Being Liked vs. Being Respected
With all of the things we hear every day it's amazing what sticks.
I don't remember how the conversation got started, but it happened at least 15 years ago. It was right after I started at IHC in 1988. One of my peers (name withheld) and I were talking. In a playful way I said something like, "hey, don't you like me?" The reply was of course, but being liked isn't important. What is important is being respected.
That exchange lead to a more serious conversation regarding respect. Don't take me wrong. It's not like all of the world's problems were addressed in this one conversation. It was just a brief chat. It shouldn't have affected me at all.
And yet, over these past 15 years, I've thought about that conversation many times. Do I want to be liked? Well, not if it costs me respect........
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