Assertiveness, a skill to learn.
I sat behind the class to listen to a class on cognitive behavioral therapy. My son was in the front row. The class was for parents as well as patients with mental disorders. The topic was on assertiveness.
Assertiveness is adopting a firm position in a disagreement without compromise. Assertiveness is not aggressiveness. I learned to respect him when he said no to something we were negotiating whether to do or not. It pleased me that he knew his limit on a certain issue. He had to learn how to manage daily happenings in order not to get upset emotionally.
Many things in life are beyond our control. We have control only over oneself. We can also choose to assert our stand, or ignore if it is none of our business!
It is a skill that can be learned and applied.
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- “The duty we owe ourselves is greater than that we owe others.” ― Louisa May Alcott
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Chen Song Ping 
Assertiveness is a wonderful skill. 🙏
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“Assertiveness in essential essence *&* distilled to its essence=Psychology 101!”
_-Van Prince
I had to draw your wisdon in ist to let you know I comprhend your
coming full circle with the term *Assertiveness*
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Thank you for your input!
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“Assertiveness at its highest level is being an independent and critical thinking, not being par for the course but charting your own course through being persistent with determination.”_-Van Prince [you mind-talent intrigue S Van Prince
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Assertiveness isn’t an Assertiveness 101 yet! Why?
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tell me more
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Hmmm
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