How to be More Assertive

ASSERTIVENESS BASICS FOR A MORE

ASSERTIVE LIFE

ASSERTIVE LIFE

THERE ARE MANY OPPORTUNITIES IN THE

WORLD

MOST ARE CLAIMED BY THOSE WHO’RE ASSERTIVE OR AGGRESSIVE

SO WHAT OF THE PASSIVE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD? WHAT OF THE

SHY, TIMID, AND THOSE LACKING IN SELF-ESTEEM?

THE REALITY IS . .

THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE TAKING WHAT THEY ARE GIVEN, OR TAKING THE SCRAPS LEFT BEHIND OF THOSE WHO’RE MORE ASSERTIVE AND

AGGRESSIVE IN LIFE.

I BELIEVE THERE IS PLENTY OF PIE TO GO

AROUND IN THE WORLD.

BUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IS ASSERTIVE PEOPLE ARE GETTING

THEIR FAIR SHARE, AND AGGRESSORS ARE TAKING REST.

THAT LEAVES PASSIVE PEOPLE WITH WHAT

LITTLE REMAINS OF THE PIE.

SO WHAT ARE THE PASSIVE, SHY, AND TIMID

TO DO?

IT’S TIME TO LEARN TO BE ASSERTIVE!

IT’S TIME TO REALISE YOUR

WORTH.

IT’S TIME TO REALISE YOUR

VALUE

IT’S TIME TO PLACE YOUR NEEDS AND

WANTS

ON THE SAME LEVEL AND AS

OTHERS

YOU ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT IN THE WORLD AS ANYONE

ELSE!

NOW IT’S TIME TO LIVE, ACT, AND SPEAK

LIKE IT

THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS THROUGH

ASSERTIVENESS

ASSERTIVENESS IS YOUR KEY TO GETTING WHAT YOU WANT

WITHOUT HURTING ANYONE ELSE

ASSERTIVENESS WILL HELP YOU MOVE TO THE

FOREGROUND

RATHER THAN HIDING IN THE BACKGROUND

ASSERTIVENESS WILL HELP YOU COMMUNICATE YOUR IDEAS,

WANTS, AND NEEDS EFFECTIVELY

AND YOU WON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT BEING

JERK OR AGGRESSIVE

BECAUSE ASSERTIVENESS IS NOT

AGGRESSION

SO HOW DOES A PASSIVE PERSON BECOME

ASSERTIVE?

WE’RE GOING TO GIVE YOU TWO TIPS TO GET

YOU STARTED

STEP ONE

CHECK YOUR BODY LANGUAGE

PASSIVE PEOPLE WALK PASSIVE, TALK PASSIVE,

AND LIVE PASSIVE

IT EMANATES FROM THEIR BODIES SENDING

A MESSAGE THAT

“I’M A NICE PERSON. PLEASE DON’T HURT

ME!”

A PASSIVE PERSONS BODY LANGUAGE CAN BE

CLOSED OFF, WITHDRAWN.

PASSIVE PEOPLE HESITATE TO MAKE EYE

CONTACT

THEY MOVE WITH LITTLE DIRECTION RATHER THAN

WITH PURPOSE AND POISE

WHEN YOU CHECK YOUR BODY LANGUAGE

STAND A LITTLE TALLER

TILT YOU SHOULDERS BACK AND BRING YOUR

CHEST FORWARD

FACE YOURSELF IN THE MIRROR AND HOLD EYE

CONTACT

TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND SAY TO YOURSELF

“I CAN ACHIEVE MY FULL POTENTIAL, I CAN BE

ASSERTIVE”

HOW DOES THAT FEEL?

EMPOWERING?

CHECKING YOUR BODY LANGUAGE IS DOING A SHORT

SELF ASSESSMENT ON HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF

A FEW CHANGES IN THIS AREA AND YOU’LL INSTANTLY

START FEELING MORE ASSERTIVE

IF YOU LOOK ASSERTIVE, YOU'RE GOING TO FEEL

ASSERTIVE, WHICH WILL HELP YOU TO

ACT ASSERTIVE!

STEP 2

CHECK YOUR MINDSET

ASSERTIVENESS AND NON-ASSERTIVENESS

HAPPENS BETWEEN YOUR EARS

IF YOU DON’T BELIEVE YOU CAN BE ASSERTIVE

OR THAT THERE’S IS GREATER POTENTIAL IN

YOU

IT WILL BE HARD TO ACHIEVE

ASSERTIVENESS

ANYONE CAN BECOME

ASSERTIVE

IF THEY WORK FOR IT

MANY PEOPLE HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT

THEMSELVES

MANY PEOPLE ARE NOT AWARE OF THEIR

ASSERTIVE RIGHTS

SOME OF YOUR ASSERTIVE RIGHTS

INCLUDE

THE RIGHT TO ACHIEVE

THE RIGHT TO BE HEARD

THE RIGHT TO BE FREE

THE RIGHT TO SPEAK

THE RIGHT TO SAY NO

THE RIGHT TO SAY YES!

THE RIGHT TO SHARE YOUR

VIEWS

IF YOU HAVE DOUBTS ABOUT ANY OF THESE RIGHTS APPLYING TO

YOU

IT’S TIME TO CHECK YOUR

MINDSET

YOU HAVE A RANGE OF ASSERTIVE

RIGHTS

BUT IT’S UP TO YOU TO STAND UP FOR

THEM

EMBRACE THEM

AND DEFEND THEM

ASSERTIVENESS WILL HELP YOU DO

THIS

THANK YOU FOR WATCHING THIS

SLIDESHOW

HOPEFULLY IT CAN HELP YOU EMBRACE YOUR

ASSERTIVE SIDE

AND REACH YOUR FULL POTENTIAL

BE ASSERTIVE

AND GET YOUR SHARE OF THE

PIE

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