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What Newton's 3rd Law Got to Do with People Respecting You

I watched Hong Kong's TVB police drama series "Mysteries of Love" and was impressed that the police made use of Physics to solve many perplex serious crimes.  Even if you were not an engineer, chemist or mathematician by training, you know that Physics is actually common sense and you too can apply Physics to everyday life. Like Newton's 3rd law. Every Action of a Force Produces an Equal and Opposite Reaction. Newton said that any force applied to a body produces an equal and opposite reaction force in that body. In other words, for every action there is an reaction . When applied to management, it includes: If I treat people with respect, they will return their respect to me equally; If I mistreat people with disrespect, they too will return their disrespect to me. If I work hard, even though I may not see the results today, there will be a reaction in the marketplace . E.g. a salesperson sent out many empowering e-mails to his