Women sometimes struggle with assertiveness, believing it makes them sound unfeminine or unlikeable, but assertiveness can help us deal with difficult situations gracefully and get what we need,
SPEAK YOUR PEACE Nonassertiveness creates a lack of self-esteem which leads to anger hurt or self-pity and increases tension and anxiety
Scenario: You urgently need a new iron. Your neighbor is going to be driving to the mall during your lunch break; she offers to pick you up at noon and take you there. But come 12 p.m. she doesn’t appear.
Twenty minutes later she calls: “Sorry. Something unavoidable.” Trouble is… it’s her third “something unavoidable” recently.
You say “Okay don’t worry. These things happen.” Then you slam the phone down and exclaim “Ugghh! She’s totally unreliable!”
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