ASSERTIVENESS LEVEL 1: GOAL

When we BELIEVE that others are MORE deserving than us, and that what we have to say is NOT worth knowing and so we STEP ASIDE for others because what they have to say is important we lose our own VOICE and hence our self ESTEEM. We soon feel powerless, unheard, unexpressed.

So that is why I feel its important we ask ourselves some QUESTIONS around

WHY being ASSERTIVE is IMPORTANT?

Q1 CAN you NAME an AREA in your LIFE where you are PASSIVE?

Q2 HOW does PASSIVE make you FEEL?

Q3 WHAT does that STOP YOU from DOING?

Q4 In what WAY does THAT make you feel POWERLESS?

Q5 In what way does THAT make you feel UNHEARD?

Q6 In what way does THAT make you feel UNEXPRESSED?

Q7 In what way does that IMPACT SELF ESTEEM?

Q8 So could I say that ASSERTIVE impacts SELF ESTEEM positively?

Q9 IF TRUE does that mean that ASSERTIVE is a GOAL worth pursuing... OR... NOT?

Q10 In what WAY?

	As a Partner
	As a Manager
	As a Team Member
	As a Citizen
	As a Father
	As a Mother
	As a Daughter
	As a Son
	As a Neighbour

	Reliability
	Compatibility
	Committment
	Complimentary
	Integrity
	Synergy
	Competent
	Passion
	Conviction
	Trust
	Desire
	Motivated
	Pleasant
	Determined

	Fast track their careers passed me
	Get the promotions and pay rises eventhough I know more, do more, been there longer
	Get the best postings, projects, teams with bugets that are fat and don't have to justify
	Get the visibility that has them get all the credit across all stakeholders and power brokers in my organisation
	Have more courage to use their assertiveness skills to faciltate and lead so people look up to them with greater respect and even admiration