I’ll admit, to you and myself, I did NOT feel like writing when I arrived home from a weeklong business trip to DFW metro. I just wanted to lollygag, go to Winter Carnival, meet friends for dinner, go skiing.
Yet I’ve made a commitment to you.
- Monday – write for The Inside Sales Leadership Corner
- Wednesday – post content for inside salespeople
- Thursday – send out A Chip off the Block
Not when I feel like it, not when I have a GREAT idea in the moment…
Every. Single. Week.
To keep my integrity and self-respect, I must keep my commitments (to myself and to you).
Hence the Self-Respect edition.
You can also check out what is drive? from Monday’s The Inside Sales Leadership Corner along with yesterday’s Discipline is required for #InsideSales #Success.
Knowing who you are
I believe that self-respect begins by defining who we are. Not by a role or set of circumstances – by who we are at the core of our being.
The pieces of that core we use in the roles we play in life may be emphasized differently, but they don’t CHANGE.
I’ll give you an example from my own life resume because I feel like I’m not being clear.
- with respect
- with dignity
- with humor
- with love
When I’m in my role of a coach the proportions look differently from when I’m being a daughter – while in both “I try to treat people the way I want to be treated.”
If Step 1 for self-respect is knowing who you are, Step 2 is knowing who you want to be.
Knowing who you want to be
Look at who you are at this moment – are you the person you want to be?
Again, please separate who you are from your role, job title, etc.
How do you want your life resume to read? What needs to change for it to be an accurate portrayal of the person you are?
Being true to your own ideals & values
The 3rd step to self-respect is holding yourself to the ideals and values you’ve decided to define yourself by.
These are not the expectations other people heap on us, these are the expectations we have for ourselves.
It is making sure your actions are a reflection of everything you hold dear and how you define the person you want to be.
As I’ve been reading what I’m writing it seems a bit outside of the Inside Sales Focus I stick to. Yet, in order to be a great inside salesperson… manager… leader, there has to be self-respect for success AND self-respect requires a bit of self-reflection.
Respectfully yours,
Lynn
ps: here are two of my favorite songs about respect…
Respect – Aretha Franklin (this version is from the Blues Brothers 2000 movie, love the hip check to Matt guitar Murphy)
Respect Yourself – Huey Lewis & the News (a band that has great harmony and makes me smile when they come on the radio… Spotify… Pandora… wherever)
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