Assert Yourself: Simple Steps to Getting What You Want

by Gael Lindenfield

Improve your self-esteem and motivation; cope with unfair criticism and exploitation; and communicate effectively with others.

Genres: Self Help, Nonfiction

112 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1986

About the author

She is the internationally best selling author of 20 ground-breaking books, which have been translated into 33 languages.

Gael’s method works. It is grounded in 30 years of tried-and-tested strategies, bringing success for people from all walks of life. She uses a wide range of creative and interactive techniques. Through her highly engaging and ‘non-academic’ writing, media appearances, and seminars with charities and business organisations, she fosters in people the courage and coping mechanisms to become more confident and motivated.

Her unique hallmark is her down-to-earth approach. When consulted about a problem, she can always be relied upon to come up with a clear and concise explanation of its most likely cause and a practical strategy with which to tackle it.

Gael has also acquired enormous respect and credibility through her personal sharing. She is herself a role model for bouncing back from setbacks. She spent most of her childhood in children’s homes, overcame severe depression in her twenties and dealt with the traumatic breakdown of her first marriage in her thirties. More recently she lost a 19-year-old daughter in a tragic accident in 1996.

Reviews

[Nick Rogers]

This book wasn't really what I was looking for. It is more for groups or a text book for a group, although it does have activities for individuals.

Some activities were interesting but some were very simplistic and maybe a bit out of date. I don't think it is the worst book in this genre or interest, but it didn't really help me.

[Helfren]

How to assert yourself, in 4k.

This book offers so many options and knowledge about how we as an individual trying to change our personality to be more favourable to ourselves instead of keeping it all inside or being more passive aggressive which is really unideal-deficient. Learn a lot and looking to implement them in real life.

[Hilly1910]

This book came highly recommended- i enjoyed it but its very much aimed at a classroom teaching rather than an individual

[Erin]

I think this book was written to facilitate assertiveness training workshops. I didn't read it for that purpose but would like to become ore assertive myself. This is a good book with lots of practical tips & exercises to help one more assertive.

[Sabah]

Highly recommended, I enjoyed reading it as it offers you these easy & simple steps to how-to
be more assertive in your life.