I respect other people.

Respect gets confused with admiration. They're separate. You can think somebody's judgment is poor and still treat them as the author of their own life.

That second part is where it bites. A friend takes a job you're certain is wrong for them, or goes back to somebody you'd rather they didn't. Respect means saying your piece once, clearly, and then not running a two-year campaign.

It's harder than warmth and easier to fake. Much of what gets called concern, once it has gone on long enough, has quietly become an argument that the other person isn't qualified to run their own affairs.