Yeah, everyone have been talking a lot about how to be respected by people. But all of us forgot the first rule: to make ourselves look respectable. And here’s how to make us respectable.

1. Be gentle

The first thing you need to plant in yourself to make yourself look respectable is to be gentle. What I mean with “to be gentle” here is behave gently. You can do some insane things but don’t let it makes you look like a stupid person.

Being gentle here is not just in the way you speak, but, all of your behaviors, from your standing stance, how do you joke, etc.. You must look energetic, but not over-energetic at the same time. You must look like a real man (or a real woman, in case you’re woman), even if people will laugh if you behave like the opposite sex. Remember, you want to look respectable here, regardless of people’s laughter. And, one tip, if you want to make people laugh, use verbal joke--a joke that is told; don’t do something insanely crazy just to make people laugh.

2. Wear appropriate clothes

Few months ago, a famous internet marketer named Pat Flynn told me that his thousands dollars public speaking suit helped him to speak well in any of his public speaking session. And one of the factor is its expensiveness.

Yeah, that’s just one of an unique example of “supportive” clothes. Appropriate here does not mean that you must wear all black suit with an expensive tie. Your “uniqueness” is still counted here. You can wear whatever clothes you want--especially the ones that express your uniqueness and describe who you are--as long as it looks appropriate in everyone’s eye.

3. Respect people

Yeah, this is an old principal--respect people, and they will respect you back. You can do many things to show your respect to your audience, like talking so they’ll feel that you’re talking to them, knowing their names, responding every of their question, etc.. Just make sure that they feel respected, leave a good personal image on their mind, and they will see that you’re respectable.

4. Never look angry

Why do we need to respect short-tempered person? Especially, when he/she expresses his/her temper to us? Well, it feels more like “that person sucks”, right?

Yeah, maybe you’ll be a little bit confused with this. Well, most people shut up when someone is angry, right? Maybe you’re not realizing that no one of their “shut up-ness” is a kind of respect. Some may feel fear, some others want to kick this person out, and other may just don’t care about this person, and choosing to shut up and let this person finish his/her problem.

So please, never look angry. In most cases, angered person is alone. No one wants to talk to him/her in that situation, neither listen to him/her.

5. Have something to be respected

The last and the most important thing to make yourself respectable is to have something that respectable inside you. It can be your skills, your humorous natural, etc.. People would like to respect you if you have something special and useful inside yourself.

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