Do You Want to Be Liked or Respected?

One feels good in the short term. The other is worth more in the long run.

Photo by Tiago Felipe Ferreira on Unsplash

For many years, I used the question of “Do people like me?” as the yardstick to measure whether I was successful at work or in a relationship.

To that end, I focused on being a people pleaser and avoided difficult conversations at all costs. And it worked! I’m pretty darn likable if I say so myself.