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My Optimum Assertive Style

How did you go with the previous two articles, “The Four Assertive Styles Detailed - Parts 1 and 2“?

Did you identify which style you preferred to use as a rule?

Are you adjusting your style to be more compatible with the Firmly Asserting style?

Have you recognized any of the four styles in people you interact with?

Recognizing other styles empowers you to the partly predict the behaviour these people may exhibit.

The 4.31 minute AUDIO is available for your convenience.  Extra instructions are given on the audio for the completion of the exercise.
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The Four Assertive Styles Detailed – Part 2

The previous posting, The Four Assertive Styles Detailed – Part 1, identified the characteristics of aggressively controlling and passively observing people.

This posting will detail warmly proposing, and the preferred one, firmly asserting styles.

And let me say at the outset that the headings given to the four assertive styles will vary depending upon the texts you take as reference and other research.

The actual titles of the styles are unimportant; it’s the differentiation that occurs in the behaviour between each that matters as reference points for comparison, and for developing your own preferred style to be as close as possible to firmly asserting.

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The Four Assertive Styles Detailed – Part 1

In the previous article, Assertive Styles - Pros and Cons the positives and negatives of each style was listed.

This posting will go into more detail about the characteristics of aggressively controlling and passively observing individuals.

The Four Assertive Styles Detailed – Part 2 will detail warmly proposing, and the preferred one, firmly asserting.

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Assertive Styles - Pros and Cons

Non-assertive styles are aggressive, passive, and manipulative.

These can be effective, but characteristics of these can include dishonesty, bad feelings, time wasting, and conflict creation.

Rarely is a person 100% of any one style. Everyone tends to be a mixture of all four styles.

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Benefits of being Assertive

This previous posting, ‘Assertive Behaviour – an Introduction’, introduced the behavioural value of assertiveness.

This article will list the benefits that you will notice as you become more aware of your assertiveness pattern and preferred style.

There’s also an AUDIO of 3.56  minutes if this fits in better with your day.
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Assertive Behaviour - an Introduction

Your assertiveness or lack of it is closely related to your daily communication.

Most of us take communication for granted; it’s just one of those things we do every day without realizing that the process is quite complex.

Understanding the communication process will allow you to be more aware, and identify areas in which you could be more assertive.

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