What’s the difference between obedience and respect? Obedience means that we follow the instructions of an authority figure. Respect means that we show due regard for the feelings, wishes and rights of others.

Being liked can get you followers and even fame, but respect makes you money and maintains your credibility. Likeability is great but it doesn’t necessarily translate into sustainable benefits UNLESS you’re strategic, it’s part of your personal brand or you have a “Lorraine Kelly” style focus with your career.

A major theme across many of my recent coaching conversations has been the perceived contrast between being liked and being respected. I have many clients who have established a professional brand built on likability.

Receiving respect from others is important because it helps us to feel safe and to express ourselves. Respect means that you accept somebody for who they are, even when they’re different from you or you don’t agree with them. Respect in your relationships builds feelings of trust, safety, and wellbeing.

According to Niccolo Machiavelli, it is much safer to be feared than loved. Machiavelli says that it’s better to be both. But since this is almost impossible to achieve, a leader is better off being feared than loved.

21 Ways You Can Earn The Respect Of Others

1. Be relentlessly proactive. Don’t always wait for direction from others.
2. Keep your promises. This is by far one of the most important actions you can take to start gaining respect.
3. Stop apologizing.
4. Don’t waste other people’s time.
5. Stop gossiping immediately.
6. Stop being too nice.
7. Practice humility.
8. Have a moral code.

In a healthy relationship, you should have love and respect; however, they are not the same thing. While they go hand in hand, it is possible to have one without the other. Respect means that you have a positive feeling or action that is shown towards another. Respect in your relationship can be much the same.

Though difficult, it is possible to restore respect. If you once cared for the person or held them in high regard, it is possible to return to this state if you choose to. Working to regain respect could not only save your relationship, it will lighten your spirit.

So, here are 10 ways to make your girlfriend respect you.

1. Respect yourself. Respect must come from yourself first.
2. Be more independent.
3. Keep your word.
4. Respect her even when she’s not around.
5. Tell the truth, always.
6. Stand up for yourself- and for your relationship also.
7. Respect her if you want to be respected.

5 Ways To Deal With A Disrespectful Wife

1. Do not get offended.
2. Confront her at the right time.
3. Give her the necessary personal space and time.
4. Confide in a close friend/relative or seek counselling.
5. Always be ready to move on.

When your wife is mean to you it’s because she’s hurt or in pain. Not usually physical pain, but emotional or mental pain. This could be due to something or some things you did or did not do that has upset her. However, that’s not always the case.

A girlfriend who bites is using a bit of offense as cover for her affection, because she doesn’t want to say it; she wants to do it and show it. A girlfriend who wants to warn you teasingly will say “Be careful or I’ll slap you”. A girlfriend who bites will say “Be careful or I’ll bite you”.

More likely, you’ve done something really bad, that she is still mad about, and it makes her mad about everything. Or, it could be that something you do is bothering her, and she’s expressing that to you through her frustration. My advice is to ask her, honestly, what it is that’s bothering her.