Having this contingency plan doesn't mean you're expecting to fail—it means you respect yourself enough to create a safety net, as Indeed points out.

Home; Self; If You Truly Respect Yourself, These 11 Behaviors Will Feel Like Second Nature If you love, trust, and believe in yourself, everything else will fall into place.

But here’s the thing—when you respect yourself, you know that you are more than enough, just as you are. No one should ever make you feel small or inferior because of who you are.

But don’t lose yourself in the process of finding others. The right people will come in your life sooner or later and those people will never make you question your self-worth or self-respect ...

Respect yourself enough to say “no” when it doesn’t serve you. Whether it’s a favour you can’t do, an event you don’t want to attend, ...

6. Look after your body. It’s got to last you the whole of your life and you don’t want to find yourself with 20 years of making do with a clapped out model when a little bit of care could see ...

You just needed to respect yourself enough to stop trying. The Practice of Restraint. Like any behavioral change, this takes practice. You won’t get it perfect right away.

It all comes down to respect. You show respect to who you're talking to, you make it clear that you want respect in return, and—most importantly—you respect yourself enough to not be a pushover .