How to elevate your social status?
Social status is your position in the social hierarchy. It leads to more influence, opportunities and connections. Read this article to find out how to elevate your social status.
Social status is your position in the social hierarchy. High social status leads to more influence, opportunities and connections.
Social status is linked with how much others respect you. So, to achieve a high social status, you should understand how to command more respect from others.
Let’s explore various ways to earn more respect from others.
Be good at what you do. When you are the best in the field, others will respect you for your excellence.
Take a genuine interest in others. When you take an interest in others, they will be interested in talking to you. People respect those who can connect with others easily.
Help others and be supportive. You cannot command respect from others and be selfish at the same time. When people see that you care, they are more likely to respect you.
Respect yourself. You cannot command respect from others if you don’t respect yourself. You can learn more about commanding respect from others in this book.
Live with integrity. Write down your values (honesty, truthfulness, work ethic, etc.) and always abide by them.
Treat others with respect. You cannot expect others to respect you genuinely if you don’t respect them. Reciprocity is powerful, use it well.
Don’t tolerate disrespect. When you tolerate disrespect, you show low self-respect. People who don’t respect themselves aren’t respected anyway.
Be emotionally intelligent. If you can control your emotions and stay sensitive to other's emotions you can better understand them. People will like and respect you for your emotional intelligence.
Observe the general pattern that you need to be liked or admired to be respected. But, there are other ways of commanding respect too.
You can command respect from others out of fear, desire or conformance. Respect that originates from these sources is not genuine. It often leads to hostility, and resentment and is not sustainable.
So, focus on earning the admiration and liking-based respect to have meaningful connections, positive influence and more opportunities.
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