The 10 secrets to heart-centered assertive communication are courage, candidness, curiosity, centeredness, calm, connection, confrontation, consideration, care, and clarity.
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Being nice means being agreeable. Being agreeable is good if you agree with the person you are being nice to. But if you don’t agree then being agreeable or nice is not good because it makes you an inauthentic dishonest people pleaser. Instead of being nice, try to be respectful and assertive.
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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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For a powerful compliment, how the positive impact of what they did on yourself and others, measurable performance, an aspect of their personality, a positive behavior, or a useful process used.
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I will never forget what it felt like when I visited the biggest slum in the world 10 yeas ago. It’s called Dharavi in Mumbai and it has nearly one million people living in it. It is also one of the most densely populated areas in the world.
Here’s what I learned about that memorable experience.
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Here is the roundup of AssertiveWay.com best 15 articles in 2020 so that you start the new year feeling inspired and empowered.
They include topics ranging from speaking up, courage, confidence, joy, leadership, managing up, resourcefulness, anxiety, worry, stress, and more.
1. Nine Questions To Decide When To Practice Speaking Up (Forbes)
2. When You Need To Over-Communicate With Your Boss (Forbes)
3. When You Don’t Like Being Nice: Finding An Alternative (Tiny Buddha)
4. 5 Easy Ways to Crush Anxiety In Hard Conversations
5. Are You Introverted, Shy, Anxious, or Passive? How To Tell
6. 5 Easy Ways to Promote Your Work More Organically
7. 24 Practical Ways to Create More Joy at Work
8. 7 Ways to Be More Resourceful and Boost Resourcefulness
9. How To Stop Worrying About What People Think Of You
10. 20 helpful Principles To Boost Your Courage To Speak Up
11. 10 Powerful Confidence Lessons from Flamenco Dance
12. How to Make Your Boss Appreciate Your Hard Work
13. How To Show You Care For Your Team
14. How to Overcome Feeling Lost in Your New Job
15. 3 Simple Ways to Relieve Your Stress with Assertiveness
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Take gratefulness and appreciation to the next level. By Assertive Way https://youtu.be/9n04mbOn23k Key Takeaways Take gratefulness to the next level. Don’t just be grateful in general. Be grateful in specifics. Don’t take anything for granted. Acknowledge people’s efforts even if you don’t like it. Be grateful for the challenges you meet because they give you
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As we approach 2020 end of year holidays, be it Thanksgiving, Christmas, Hanukkah, New Years, consider the Coronavirus risk you pose to your family members, especially if they are seniors or have risk conditions. Don’t have regrets later.
If you decide to not visit, then be more present virtually. Remember that when you aren’t present in person, you need to overcommunicate your emotions since you don’t have the same connection through eye contact, touch, body language, nodding, and facial expressions.
Enhance your virtual conversations by using more emphatic words that communicate emotion, by accentuating your intonation, and by using expressions to show you are listening.
Here’s 3 strategies you can use to bridge the communication gap and influence your loved ones in these emotional hard conversations:
• Get them to empathize with you
• Make it about you, not them
• Make it about the long-term benefits vs. short term pains
Here’s 6 steps to break the negative news that you’re not visiting your esteemed family members and friends during this holiday season in a warm, caring, and loving way:
1. Reaffirm the relationship value
2. Be direct about your decisions without hesitation
3. Say why based on your feelings or concerns
4. Offer an alternative
5. Reaffirm the relationship value
6. Paint a brighter future
Over the holidays, choose to have both safety and connection.
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Do you put enough effort to show that you care for your team? As a leader, there are three elements to show care that you should be thinking about. 15 simple ways to show you value your employees.
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It’s also surprising and overlooked. By Assertive Way https://youtu.be/MxZd-H9h5BI Taking on martial arts When I was a child, my father took me to Karate classes. I noticed there were many boys who liked fighting and were excited about using their new kicks and punches. Films and TV shows that displayed martial arts influenced their views
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It is easy but requires intention and a hint of courage. https://youtu.be/67SHG9GbsjE By Assertive Way How joyful are you at work? No one chooses to be miserable and sad at work. Working in a transactional way can leave us feeling empty and uninspired. But it does not have to be that way, even if you
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It’s a lot easier and more effective. By Assertive Way Have you ever been in a heated argument with someone for a long time, and suddenly you or the other person says “wait a minute, why are we arguing, we are talking about the same thing!” And you realize that despite arguing you are on
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Why having a degree won’t make you polite. By Assertive Way I used to think that most people with degrees were polite. I used to think that the more degrees someone had the more polite they would be. By polite I mean having or showing behavior that is respectful and considerate of other people. It is a
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