1) Women dialogue, men monologue; 2) Women apologize, men don’t; 3) Women apply for jobs when 100% qualified; men apply when 60% qualified; 4) Women confront indirectly; men confront directly; 5) Women wait for their turn; men interrupt to speak; 6) Women talk less; men talk more.
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Here are 8 ways to be more assertive with your personal finances: 1) ask your bank, accountant, and financial advisor for references and qualifications even if they get upset; 2) initiate purposeful money conversations with colleagues, family, and friends; 3) make your own financial decisions instead of allowing others to make them for you; 4) be financially informed: know your revenue, expenses, taxes, and investments in detail; 5) prioritize your money; 6) say no to financial commitments that you can’t make in the moment; 7) regularly talk about finances with your spouse, even if they don’t want to; 8) have financial goals instead of allowing others to push their own goals on you.
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Here are 8 ways to speak up to protect your money: 1) clarify with HR all of your employment benefits and rights and how to access them; 2) negotiate your compensation when you get a new job, even if it feels pushy; 3) ask your boss about the path to a raise, and then keep them accountable; 4) source and actively manage your financial team: accountant, financial advisor, spouse; 5) insist about the exact fees, interest rates, penalties, and conditions, even if they change topics; 6) negotiate terms and conditions; 7) ask all your “stupid” financial questions to your accountant, financial advisor, bank even if they try to overwhelm you with jargon; 8) ask your bank or financial advisors if they are fiduciary.
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10 of the top everyday challenges real women have to deal in the workplace are: not taken seriously, perceived as too difficult or too aggressive, constantly questioned, told they are too outspoken or “bitchy”, not treated as an equal, negative spotlight, forced to be inauthentic, bro culture misfit, loneliness, no work-life balance. empathetic assertiveness is a simple tool that can help overcome it.
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The top reason people shy away from speaking up and expressing their needs, boundaries, desires, true thoughts, and feelings are their fears of speaking up. The top four fears of speaking up are the fear of coming across as rude, offensive, aggressive, or mean; the fear of being disliked; the fear of hurting people’s feelings; and the fear of retaliation or backlash.
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Speaking up doesn’t only happen when someone is treating you poorly. Speaking up happens every time you speak with someone with a clear purpose. Here are 50 opportunities to speak up at work that will bring you closer to your dreams, to your desired lifestyle, and success.
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The 10 mistakes that make you seem less credible are: apologize, minimize your view, say ‘just’, stop when interrupted, ask for permission, introduce your opinions, over-justify, uptalk, and become the office mom.
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The top 6 myths about confrontation and conflict that you learned as a child were that they are bad, they’re caused by difficult people, it means there is a problem in your relationships, time will solve problems without the need for conflict, that it is overwhelming, and that kind people don’t confront.
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5 steps to respond to dismissive comments are to stay calm, change your tone to serious, keep your message short and to the point, talk about what you want and the consequences, move on quickly and treat the aggressor respectfully afterwards.
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5 steps to respond to an unfair accusation are to stay calm, change your tone to serious, keep your message short and to the point, talk about what you want and the consequences, move on quickly and treat the aggressor respectfully afterwards.
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The Power of a Positive No, Did You Say Something, Susan?, Thanks for the Feedback, Radical Candor, Crucial Conversations, Verbal Judo, The Assertiveness Workbook, When I Say No I Feel Guilty, Your Perfect Right, Boundaries, and Not Nice.
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Assertiveness is the skill of expressing yourself to others in a respectful and anxious-free way. That includes expressing your ideas, desires, rights, feelings, boundaries, dislikes, and standing up for yourself in all types of situations, conflict, or negotiation. Here are our top 5 articles on assertiveness.
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Opportunities are not luck, they are created. Here’s how to increase opportunities for yourself in your career and life.
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Three of my favorite examples of ordinary women and moms who achieved created and sold phenomenal businesses are housewife Debbi Fields, dancer Brynn Putnan, and tax saleswoman Sara Blakely. There are many reasons why these women were immensely successful.
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Too many women are unfairly labeled and accused of being too aggressive or difficult at work. If you are a leader, have female staff, and want to be fair, you need to understand the difference between being aggressive and being assertive. Aggressive is having disrespectful behavior towards others. Assertiveness is speaking up respectfully.
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Here are 5 reasons why being more assertive actually makes you kinder: you are happier, you are more present with others, you think more highly of people, you use your assertiveness to be of greater service to others, and you communicate in a more honest and useful way.
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In this interview, Asia shares 3 ways to promote your work in a non-weird way, how to become the CEO of your career, and the dangers of people-pleasing for your career.
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Find out what assertiveness is, when it can be used, its elements, if it makes you rude or aggressive, and if it is a personality trait or not.
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To effectively advocate for others like an attorney, ese the right strategies, be polite, don’t be too difficult, default to professionalism, correct others in a non-judgmental way, focus on problem-solving, and find the style that works best for you through trial and error.
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To disarm a manipulator, postpone your answer to give yourself time to ponder, question their intent, look disinterested by not reacting, establish boundaries and say no firmly, and maintain your self-respect by not apologizing when they blame you for their problems.
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