Value is not scarcity. And scarcity does not add value, it only increases want. Value is the ability to be around but different. Is to be common but unique.
To be valued is to be more than available. You must be unique.
To deserve peoples respect you must first respect yourself. You must first value your opinions to espect the same from others.
The Lion didn't rest the king of his territory because of his the strongest or wildest. His the king because of his respect for himself and his pride. He protects his pride with his life because his domain is his own throne in the vast kingdom.
If we must be valued by others, we must deserve it by first valuing ourselves.