn how to talk or some similar communication skill, if someone wants more respect in life. Not to impress others, it helps develope the thinking skills that are needed for self reflection. Self reflection can help to find out what kind of respect you need in your life. Is there a lack of respect you're suffering from?: Is your voice not been heard? Are people taking you for granted? Or do you want more than average?: Do you want to be someone looked up to? Do you respect yourself ( mentaly and physicaly)? I can not recomend trying to improve your self respect by geting respect from others. Who are the persons you want respect from? Is it a family member or a spouse? Get some help if needed, the closer the persons the harder it usally is in my experience. Are they friends or coworkers? Are you pulling your weight?, are you setting boundrys? (Hard work is often overlooked) Figure out what kind of person do you want to be. Why are you admiring the people you are admiring? Make a list and take that to an abstract level, it will lead you to your core values. Then set small steps and be aware it takes practise just like fitness. Always remeber that beeing medium good means that there are a lot of people who are worse. And that is already an acivement. (Sorry for my bad english)
I wish people were more respectful of retail/restaurant employees. But I think the belief that "the customer is always right" has caused some people to think that they have total power as a customer and they can be disrespectful of the business and its employees. It's a shame.
My goal is to leave people feeling a little happier. Sometimes it is hard and sometimes I don't succeed, but I think that it can be meaningful to simply genuinely acknowledge that the other person is a human being and really see them (don't treat them like a machine or servant) and give them a genuine thank you and smile and wishes for a good day.
I had an experience the other day when i asked an employee if they had a specific product to which they responded no they don't and after asking if they knew when they'd get more, to which the answer was "i don't know but the truck comes (specific day i can't remember)" and i said "thats okay, it's not like you have control over what the store gets in and when anyways" And they were so pleased with me, which i found quite odd until i was told by someone else that people aren't usually that understanding of retail workers.
So glad to see our resident big brother uploading regularly here :D Love playing these in the background while I'm going about my day, it's so relaxing and thought-provoking at the same time
9:34
And people are also useful in different ways.
Emotinally, financially (not paying for others but teaching others to be more careful with their money), helpful with chores, and many other things.
Peoole seem to sometimes put too much weight on respecting calls to authority even when that's totally irrational. Proof of work is a more trustworthy metric. It takes a while to build this solid foundation.
I can definitely see that!
9:03 - "People deserve respect just for being humans."
I think this kind of hypothetical argument against what you're talking about is based mostly just on English (and many other languages certainly) having the word respect used for both esteeming somebody for e.g. experience and also for acknowledging them as a fellow human; brings to mind the way some (typically not very nice) people say "If you won't respect me [as an authority], I won't respect you [as a person]" conflating two meanings in one word without realising it.
Linguistics aside, as always, great video!
Thank you and excellent points!
I would recomend to learn how to talk or some similar communication skill, if someone wants more respect in life.
Not to impress others, it helps develope the thinking skills that are needed for self reflection.
Self reflection can help to find out what kind of respect you need in your life.
Is there a lack of respect you're suffering from?: Is your voice not been heard? Are people taking you for granted?
Or do you want more than average?: Do you want to be someone looked up to?
Do you respect yourself ( mentaly and physicaly)? I can not recomend trying to improve your self respect by geting respect from others.
Who are the persons you want respect from?
Is it a family member or a spouse? Get some help if needed, the closer the persons the harder it usally is in my experience.
Are they friends or coworkers? Are you pulling your weight?, are you setting boundrys? (Hard work is often overlooked)
Figure out what kind of person do you want to be.
Why are you admiring the people you are admiring? Make a list and take that to an abstract level, it will lead you to your core values.
Then set small steps and be aware it takes practise just like fitness.
Always remeber that beeing medium good means that there are a lot of people who are worse. And that is already an acivement.
(Sorry for my bad english)
I wish people were more respectful of retail/restaurant employees. But I think the belief that "the customer is always right" has caused some people to think that they have total power as a customer and they can be disrespectful of the business and its employees. It's a shame.
My goal is to leave people feeling a little happier. Sometimes it is hard and sometimes I don't succeed, but I think that it can be meaningful to simply genuinely acknowledge that the other person is a human being and really see them (don't treat them like a machine or servant) and give them a genuine thank you and smile and wishes for a good day.
I had an experience the other day when i asked an employee if they had a specific product to which they responded no they don't and after asking if they knew when they'd get more, to which the answer was "i don't know but the truck comes (specific day i can't remember)" and i said "thats okay, it's not like you have control over what the store gets in and when anyways"
And they were so pleased with me, which i found quite odd until i was told by someone else that people aren't usually that understanding of retail workers.
this is wonderful