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In this video, I'm going to talk about 'respect' and 'love' that we always long for. I've always thought and tried to receive both respect and love in my life. However, when I reach a certain position, if I care too much about my teammates' opinions in order to receive respect, my work doesn't get done, and even though I receive respect, I feel distant from them. When I approach them without any manners or standards, they are really rude and I feel ignored. I've been thinking about how I can balance the two. After much thought, I've come to this conclusion. The moment I try to receive respect and love, my independence disappears. So it's only possible when I switch to giving. And I realized that it can't be a vertical relationship, but a horizontal relationship, that is, I have to reach the depth of what can be called the soul. Adler's psychology was also a great help here. And I went a step further and realized that I had to have such an experience in order to convey it to others. In fact, this question itself shows our habitual way of thinking that has continued since our childhood. When we think back to our childhood, we had to depend entirely on our parents and the adults around us for our survival. Eating, getting dressed, and sleeping in a warm bed—all of these things required someone’s care. So we naturally started to think, “How can I receive these things?” and tried to meet external standards like, “I have to be a good child,” “I have to study hard,” and “I have to listen to adults.” Doesn’t this way of thinking continue even now that we’re adults? With thoughts like, “How can I be recognized?”, “How can I be loved?”, and “How can I be respected?” True change begins with this shift from “receiving” to “giving.” But the important thing here is that the starting point of this shift is ourselves. We start by respecting and loving ourselves as we are. When we respect and love ourselves as we are, strangely enough, others will also see us in the same way. Rather than judging the other person's shortcomings or mistakes, we see them as 'Yes, that person is not perfect like me, but he or she has value in his or her own way.' And what's even more surprising is that this perspective comes back to us. When we truly respect others and accept them as they are, they naturally treat us in the same way. It's like a mirror, where our reflection is reflected back to us. Only then can we give and receive respect and even love, and even create a relationship called us. It starts when we respect ourselves as we are and love my self. #self-esteem #love #respect #self-development