Become the Person You Would Respect
Dear Collective,
We spend so much energy trying to earn the respect of others. We want the respect of our bosses, our neighbors, our families, and even strangers on the internet. We look to everyone else but ourselves. So this week. Become the person whom you would respect. If you met yourself as a stranger, saw your daily habits, heard the way you talk to yourself, and watched how you handled life, would you think, "That is someone I can count on"?
Respect isn't built on a podium or in a highlight reel. It is built in the "boring" moments we talked about last month. It’s built when you choose the hard default over the easy one. It’s built when you choose to stay relentless even when you’re terrified.
Most of us have a list of qualities we admire in others: integrity, consistency, kindness, and the guts to admit when they’re wrong. Yet, we often let ourselves off the hook for those exact same things. We break the promises we make to ourselves and then wonder why we feel a lack of confidence. You can’t build a foundation on broken promises.
To help you audit your "respectability" this week, I want you to ask yourself these questions:
If your life was a movie and you were watching the main character (you), would you be rooting for them right now?
Are you doing the "unseen work" that matches the person you claim to be in public?
When things go sideways in the gym or at home, do you respond with the character of someone you would admire, or do you default to the path of least resistance?
What is one promise you’ve made to yourself that you need to keep this week, simply because "that’s what a person I respect would do"?
At WTCF, we don't just train to look a certain way. We train to be a certain way. We train to be the people who show up for the neighborhood, who stand up for the oppressed, and who hold the line when the hard parts of life make it easy to quit.
Don't worry about being a superhero. Just worry about being someone you wouldn't feel ashamed to know.
With Strength and Adaptability,
Charlie We, The Collective Fitness