Love It, Don't Leave It

Aretha Franklin sang it—

“R^.E^.S^.P^.E^.C^.T—find out what it means to me.”

Aretha made a lot of sense (and cents, too) with her hit refrain. Respect has different meanings to different people. To receive it, you have to spell out what respect means to you.

The respect you get influences how much you love (or don’t love) your work. Many dissatisfied people dislike their jobs because they don’t feel respected—for who they are or what they do. If you don’t ...