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<h3><a href="how-to-be-more-assertive.html">How To Be More Assertive</a></h3>
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What is<br>assertiveness'
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Four styles
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Rights and<br>responsibilities
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Positive beliefs
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Being direct
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Expressing<br>disagreement constructively
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Managing the other<br>person's behaviour<br>by enforcing<br>a process
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Building rapport
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Focusing on facts
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Focusing on<br>consequences
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Stopping put-down<br>behaviour
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Text Book Techniques
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Personal<br>action planning
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 <h1>What is Assertiveness'</h1>
 
 <h2>How To Be More Assertive: Part 1</h2>
<p>Here are some definitions of "to assert", drawn from different sources:</p>
<p><b>Chambers 20th Century Dictionary</b></p>
<blockquote>To vindicate or defend by argument or measures;  to declare strongly;  to lay claim to;  to insist upon;  to affirm;  to bear evidence of.</blockquote>
<p><b>Dictionary.com</b></p>
<blockquote>To state or express positively;   to defend or maintain (one's rights, for example).</blockquote> 
<p><b>Game theory</b></p>
<blockquote>A win-win; you and the other person both get what you want.</blockquote> 
<p><b>The Assertiveness Pocketbook</b></p>
<blockquote>Enjoying your rights, expressing your feelings, asking for what you want, stating your views - with integrity, honesty, directness, respect for others.</blockquote>
<p>There are many different views on what assertiveness is.  But what matters for this course is the definition that is relevant to you and your circumstances.</p>
<h2>Question</h2>
<p>Why do you want to be more assertive?</p>
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<p>If you don't learn to be more assertive, what might you lose (or not do, or not achieve) as a result?</p>
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