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Be More Assertive
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Get more out of life by being assertive
If you're struggling to make yourself heard, "Be More Assertive" can help. It shows you how becoming more assertive can change every part of your life for the better, and gives you techniques and strategies to make assertive behavior part of your lifestyle. Learn how to give and receive criticism, make and receive compliments, cope with anger, fear and, most important, to say no without feeling guilty.
Includes: Self-assessment quizzes, exercises and case studies Advice for any situation which calls for assertiveness, from personal relationships to dealing with cold callers One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts "
Get more out of life by being assertive
If you're struggling to make yourself heard, "Be More Assertive" can help. It shows you how becoming more assertive can change every part of your life for the better, and gives you techniques and strategies to make assertive behavior part of your lifestyle. Learn how to give and receive criticism, make and receive compliments, cope with anger, fear and, most important, to say no without feeling guilty.
Includes: Self-assessment quizzes, exercises and case studies Advice for any situation which calls for assertiveness, from personal relationships to dealing with cold callers One, five and ten-minute introductions to key principles to get you started Lots of instant help with common problems and quick tips for success, based on the authors' many years of experience Tests in the book and online to keep track of your progress Quick refreshers to help you remember the key facts "
272 pages, Paperback
First published September 1, 2010
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About the author
Suzie Hayman
57 books13 followersSuzie Hayman is a leading UK expert in family issues. A relationship counsellor, agony aunt, parenting practitioner, writer and broadcaster she uses her weekly column in one of the most popular women’s magazines to help readers makes sense of emotional issues. Using down-to-earth language she strives to help everyone understand complex feelings and behaviour and to take control of their own lives.
Suzie Hayman trained as a counsellor with Relate and volunteered with them for 5 years, is an accredited TripleP (Positive Parenting Programme) parenting educator, a broadcaster and author of thirty books. She writes an advice column for Woman magazine. She has written weekly columns in The Times and the Saturday Guardian, has been the agony aunt for Woman’s Own magazine and BBC Health Online and was the counsellor seen guiding five families through their family dilemmas on the major BBC1 series, “Stepfamilies”. She was one of the founding agony aunts in Kids In The Middle, an alliance of agony aunts and charities, lobbying for increased support for children caught up in family breakdown. She has worked for the Family Planning Association, Brook and Family Lives.
She is a trustee and spokesperson for Family Lives, the major UK parenting charity, and contributes articles and appears in a variety of podcasts on their website. She is a trustee of The Who Cares Trust, for “looked after” children and contributes to “Who Cares?”, and “Who Cares Junior”, magazines for kids in care produced by The Trust. She is patron of Unique Kidz and Co, which provides specialist services for disabled children and their families. She makes frequent appearances on national and local television and radio on programmes such as BBC Breakfast, You and Yours, PM and Women’s Hour and is a regular on BBC 5Live, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales as well as many local BBC and commercial stations. She has also been an occasional presenter on her local BBC radio station, BBC Radio Cumbria. She is a freelance journalist and has written features, mainly on parenting, relationship, health, sex and counselling matters, for a wide range of national magazines and newspapers – most recently the Times, Daily Mail, Guardian and Independent. She has conceived and written leaflets and website material for Family Lives, Drinkaware, the NSPCC, One Parent Families, the Family Planning Association and Brook including a Young Mum’s Guide for OPF, “Hands Off” for the NSPCC and “Say Yes, Say No, Say Maybe” for Brook. She is regularly asked to give expert comment in national and local media and to speak at conferences and to give seminars on a wide range of issues to do with relationships and parenting.
She has had 30 books published, helping parents, families and individuals to manage issues such as stepfamilies, being a single parent, communicating with teenagers, having a happy family life, managing family breakdown and assertiveness. She has also written on sexual fantasy and tantric sex.
She lives in a 300 year old farmhouse with Vic, her husband, and 2 cats. She has one stepson and one granddaughter, loves fine wine, good food, fell walking ..... and Vic!
Suzie Hayman trained as a counsellor with Relate and volunteered with them for 5 years, is an accredited TripleP (Positive Parenting Programme) parenting educator, a broadcaster and author of thirty books. She writes an advice column for Woman magazine. She has written weekly columns in The Times and the Saturday Guardian, has been the agony aunt for Woman’s Own magazine and BBC Health Online and was the counsellor seen guiding five families through their family dilemmas on the major BBC1 series, “Stepfamilies”. She was one of the founding agony aunts in Kids In The Middle, an alliance of agony aunts and charities, lobbying for increased support for children caught up in family breakdown. She has worked for the Family Planning Association, Brook and Family Lives.
She is a trustee and spokesperson for Family Lives, the major UK parenting charity, and contributes articles and appears in a variety of podcasts on their website. She is a trustee of The Who Cares Trust, for “looked after” children and contributes to “Who Cares?”, and “Who Cares Junior”, magazines for kids in care produced by The Trust. She is patron of Unique Kidz and Co, which provides specialist services for disabled children and their families. She makes frequent appearances on national and local television and radio on programmes such as BBC Breakfast, You and Yours, PM and Women’s Hour and is a regular on BBC 5Live, BBC Scotland and BBC Wales as well as many local BBC and commercial stations. She has also been an occasional presenter on her local BBC radio station, BBC Radio Cumbria. She is a freelance journalist and has written features, mainly on parenting, relationship, health, sex and counselling matters, for a wide range of national magazines and newspapers – most recently the Times, Daily Mail, Guardian and Independent. She has conceived and written leaflets and website material for Family Lives, Drinkaware, the NSPCC, One Parent Families, the Family Planning Association and Brook including a Young Mum’s Guide for OPF, “Hands Off” for the NSPCC and “Say Yes, Say No, Say Maybe” for Brook. She is regularly asked to give expert comment in national and local media and to speak at conferences and to give seminars on a wide range of issues to do with relationships and parenting.
She has had 30 books published, helping parents, families and individuals to manage issues such as stepfamilies, being a single parent, communicating with teenagers, having a happy family life, managing family breakdown and assertiveness. She has also written on sexual fantasy and tantric sex.
She lives in a 300 year old farmhouse with Vic, her husband, and 2 cats. She has one stepson and one granddaughter, loves fine wine, good food, fell walking ..... and Vic!
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June 8, 2019
I admit I did not finish this book. But that is not a detriment to its quality. We may think we already know the differences and significance of being assertive, aggressive, or passive. But sometimes seeing them broken down into traits and exercises makes it much more clear the way to use assertiveness and how passivity and aggression have shaped you to your detriment, both as they are used by yourself and those around you.
Mainly I learned that I already a naturally assertive person, and that I needed to place more trust in my own instincts on interaction instead of being cowed by the other two types. A valuable lesson learned, even if I only needed to experience the first 40 pages to figure it out.
Mainly I learned that I already a naturally assertive person, and that I needed to place more trust in my own instincts on interaction instead of being cowed by the other two types. A valuable lesson learned, even if I only needed to experience the first 40 pages to figure it out.
February 9, 2021
It's so good
October 15, 2013
Good read about assertiveness. I checked this out from the library, and renewed it so many times that I decided to buy my own copy. I'll definitely read it again to learn more about the concepts.
February 16, 2014
very very good book. easy simple to read and makes u reflect. will read again to refresh my memory. worth it? yea good enuff for me.
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