respect or fear...

Hello I have taught in colleges for long 44 years, under diff boss, and i was boss of several, but i never feared anybodt, i obeyed those orders which i considerd i should, i had respect for my boss.. Thanks, God bless you. cheers Happy posting. Prof

I think respect and fear go hand in hand sometimes. For example when you do something for a loved one like your husband, you definitely respect them but you also fear that they may not like what you have to offer them. Fear of rejection always exists. Even with parents, you ask them or take permission because you respect their authority. But if you did something wrong, the biggest fear would be that they would go away from you or be mad at you. You do fear things such as being in a dangerous neighbourhood at night. You stay out of the place only because you fear the neighbourhood. You do not have respect for any of the anti-social elements that make the place unsafe and dangerous.

nope.. i will not give respect out of fear, or if they try to put fear in me to respect them. no matter if its my parnets, ok take that one back, only when i was young. but i had a few bosses who tried to make people fear them to get the respect. until they met me. i'm to stuipd to fear any person who walks this face of this earth, no matter how much bigger they are or who they are. i refuse to give respect to anyone who havent earn it from me. and i will tell them straight up to thier faces.

I follow my boss' command out of respect. It would be a long way til i follow someone out of fear. For me, it's not right to follow someone out of fear. It'd would be like demanding respect from fear and respect is not demanded. It's earned.

If I do something, its usually because I respect the person. If someone is instilling fear with me, I usually don't do what they want. Instead I back away and distance myself from them. I don't like being intimadated to do something so I won't do it if they try to " scare" me into doing it.

If my parents ask me something to do or help I really do it out of my high respect and love of my parents. Also in the company I am working now I usually do all the things they want me to do since I respect them, but sometimes I also think that I should do this things out of my fear that I will lose my job if I don't do it.

well, respect and fear are really of different meaning if we talk about the roots of following some rules.. respects in this matter is doing and abiding those rules without hesitance. while if it is done because of fear then it is forced and not coming from the heart.

I do agree that sometimes respect and fear go hand in hand. Like if we are with people who are higher than us. But what we should always have is the utmost Respect to anyone we meet.