Quotes About Assertiveness

My philosophy: find what it is you want to say, walk in the room, say it, and get the hell out.

Steeple, people, banana-fana-fo-feeple. What the fuck ever. If you don't loosen up, lady, I'll drop your ass on it.

If he speaks again without me knowing who he is, I will throw him out of the window. And I won't open it first.

Excuse me," said Andrea, raising her hand to ruin everybody's fun like always.

Nobody calls me a crybaby.

She was wearing her T-shirt with the bull's-eye printed over her heart, the one that says, GO AHEAD AND TRY IT, BUFFY.

Take off your boots, please." He set his feet apart and brought his hands to his hips. He let his gaze slide over her with deliberate slowness, not assessing this time, but going for a blatantly male vibe. He clearly couldn't believe he hadn't shut her up yet, and he was now switching to a different tactic. "What else do you want me to take off?

She sashayed into the kitchen like she lived there, and grabbed two glasses from the counter, rinsed them in the sink, all very domestic. His eyes strayed to her breasts. "You came to do dishes?" "I came to come." She winked, smiling from ear to ear. "Gotta appreciate a straight-talking woman.

That's some f***ing doorman you've got there, Ms. Shugak.

And now you are coddling me, Andrew. Just like Lucien and Charles and to a smaller extent, Gareth… I may be the baby sister, but I can assure you that I am not fragile. I get tired of the coddling, Andrew. I am not an egg." He just looked at her. "Egg?" "Coddled? Egg?" He stared at her blankly, too distracted by the impending demonstration to match wits with her. "Oh, never mind," she said with a frustrated sigh.

Wipe the scowl off yer face, Sunshine," he said. "It's unbecoming." "You took a liberty with me." "You all but asked me to." "You were… vulgar." "What, by showing ye the effect ye have on me? By forcing ye to listen to yer own body?" He gave a little laugh. "' Twas only a kiss. Not like I stole yer virtue or anythin'." He deposited

He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because fo other mens's opinions.

For other brain types who may be hesitant to speak up because they fear they may offend others or their ideas won't be well-received, practice speaking up and sharing your opinions. You may be surprised to find that others respond more positively to you when you say what's on your mind.

I will protect my energy around draining people. I will learn how to set healthy boundaries. I will learn how to say "no" at the right times. I will listen to my intuition about the relationships that are nurturing for me. JUDITH ORLOFF, MD, THE EMPATH'S SURVIVAL GUIDE

Practice saying no to the things that are not good for you, and over time, you will find it easier to do.

Stop worrying about what others think of you. Base your thoughts, your decisions, and your goals on what you want and what is important in your life.

Extraverts, in other words, often stumble over themselves. They can talk too much and listen too little, which dulls their understanding of others' perspectives. They can fail to strike the proper balance between asserting and holding back, which can be read as pushy and drive people away.*

Y si hacemos hincapié en lo positivo? En vez de «Basta de lloriqueos», podríamos decir algo como: «Me gusta más cuando hablas con tu voz normal, ¿puedes repetir eso?» O ser incluso más directo en la enseñanza de la comunicación efectiva: «Pídemelo otra vez, pero con tu voz fuerte de chico mayor.»

A simple rule can help: before an issue is discussed, all members of the committee should be asked to write a very brief summary of their position. This procedure makes good use of the value of the diversity of knowledge and opinion in the group. The standard practice of open discussion gives too much weight to the opinions of those who speak early and assertively, causing others to line up behind them.

My advice to students when I taught negotiations was that if you think the other side has made an outrageous proposal, you should not come back with an equally outrageous counteroffer, creating a gap that will be difficult to bridge in further negotiations. Instead you should make a scene, storm out or threaten to do so, and make it clear—to yourself as well as to the other side—that you will not continue the negotiation with that number on the table.

I learned that you can constantly improve, and that you should not be shy about your views, and about the direction that you believe is right.

It is refreshing to be able to express my views without having to toe a party line. It has got me into trouble on the odd occasion, but I am not going to stop saying what I think.

We should not live in fear, we should all enjoy being able to express our views freely and openly, challenge each other on issues.

I have strong views, and I can't imagine not ever being honest about those views.