Do you feel
now that it is worthwhile to be more assertive? What do
you think you will gain being more assertive? And where
will you start? Think of the areas or actual situations
where you want to learn to be more assertive.
Look at Appendix 5 and make you assertiveness hierarchy
(or assertiveness ladder) starting with the least
difficult and working upwards to the most difficult
change that you would like to bring about in yourself.
The following table 6, gives a sample Assertiveness
Ladder :
Table 6 : Assertiveness Ladder
Start at the bottom and
progress up through the list.
"ASSERTIVENESS"
EYE
CONTACT
DISAGREEMENT
FEELING
"WHY"
"I"
COMPLIMENTS
GREETING
OTHERS
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