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To avoid risk is to avoid life — and we want you to live as fully as you can. Just consider taking risks that count for something!
get in creating harmony. Let’s focus our assertiveness where it’s meaningful: working toward equality and cooperation in relationships with others.
This is part of the mission
Eleven Key Points About Assertive Behavior
eleven key qualities of assertive behavior:
Self-expressive Respectful of the rights of others Honest Direct and firm Equalizing, benefiting both parties in a relationship Both verbal (including the content of the message) and nonverbal (including the style of the message) Positive (expressing affection, praise, appreciation) at times and negative (expressing limits, anger, criticism) at times Appropriate for the person and situation, not universal
Socially responsible Both inborn (elements of temperament) and learned (styles of behavior) As persistent as is necessary to achieve one’s goal...
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We are all controlled by the world in which we live. … The question is this: are we to be controlled by accidents, by tyrants, or by ourselves? — B. F. Skinner
Never play another person’s game. Play your own. — Andrew Salter
changing yourself is like planning a trip: you have to find out where you are now, decide where you want to go, then figure out how to get there from here.
has been devoted to helping you find out where you are now in relation to assertiveness.
to help you decide where you’re headed. Identifying your needs and setting your goals may be the most important and most difficult steps of all.
